It’s been a long haul from the wheatbelt backblocks but Western Australia is slowly getting a taste of the gritty swamp blues of Gus McKay, I mean he has been played all over the world on radio, but as many independent arists know, getting known, in our big brown land… is easier said than done, and for those that really take it on, have to really earn their stripes to bring home the bacon.
Gus has played at Brigetown Blues, Broome Big Moon and Q-Fest Festival’s Cue. He has supported Lee Kernaghan and the last couple of years toured extensively in Western Australia’s North West. Although today Gus McKay has a world-wide audience with a strong European following, his writing and performing career kicked off in the early 80s, playing in a punk rock band called the ‘Emu Kickers’. With a strong bush folk following and an albums worth of edgy material, unfortunately the album never made it into the studio or saw the light of day.
Gus has played at Brigetown Blues, Broome Big Moon and Q-Fest Festival’s Cue. He has supported Lee Kernaghan and the last couple of years toured extensively in Western Australia’s North West. Although today Gus McKay has a world-wide audience with a strong European following, his writing and performing career kicked off in the early 80s, playing in a punk rock band called the ‘Emu Kickers’. With a strong bush folk following and an albums worth of edgy material, unfortunately the album never made it into the studio or saw the light of day.
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:45
Size: 88.7 MB
Styles: Country blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front
[4:35] 1. Art Of Living
[3:48] 2. Fallen Down
[4:10] 3. Hundred Acres
[3:23] 4. Piawaning Suit
[4:20] 5. The Man
[3:52] 6. Muse
[4:21] 7. Bohemian Life
[3:22] 8. Murchison Sequel
[3:36] 9. Gin Gin Morning
[3:13] 10. Last Dance
“Talisman” is 10 tracks recorded in an old 1950’s service (Gas) station, converted to a recording studio (Aerial Studios) in the Darling Range Glen Forrest West Australia. Rock blues and quite a liberal serving of jazz, Horn section, strings, but with that similar “Outback” rustic / blues touch.
Talisman
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:25
Size: 117.7 MB
Styles: Country blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front
[3:41] 1. Hustle
[3:54] 2. The World
[4:21] 3. Roll
[4:03] 4. Drifter
[4:02] 5. Keep On Driving
[4:36] 6. When The Drought Sets In
[4:20] 7. Two Days To Kununumura
[4:20] 8. Don't Go To Queensland
[4:09] 9. Ramblin'
[3:20] 10. Texas
[4:15] 11. Newsreader Blues
[6:19] 12. Dogma
Gus’s reputation as a Bluesman of repute was confirmed in 2010, receiving Australia wide positive reviews for album three titled ‘Roadrunner Blues’ when it got the attention of the world-wide music community with airplay across several continents, predominately Europe.
Roadrunner Blues