Blackwood Rising
Biography
The mighty Blackwood River that runs through Bridgetown is an impressive force of nature when it floods, and so too are Blackwood Rising in full flight. They’re a happy go lucky blues duo who play a raucous mix of originals and covers which all get slathered in bluesy goodness. Fingerpicked tunes with bottleneck slide, various guitar tunings, an octave pedal, a double snare drum kit and an aversion to too much technology is what gets their mojo workin’.
As well as many standalone gigs up and down the state, Blackwood Rising are proud have supported acts such as Rick Steele, 19Twenty, Blue Shaddy, and Tom Fisher and the Layabouts, as well as music industry legends Ross Wilson, The Black Sorrows and Mental as Anything.
Set Time – 2-3 Hours
Set List
Heavy Heart – You Am I
Goddam Right – the Eels
St James Infirmary –Van Morrison
Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash
Shake your Hips – Stones
Vampire Blues – Neil Young
Green Limousine – Badloves
Steal my Kisses – Ben Harper
The Way I Make you Feel – Ed Kuepper
Dead Flowers – Stones
Wild West End – Dire Straits
Stop Breaking Down – Stones
Working on a Building – Charlie Daniels Band
Shane Shame Shame – Bryan Ferry
Tighten Up – Black Keys
Steamy Windows – Tiny Joe White
Sympathy for the Devil – Stones
Baby Please Don’t Go – Van Morrison
Skinny Women –R L Burnside
Get Right Church –Ben Miller Band
Death Letter Blues – Jack White
School Girl – Yardbirds
Pride and Joy – Dr Vaughan
Girl is on My Mind – Black Keys
Too Her Door – Paul Kelly
Black Jack Mama-Townes Van Zant
Mr Jones – Counting Crows
Riding on a Train – Keb Mo
2 & 4 – 19twenty
