By NICOLE VALICEK
A BAND that formed more than four decades ago and was dubbed the originators of ‘Oz Blues’ is coming to Hobsons Bay.
‘Chain’ will perform at Way Out West Roots Music Club located at the Williamstown RSL on Sunday 2 March with founding member and guitarist Phil Manning doing a solo warm up set.
Since the band first formed in 1968 they remain the only blues band to have a number one hit on Australian charts.
They also have a distinction of having possibly the longest permanently released album in Australia rock history.
Phil said since forming 46 years ago the band has had a few line-up changes, a lot of practise and a following of loyal fans, some of which grew up listening to their music.
“There’s quite a lot of demand for the band than what we can actually do,” he said.
“It’s a great feeling, none of us expected we’d get this far down the track and still be playing … to not only be in demand but to get out there and play is a great thing, we really do enjoy it.
Phil said the band has been performing at Way Out West for the past decade and praised the venue for supporting music and providing it to western suburb locals.
“Having had such a long time of playing together and having such an amount of material it’s really nice to get together now and again and play that material,” he said.
“We’ll play our old hits and we’ll play a lot of material off our recent CD and some new material.”
