The Ukelles

The Ukelles

The Ukelles are another fun band based around the Ukulele but with a good collection of other instruments and musicians. I’ve been playing Violin and Mandolin with them for some time now, so much fun.

The fUKErs band in 2017

The fUKErs

The big men of little music are renowned as one of Australia’s most entertaining ukulele ensembles. This quirky eight piece band boasts numerous ukulele players, jazz guitar, double bass, drums, violin, mandolin and an array of odd-ball percussion toys for some numbers. Heaps of fun and well worth seeing live.

Tenderhooks

Tenderhooks

The Tenderhooks band was an originals outfit fronted by Douglass Bishop, singer songwriter (Douglass is in the middle in the image above between Guy Chapman at the front and T-Rev Champion). We played original music around Sydney pubs for a number of years… had a ball.

The Dullards band

The Dullards

The Dullards got up to all sorts of things… busking, fringe club, kings cross new years eve stripper, harold park, name changes, strawberry hills, punters club in Melbourne, recordings to convert… but for now, here’s one letter of recommendation from John Noble of the Adelaide Fringe Festival…

Small Talk

Small Talk

Small Talk was a contemporary acoustic music show that Douglass Bishop of Tenderhooksmusic held every second Sunday afternoon at a couple of different pubs in Sydney back around 2002-2003.

The Hotdogs Band

The Hotdogs

A covers band that used to play Rock classics from the ’60s & ’70s. The Hotdogs captured the sound of a period when music was raw and real. The five-piece band fronted by Douglass Bishop had a repertoire of great songs from the era of the greats like: Otis Redding, Neil Young, Sam Cooke and Little Richard – to mention just a few.

Bagel House

Bagel House

The Bagel House was a great Sydney cafe, near Taylor square, I played some jazz there in the ’80s with friends in an outfit called Jazabilly, or some times The Dullards. I wonder what became of the Portelli family? Lovely people, think our band played at their house for a birthday some time too.

The Bob Dylan Revue – fresh gigs

The Bob Dylan Revue – fresh gigs

The Bob Dylan Revue are playing again this week in Sydney. Being a Dylan fan from his late teens, Douglass is a great choice to play the roll of Bob Dylan. There is an uncanny resemblance to the man himself. Douglass has a natural feel for the Guitar, Blues harp and that distinctive vocal style… even Dylan himself would be a little puzzled at first… but he’ll come around.