Mangrove Boogie Kings - Completed
at Darwin Railway Club
Friday, 5 May 2017 from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM (AUS Central Standard Time) + Add to calendar05/05/2017 19:0005/05/2017 23:00Australia/DarwinMangrove Boogie KingsMangrove Boogie Kings
Friday, 5 May 2017 from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM (AUS Central Standard Time)
Organiser
Anna Stewart
0889814171
darwinrailwayclub@outlook.com
Address
Darwin Railway Club
17 Somerville Gardens
Parap
Darwin 0820 Australia
Event web page: https://www.stickytickets.com.au/49043Darwin Railway Club
17 Somerville Gardens
Parap Darwin 0820
AustraliaAnna StewartfalseDD/MM/YYYY2880
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Details
1974-1978 The Mangrove Boogie Kings emerged from the swamps of Mangrove Creek north of Sydney in 1974 .Formed by Warren Nunn and the late Chris Piper and joined friends by Rex Kelaher and Bruce Atkinson ,the band became stalwarts of the Sydney Pub Rock scene , attracting a broad spectrum followers from fans of Blues ,Country the emerging New Wave movement and became a training ground for many prominent musicians and forged personal and professional alliances with Mentals, Cold Chisel, Radio Birdman etc etc.
1978 -2008 The core of the band went on to form the more commercially successful Model Husbands and other associated outfits……However the MBKs still performed sporadically over this time even though members were widely distributed across the country until the death of Chris piper in 2005..Mike Willessee’s Street Stories TV series featured a mini-doco on the band after Slim Dusty wrote and recorded the song The Mangrove Boogie Kings on his The Stories We Told Album
2008 – 2017 A special event in 2008 saw the first outing of the current Lineup..A revitalised Mangrove Boogie Kings began performing regularly in Sydney from 2012 to the present and released a new album TENT SHOW MEDICINE of original material and favourites in 2015
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS include opening for and backing CHUCK BERRY’s 1978 Aust Tour
SLIM DUSTY honoured the band by writing and releasing song Mangrove Boogie Kings
Where
Organiser Information rss
Anna Stewart
Darwin Railway Sports & Social Club Inc
0889814171