Featuring: 'Continental' Robert Susz - vocals/harmonica, Dave Brewer (direct from Perth!) - guitar/vocals, Clayton Doley - keyboards/vocals, Antero Ceschin - drums with special guest: Ray Beadle - bass/guitar/vocals
After a sellout show earlier in the year the Bombie is proud to welcome back the The Mighty Reapers to the Coledale RSL. The all star group have long been one of Australia’s best loved blues, funk and soul bands and continue to win over new fans.
When the Dynamic Hepnotics decided to call it a day in 1988, after achieving national pop stardom, their lead singer Continental Robert Susz looked for another project and formed the soul and blues inspired Mighty Reapers. With a funky groove driven approach to their repertoire, that included both covers and many original songs, they soon became a favourite around the pubs and clubs of inner city Sydney. It wasn’t long before they were releasing a series of well received albums and being invited to play at music festivals throughout the country. At the same time they quickly became the band of choice to back a series of international artists who toured the country during the 1990s including Big Jay McNeely, Lucky Petersen, Hubert Sumlin, Bobby Radcliff, Louisiana Red and Margie Evans, the latter with whom they recorded two very popular albums.
It’s testament to the group’s popularity that they have now been playing for well over three decades despite the fact that guitarist Dave Brewer lives in Perth and other band members such as Clayton Doley all head their own groups. The Reapers remain one of the country's most popular and enduring bands, having played at all the major blues festivals, including the East Coast Blues Festival, the Byron Bay Blues Festival, the Sydney International Jazz and Blues Festival, and the Manly Jazz and Blues Festival.
Their special guest for the night will be one of Australia's foremost blues artists in Ray Beadle, a headliner at many Australian music festivals in his own right.
