On Friday, May 24th we present another great night of superb music, wonderful food and great company with three great, first time acts on the Mountain: Riley Dodds, Kate Keighran and Low Down.
BYO everything or choose from another great selection of meals served by our lovely hard-working kitchen volunteers. Bring a friend, a smile, a blanket and a torch to light your way and treat yourself to what has to be the cheapest and most family friendly night out on the Coast.
Line-up for Friday, May 24th:
7:30 pm Riley Dodds
8:00 pm Kate Keighran
9:10 pm First drum jam
9:30 pm LoeDown
11:00 pm Last drum jam
(House drums available for the jams!)
 Riley Dodds
Riley Dodds is a unique acoustic/jazz musician from the Central Coast. With a very original fusion of acoustic/jazz sound, it makes for a fun entertaining experience for everyone. He has played at such venues as Ives Cafe, Wamberal Surf Club and Kincumber Lizottes.
 Kate Keighran
Influenced by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Pearl Jam, the Beatles and Janis Joplin, Kate Keighran began performing on the Central Coast at local open mike nights. Over the last year Kate's turned her love of music into a new exciting career doing what she loves best!
Kate's unique sound covers classics 'from way back when', till today - while also offering some fresh sounds from her own original collection.
Her calm & cruisey nature, combined with her fiery spirit for life and it's music, comes out in her tunes to take you on a journey you'll never want to come back from.
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LoeDown
 Tony Elwood on guitar and vocals
Tony delivers with a power and passion rarely seen these days. He has worked with the music he loves exclusively for more than three decades, blue with a hint of jazz sophistication the incendiary fire of Hendrix with a bit of the earthiness of the delta. He has always been difficult to pigeonhole.
Tony has worked with many of the finest musician in the land including Tommy Emmanual, Phil Emmanual, Mal Eastick, Louie Shelton (Nashville), Ron Foebler (New York), Paul Wheeler (Aztecs), Mark Lucas, Fess Parker and Brian Nichol from the Radiators, Frank Corby and Eban Hale from the Bondi Cigars, Guy le Claire (Hong Kong), Bob Spencer (Skyhooks, The Angels, Choirboys...) when Tony's band TBX played before Kevin Borich Express the guys from the Express commented that they were "the most kick ass band they had seen in years"
 David Hentzschel on bass
Predominantly a finger player, David uses Fender Precision and Blacktop Jazz bass guitars, Tune NTB-4s, Fender Amplification and AKG wireless technology.
Based on the Central Coast, working throughout the musical community as a bass player for the last 7 years, David's working stage and recording credits are varied and include artists such as Dan Granero, Mark Cashin & The Lil' Hussys, Brett O'Malley, Karen Anne Waters, Iniciate and recently covers act Four To The Floor.
 Craig Ryan on drums
Craig started playing drums on paint tins with wooden spoons at the age of 3. He then went on to absolutely annoy his parents and anyone else at the dinner table by tapping away with knife and fork in eager anticipation. From an early age music drew his attention and in particular the sound of the drums. Many hours were spent listening to the radio and records studying every little skip or nuance in the beat. Music captured his imagination and has always been a constant source of inspiration and enjoyment.
Craig started his professional career as a drummer at the age of 10 as Lead Drummer in a military band doing Anzac Marches and the like. Then moved onto the full drum kit and started taking lessons from various teachers as well as Studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
After playing in a few original bands around Sydney, Craig had a two year working holiday in England. His first job was playing percussion at Strawberry Sundae, the best Progressive House Club in London at the time then quickly established himself as the House Drummer in a Blues Club in Oxford (The Bullingdon Arms), as well as playing at the local thursday night funk club, parties and whatever else came his way. Whether it was playing with the house band or having to improvise live every week with a guest artist, Craig’s listening skills as a musician developed and allowed him to work in a wide variety of styles from Blues to Rock, Jazz to Funk, Latin to Reggae, Country to Classical and Metal to Mainstream.
After getting back to Australia, Craig worked full time as a drummer in various working bands. The Midnight Oil Show, The A-Team, Party Pigs and so on...had loads of fun & loved it! Craig also picked up the Dj bug from playing percussion in London’s Strawberry Sundae and also started to delve into being a professional Disk Jockey. Turns out, being a drummer and mixing beats is a good thing and ended up having three residencies at once. Resident Dj at Bondi Hotel (Saturday night) - 4 years, The Beachcomber Hotel Toukley (Friday night) - 2 years, and The Greenwood Hotel-Nth Sydney for R.S.V.P’s Live Functions.
Craig has recently played with Phil Emmanuel, Glen Terry, Andy Thompson, Harry Brus, Gail Page, Dave Longo, Mal Eastic, Dave Bishop, Andrew Toner, Christian Marsh, Paul Robert Burton, Bruce McCumstie, Dr. Goodvibe’s Ed Valk, Wu Pu-Yu, and 2 time Grammy Award winner Howard Levy to name a few.....
One of the great benefits of being a musician is you get to create music with other musicians in the recording studio. Sometimes if your lucky, you get to work with some amazing artists and capture a piece of magic that has the power to evoke the listeners imagination and emotions on a very deep level. Being part of that is a great privilege and Craig considers himself very lucky to have had the opportunity to play on different albums with some of the best musicians in the country.
Craig is currently running Intuition Music School and playing live with Paul Robert Burton, Dexter Moore and Dr. Goodvibe......
FINAL DRUM JAM: Stay late and see the evening out with the spirit of the dance and drum! Enjoy a little more space to dance to the powerful beat of the drum.
Adults $10.
Accompanied children under 16: Free
Meals $7 Plus healthy cakes & softdrinks, coffee, teas and chia
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