TEN CENT SHOOTERS: Ten Cent Shooters
CD Released 1995

The Ten Cent Shooters started out as a five piece in the late seventies and disbanded some years later. Two of the founding members Peter Woodward and Scott Wise reformed the band in late 1992 by teaming up with double bass player Sean Diggins. This lineup proved highly successful and has finally given rise to this debut recording.

To paraphrase the immortal Mississippi Fred McDowell, this band 'do not play rock and roll'. They perform Country Blues tunes made famous by various African American blues performers of the 20's and 30's. The Shooters are heavily influenced by these early artists, and consequently rarely perform in cities. Western Australia's south-west rural communities know the band well and have learnt the barrelhouse dancin' this high energy music inspires. Their approach to performing this material is to try for the character of the sound made by original blues artists without the impossible aim of mimicking them.

The result is a good time feel driven by yeaers of listening to and playing early blues tunes.

This is the first recording from the Ten Cent Shooters.

Peter Woodward: guitar, foot
Scott Wise: vocals, harmonica, mandolin. guitar, dobro
Sean Diggins: double bass