This Week: 3 April 2013

"My mama don' told me, when I was in pigtails...  My mama don' told me, Girl
A man's gonna sweet talk and give ya the big eyes...  But when the sweet talkin's done..."

THURSDAY:  Blues in the night... at "Juke Joint", Bedlam Bar, Glebe 8:30pm.
SATURDAY:    Note:  Swing at the Roxbury is NOT on this weekend!! Next one on 20th. 
Note:  Shake Ratte and Roll is NOT on this weekend!!
SUNDAY:    Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Dan Barnett Big Band, Unity Hall Hotel, Balmain 4pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm.
THURSDAY:   Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 7:30pm.

This week's "Songs You Should Know":  BLUES IN THE NIGHT  (<-- CLICK to listen!!!  Hot!!)
Performed by:   Ella Fitzgerald.   Composer:  Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer.
From the film:  Blues in the Night.
 
MORE GIGS and details below.

Thursday 4th

Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6
(The monthly "blues" social, there's a class beforehand at 7.30pm.)


Friday 5th

Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)


Saturday 6th

Swing @ The Roxbury
Is NOT on this weekend!!

Christa Hughes & Pugsley Buzzard @ 505
280 Cleveland St, Surry Hills, doors 6pm, show 8:30pm, bookings $20
(Must book on-line by 4pm Sat.)

Greg Poppleton & the Bakelight Broadcasters @ Fairfield Museum Fair
632 The Horsley Drive, Smithfield, from 11am, FREE

Shake Rattle & Roll @ Bedlam Bar
Is NOT on this weekend!!

Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)


Sunday 7th

Dan Barnett Big Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4-8pm, FREE 
(Dance area is now carpeted.)

Geoff Bull and The Finer Cuts @ The East Sydney Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cathedral Sts, Woolloomooloo, from 5-8pm, FREE

Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 2pm, FREE

Geoff Power's Jazz Band @ Cronulla RSL
Geralle St, Cronulla, from 12:30pm, FREE
(A dance partner with impeccable time is advised.)

Swingin' Sundays with The Faculties @ Bronte Bowling Club
16 Wallace St, Waverley, from 4-7pm, FREE

Bill Dudley's New Orleanians @ Technology Park Hotel
Wyndham St, Alexandria, 4:00pm, FREE

The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm, FREE
("Toe tapping, old time jazz."   Practise your balboa, there's a dance floor.)


Thursday 11th

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)

Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)