IncorpOrting One of retro rehash’s first music mentorship Projects With the church’s steve kilbey, super safari strut off Was a buzzing jungle world of soundS that spanned from rock to funk to disco and salsa. Steve kilbey and the mountaineers were the Unique headline Act of the night who, Delivered A tasty retrospective Over steve’s career in Australian show business.
To round out the night, jackal or tiger Presented a pulsing Blend of Blues funk and laucnhed their debut ep ‘papa’s dusty bag’. Perfectly complimented by the PsychEdelic salsa sounds of Juniper and The kick ass brass power of Hot potato band, an Eleven piece Group from sydney.
Visual art Installations were generously provided by Ize art, ruby rain, dingo lingo – connected by nature And art collective, arts tunes and craftanoons.
“Willem had the great idea of having established singers come to the Blue Mountains to sing with a bunch of local young musicians. I’d never heard of this or done this before, but it was a great experience for me and the local players. A real win-win situation. Willem did a good job facilitating this whole thing and making sure it was a great success. I hear he’s going for a grant to do more of this and in my 40-odd years of showbiz I couldn’t think of a more appropriate person to carry on his imaginative approach to giving local musicians access to great opportunities.”
Steve Kilbey (The Church)
“Willem is an enthusiastic community events leader, [who puts] all else aside for the betterment of others. The Blue Mountains music [and] arts scene is lucky to have him, especially during these trying times. We look forward to working with Willem and Retro Rehash again.”
Simon Ghali (Hot Potato Band)
