It’s been quite a year and The TinMen are back in town and firing on all four cylinders.
Fresh from a gig at Cheong Liew’s “Inside My Food” book launch for Wakefield Press and followed immediately by another the next day at Hill River Wines in Clare for their Sunday Sundowner last weekend we’re reinvigorated and hot to trot.
Join us for some original and classic blues, some mellow and some rollicking tunes that’ll get you thirsty for more.
5 pm – 8 pm Sunday November 2nd The Semaphore Workers Club 93 Esplanade Semaphore. Doors open at 3:30 pm. Tickets $15 at the door or through Trybooking here.
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“Charles Melton Wines Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues is a well-established part of the Vintage Festival and a great way to let down your hair after vintage.
Join us for a little twilight twang on the night featuring two fabulous bands – The TinMen and The Geezers – belting out blues and rock classics that will have your head bobbing and your toes tapping! Includes delicious food to enjoy while you relax with a glass of premium Barossa wine and dance the night away.
Tickets include entry, light dinner and a glass of wine from our Family Series Wines.”
We played at the last two of these Barossa Vintage Festival events and they were great nights. There should be more gigs in towns with names like Krondorf.
Event Details Date: April 24, 2025 Time: 16:00 Duration: 240 mins Venue: Charles Melton Wines, 194 Krondorf Rd, Krondorf Category: Art and Music Age: 18yrs+ Price: $89
Following Bock Around The Clock last month we’re having a repeat performance at The Semaphore Workers Club with the inimitable David Sly on the drum stool.
We’re playing on The Red Stage at the friend and fan friendly time slot from 5pm-8pm Sunday December 8th. Should be a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon: supporting live original music (and classic blues covers), live music venue and enjoying the music, the weather, the bar, the barbecue and the full size snooker tables.
Our last gig was October 25th at the same venue and you may know our drummer David Sly was unavailable and we had a hoot playing with his son Miles Sly.
Thanks Miles, it was a pleasure to play with you. Miles and Lucas Sly play in the SA Music Award winning – Most Popular Country Artist – Brad Chicken & The Bootstraps. Ironic country at it’s best, or most questionable…
Hello fans of original blues and friends of The TinMen. We are going back to our roots and playing the Gibson Stage at The Gov one of the premier music venues in Adelaide and a great supporter of live music over decades.
We’ve got new original blues songs and we’re ready to crank out the ear candy and dance tunes in the warm cosy setting of The Gov’s Gibson front bar.
Hi The TinMen friends, fans and followers. We are offering this recording of our latest gig – 2nd fiddle at the Memphis Blues Challenge on Saturday 8/6/24.
We came, we saw, we rocked. And this bootleg recorded on our handy bootlegging device is the raw and unvarnished proof.
Thanks for coming to our gigs and if you couldn’t make it to the recent gigs we hope to see you at the next one: Saturday July 13th The Governor Hindmarsh. See you there.
Hello again. The gig at the Semaphore Workers’ Club was a hoot. Thank you for all who came along and making it such a good gig.
Next, we are competing against two other bands in the Memphis Blues Challenge to see if we get chosen to represent South Australia at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis later in the year.
We’ve got some fresh new tunes, Dave’s hand has been declared fit to drum to his heart’s content and our tonsils are freshly varnished with a vintage lustre and patina that comes with celebrating Martin’s completion of six decades of existence.
We’d love to have a good crowd supporting us at Norwood in a few weeks so if you can please come along. You can get tickets here.
Doors Open at 7.00 pm Bands play from 8.00 pm The TinMen play at 8.45 pm.
Norwood Live Function room is located at 97 The Parade, Norwood.
Hi friends of The TinMen, lovers of original music, dancing, and good times. Put the date in your diary – Sunday 19th May 5 pm at The Semaphore Workers’ Club.
Come along as we play our latest musical offerings and some old favourites.
There has been quite a hiatus between gigs but we’re pleased to report our irrepressible drummer David Sly has been declared fit to play and will be belting out the beats and we’ll be doing our utmost to support his best efforts.
It’s only a week away and another TinMen will be added to the swelling ranks of the seniors in the world and will be a freshly minted 60 year old (the Senior’s Card is in the mail). Come along and wish me a happy birthday for Tuesday 14/5. It’ll be great to see you there and catch up with you all again.
There’re so many acts it defies description – you have to look at the program on the PNBF website here. Most of them are free and they’re all indoors in one of the eighteen venues around Port Noarlunga.
The big nighttime shows are ticketed and are in one of the four major venues being used for the festival. Tickets are available here.
Chris Finnen is this year’s Festival curator and he’s done an amazing job and is playing in three of the acts on the program – and possibly he’ll make even more appearances.
We’d love there to be a great turnout and we are looking forward to playing some of our hottest original tracks and starting a red hot night on Friday.
For a taste of what we’re going to do we just played at The Semaphore Worker’s Club on Sunday afternoon last weekend and the unvarnished recording of our three set extravaganza is here on Bandcamp.
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It was a lot of fun and a lot of effort but well worth it – we enjoyed ourselves immensely and there’s some new original songs that got their first run and a few other originals that are firmly entrenched in our repertoire. So much so that some of us have occasionally forgotten that they are originals and assume that they’ve come from the pantheon of blues greats.
Put our next gig in your diary now and head over to The Port Noarlunga Blues Festival for tickets – stay tuned they will be on sale very soon. We’re playing at 7:00 pm Friday November 24th at The Port Noarlunga Surf Club followed by The Night Owls and lastly The Sexy Boys – what a lineup!
Due to the vagaries of live radio we were bustled into the studio 20 minutes earlier than expected so if you missed the moment a) that’s why and b) here is the replay.
And put our next gig in your diary at Henley Beach Surf Life Saving Club August 19th 8 pm (doors open at 8). Tickets online here or at the door for $20.
The TinMen - Rhythm and Blues Band 