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.