Lloyd Spiegel releases double live album & heads out on 25th Anniversary Tour

Lloyd Spiegel releases double live album & heads out on 25th Anniversary Tour

2015 sees acoustic blues phenomenon Lloyd Spiegel celebrate 25 years on the bandstand with the release of a new double live album and extensive national tour.

Recorded over two sold out shows at The Wonderland Spiegeltent this past March, the new “Double Live Set” is a 25 track anthology featuring Lloyd Spiegel at his absolute best. The release highlights Spiegel’s huge voice, blazing finger-style guitar playing and the personality-fuelled songwriting that has seen him wow audiences around Australia and the world over the past two-and-a-half decades.

The album’s track list follows Spiegel’s musical journey and includes blues classics from the likes of John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, and ‘Brownie’ McGhee, and tunes from his Australian mentors Alex Legg and ‘Dutch’ Tilders also get the Spiegel treatment; all of this sitting comfortably alongside Lloyd’s originals, comprising reworked live versions of the best work from his back catalogue.

Spending a quarter century on the road as an independent musician is no small feat for any artist, but for 35-year-old Lloyd Spiegel, it’s a milestone that celebrates a unique story in Australian music. Welcomed into Melbourne’s thriving blues community while still in primary school, Spiegel has gone on from child prodigy to become one of Australia’s big guns of the guitar with a contemporary style that maintains tradition and authenticity without sacrificing originality.

Lloyd’s 25th Anniversary Tour takes him to most capital cities, along with regional dates, with 25 shows winding over the months of June, July and August.

Double Live Set is available from all good retailers and online from 1st July 2015, with iTunes pre-order available from 18th May.

“Spiegel has stamped himself as one of the best songwriters in the country, regardless of genre, of history, of ANYTHING. It’s a powerhouse of brutal honestly.” – Rhythms Magazine

“a guitarist almost without peer … Spiegel deconstructs how the blues guitar is supposed to operate, makes sweet love to it, then kicks it out the back door.”
– Australian Guitar Magazine

25th Anniversary Tour

Friday 12th June 2015 – The Goldmines Hotel, Bendigo, VIC
Saturday 13th June 2015 – Main Bar, Ballarat, VIC
Sunday 14th June 2015 – The Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn Springs, VIC
Saturday 20th June 2015 – The Wonderland Spiegeltent, Docklands, VIC
Friday 26th June 2015 – The Semaphore Workers Club, Semaphore, SA
Saturday 27th June 2015 – The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Thebarton, SA
Friday 3rd July 2015 – The Stag and Hunter Hotel, Mayfield, NSW
Saturday 4th July 2015 – Camelot Lounge, Marrickville, NSW
Sunday 5th July 2015 – Edwards Tavern, Wodonga, NSW
Friday 24th and Saturday 25th July, 2015 – The Devonport Jazz Festival, Devonport, TAS
Friday 31st July 2015 – The Soundlounge, Currumbin RSL, QLD
Saturday 1st August 2015 – Joe’s Waterhole, Eumundi, QLD
Sunday 2nd August 2015 – The Old Museum, Fortitude Valley, QLD
Thursday 6th August 2015 – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Friday 7th August 2015 – The Piping Hot Chicken Shop, Ocean Grove, VIC
Saturday 8th August 2015 – Blues for Lost Souls, Williamstown RSL, VIC
with Jimi Hocking’s Blues Machine with special guest Chris Wilson, The Justin Yap Band, The Melbourne Jukes, Geoff Achison’s Blues Club Revival, Ruby Rogers Experience, Chris Finnen, Dreamboogie, Blue Heat, South of the River Choir
Thursday 13th August 2016 – The Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS
Friday 14th August 2015 – The Royal Oak Hotel, Launceston, TAS
Friday 21st August 2015 – Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, WA
Saturday 22nd August 2015 – Indi Bar, Scarborough, WA
Sunday 23rd August 2015 – Mojos Bar, North Fremantle WA
Tuesday 25th August 2015 – Perth Blues Club, Charles Hotel, North Perth, WA
Saturday 29th August 2015 – The Wonderland Spiegeltent, Docklands, VIC

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