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Saturday September 6th 7pm at the Ōmiha Memorial Hall: Fats White, Appaloosa Willie & Solomon Cole | $20 cash only | BYO The folk club kicks off the season with something a little different from our usual fare: a one-night only special edition of weird folk, country, and blues, hosted by the irrepressible Sammy Leary and featuring local legends Fats White, Appaloosa Willie, and Solomon Cole.
Fats White is a celebrated icon of the Aotearoa underground and an extraordinary multimedia artist long revered by the old guard of the Auckland music scene. Fats, who has described himself as “a persimmon-eater living in the seasons of a pretty complicated world,” performs self-penned songs on the ukulele that resist classification, but could be considered part punk, part outsider folk, and all carnivalesque showmanship. His work seems to spring from a deep well of primal weirdness, and those who appreciate the weirder side of folk will recognise the dark humour and surreal artistry in his work, which has been likened to a cross between Captain Beefheart, Jim Morrison, and Tom Waits.
Gerry Moran, aka Appaloosa Willie, plays outlaw country with a sound that recalls the greats from Hank Williams to Hasil Adkins, but as an island dwelling bushman, he doesn't seek to imitate. Think slide guitar played through a blown-out amp on a Rocky Bay front porch and a style characterised by an irreverent, anti-establishment attitude, hard-living lyrics and rhythms like boots on a wooden floor.
Solomon Cole is a genre-defying blues artist known for a sound that embraces the spirit of Howlin' Wolf and owes a debt to the great Mississippi bluesmen Son House and R.L. Burnside. Cole's career has been built on soul-drenched storytelling and primal, foot-stomping blues. Fans can expect a back-to-basics, (mostly) unplugged performance folk club appearance, featuring Facu Fuentes on percussion and backup vocals from the talented Nikki Ngātai.
This is an all ages, all walks of life-friendly show!
This year, the folk club have dedicated 10% of the season's proceeds to Ngā Purapura Akoranga, Waiheke Island’s reorua / bilingual unit at Te Huruhi Primary School, who do amazing mahi nurturing young te reo speakers in our community.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
2 Glen Brook Road, Rocky Bay, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand 1081, 2 Glen Brook Rd, Omiha, Waiheke Island 1081, New Zealand, Papatoetoe
