anniversary gig

The Flaming Mudcats are a new Auckland-based rootsy blues band. This four piece band swings, playing those great grooves along with burning harp and smoking guitar lines. Influenced by the likes of Little Walter, Johnny Guitar Watson, Magic Sam and Kim Wilson, the boys have compiled an exciting set list.Out of a rehearsal in 2009, a gathering of four players with a common drive to play this brand of blues, resulted in the formation of The Flaming Mudcats. www.theflamingmudcats.com

Stingray is a 5-piece indigenous blues band who play original, big, hot blues with a front line of harmonica and guitar. Stingray influences are broader than most blues listened and played in NZ - especially with their up tempo swing sound – it shimmies and it shuffles and there’s rock and roll and boogaloo rhythms that make you want to dance. The material they play is a nod to their heroes, T-Bone Walker, Louis Jordan, Little Walter and they have a growing set of their own tunes on contemporary topics.