Artist description A rough and ready fourpiece country blues band,(normally 5, the drummer was sick the day we recorded).The writes their own material and then plays it.

Music Style Comedy Country Music

Musical Influences Hank Williams, Spike Jones, the Zarzoff Brothers

Similar Artists Herb Superb and the Sydney Heads Band

Artist History Many years ago, a group of poor, but honest folk from Newcastle got together to form a band and play the music they loved. Sadly, they all loved different styles of music, so rather than leave anyone out the cold, they decided to play all the styles, and thus formed the concept of Country And Estuarine.In fact, outside of the Cisco Kidneys themselves, the Country And Estuarine style of music is little known, yet it is remarkably rich, varied and original. The richness comes from the fine artistic feeling and luck of these happy peasant boys. The variety comes from the chequered history of the band, starting as a recorder ensemble, later developing into a jazz orchestra, blues big band, percussion trio and finally as the Country And Estuarine quartet you hear on this album. The originality comes from the manner in which the fiercely independent, often intellectually isolated musicians have sought to evolve their own self-made music, building on virtually every piece they've ever listened to, incorporating borrowings from here and there, as well as personal inventions, often of scheduled insanity.

Group Members Bill Keir - Lead Guitar and VocalsBill Mundie - Bass GuitarBill Walker - Rhythmn Guitar and VocalsBill Birkefeld - Steel Guitar, Trumpet, Mandolin and Vocals.

Instruments Guitars, steel guitar, bass, mandolin and trumpet.

Albums Bootskankin'

Press Reviews Cisco Kidneys, can only be described as the lazy boys of country music. Although they play well, and their songs are very amusing, their laid back attitude and very infrequent public appearences lead me to believe that they are feckless layabouts, wasting their talents on beer and shameless idling.

Location Newcastle, NSW - Australia

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