THE THURSDAY HAMMOND SESSIONS "KICKIN THE B AT 303" : Clayton Doley's Flashy Dashbacks

$20 cash on the door.

Doors at 8.00pm - Performance time: 9.00pm - 11.00pm

The Leslie will be spinning and the tone wheels in the mighty vintage B3 style Hammond Organ will be grinding to the music from Australia's finest Hammond Organ players with their highly acclaimed rhythmn sections and surprise guest musicians.

Clayton Doley, the most unique and sophisticated voice in contemporary retro soul today, a giant of the Australian Blues Scene, cutting his teeth with legendary Sydney band, The Mighty Reapers and going on to form his own bands The Hands, The Organ Donors, and The Flashy Dashbacks. Over the last 20 years Clayton has played with a who’s who of international artists such as Joe Bonamassa, Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington, Harry Manx, Steve Cropper & Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn (Booker T & the M.G.’s, Blues Brothers), David Garibaldi (Tower Of Power), Jimmy Barnes, The Divinyls, The Dead Daisies, Hubert Sumlin, Mojo Buford, Louisiana Red, Guitar Shorty, Renee Geyer, The Mighty Reapers, Eugene Hideaway Bridges and Jackie Orszaczky – to name a few.
A master musician, a killer boogie woogie piano player, a super funky Hammond player, and a remarkable singer/songwriter with a passion for creating new works that could have been recorded by the R&B greats from the 50’s and 60’s.
Doley captures the essence of Memphis Soul Organ and the New Orleans Blues Piano tradition while fusing contemporary Australiana and Americana with all the might and power of a 10 piece band. Featuring a powerful 4-piece horn section, the ‘Hi-Fi-Doley-T Horns’, and the ferociously sweet vocals of the fabulous ‘Clay-tones’.
Clayton has been invited to play some of the biggest festivals in the world such as Montreal International Jazz Festival, Byron Bay Blues Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival and Tremblant International Blues Festival to name a few.

Looking forward to my next Melbourne show…. Thursday Feb 1 @303thebar - Clayton Doley’s Flashy Dashbacks feat. The Bayou Billabong Horns….

A special one off amalgamation of two projects coming together to create an exiting mix of New York City Organ Jazz and New Orleans Brass Band Funk together at last!

Clayton Doley is known for his distinctive groove on the Hammond Organ and his ability to write songs that you would swear were hits of yesteryear!

Paul Williamson - Baritone Saxophone

Anton Delecca - Tenor Saxophone

Ben Harrison - Trumpet

Nick Pietsch - Trombone

Byron Goodwin - Drums

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