The Moonee Valley Drifters are: Tom Forsell--rhythm guitar/vocals/accordion, Nick Grant--lead guitar/vocals, Quentin Frayne--drums/vocals, Paul Pyle--bass, Nick summers--steel guitar.
The various band members have played with Doug Mansfield's Dust Devils, Truckasaurus, The Blues Shift, Doctor Doowop, The Rhythm Rustlers, and The Baylor Brothers among others.
The Moonee Valley Drifters are alive and well and play regularly around Melbourne venues including the Retreat Hotel in Brunswick, Port Albert Hotel in Williamstown, The Espy in St.Kilda, The Lomond Hotel in East Brunswick, and The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood. They play every week and their motto is Roll With The Punches, Make It Swing And Groove On Your Hunches.
UPCOMING
GIGS |
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Sunday March 8 national cd launch from 5.00-8.00 pm |
Nighthawk blues 119 Nepean highway Mentone |
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Sunday April 12
from 4-7 pm |
Easter- Fern tree gully hotel Fern tree gully rd |
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Friday April 17
8-11.30 pm |
Pascoe Vale Rsl-Cumberland rd. Pascoe Vale. Fire benefit |
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Saturday May 2
9.30-12.30 |
Lomond Hotel- nicholson st. brunswick |
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Sunday May 10
4-7 pm |
Oakleigh Bowling Club |
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Saturday May 16th
9-12 |
Western Hotel- Leibig St. Warrnambool |
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Sunday May 17th
3-6 pm |
Caledonian hotel(Stump) Port Fairy |
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Saturday May 30th
from 7.30-10.00 |
Retreat hotel - front bar -Sydney Rd. Brunswick |
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Saturday August 1
From 9.30pm-12.30 am |
Lomond hotel - Nicholson street Brunswick |
Click to listen to some short samples of our recorded output
Click to see some band photos
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