House of Blues - Tues Sep 1st

BLUES JAM NIGHT

Feature act: THE DETONATORS

THE DETONATORS were formed in Melbourne way back in August 1997 – that’s 29 years of bar room blues this year. The hard working quartet have never been afraid to hit the road, haul some kilometres and rack up a heap of gigs. They believe they have easily done more than 3000 gigs since they first formed, are a hugely popular returning feature act at MBAS House of Blues. With a swag of album releases and a published book under their belts, The Detonators have enjoyed both notoriety and celebrated success and awards over their time – including most recently, guitarist PAULIE BIGNELL being voted “People’s Choice Blues Legend Award” at the 2024 Blues Music Victoria Awards.

'The Dets’ original music, to which all members contribute, is best described as a lethal combination of early blues with a sprinkling of rockabilly and early rock n roll thrown in. The band features bespectacled ROCKBOTTOM JAMES on vocals and electric harmonica, PAULIE BIGNELL on hollow body guitar, DOGHOUSE DAVE on slapping double bass with EDDIE FURY on sticks and skins duty.  

6:30pm: Doors & kitchen open for meals 
8:00pm - 8:45pm: Feature act 
9:00pm - 11:00pm: Blues Jam Session 
(Jammers to register by 8.30pm)
FREE ENTRY – ALL WELCOME.

Attendees are encouraged to pre-book for table seating to ensure a place. Please 'BOOK' a single or multiple (Group**) ticket below.

**NOTE: LARGE GROUPS wishing to book (eg greater than 9 attendees seated together), will need to make multiple separate bookings as the system only allows 9 at a time. When making more than one separate booking, to ensure your group is seated together or in close table proximity, please make a note of the name of lead booking person and total numbers in the ‘Preferred Seating’ field (eg John Smith’s table - total 12 attendees).

To assist our kitchen's catering, when booking, please note if you plan to order a meal on the night.

WHILE GUARANTEED TABLE SEATING ALLOCATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CAPPED, ONCE TABLE BOOKINGS ARE EXHAUSTED/CLOSED, WE STILL WELCOME WALKUPS FOR GENERAL ADMISSION NON-ALLOCATED SEATING (IF AVAIL) AND LIMITED STANDING ROOM.