Album Notes

The Dead Setters have been a fixture at Joe Maguire’s Pub during the Tamworth Festival for five years now & celebrate this anniversary with their first live release - “Eat at Joe’s”. Recorded during their 2009 Festival appearances, the cd captures a great vibe with a mix of old and new including four previously unreleased tracks. This is a snapshot of a group of experienced & talented musicians who draw on a broad range of influences- from bluegrass to swing, dusty bar-room honky tonk to rocking country blues, all flavoured with a distinctly Australian edge and an earthy feel for character & narrative.

Also released with this package is a bonus dvd, “Live at the Cooks River Motor Boat Club”, shot at the Sydney launch of their Sideshow Alley album in late June 2008. Showcasing the new record and drawing from songwriter Mark Lucas’ now extensive back catalogue as well as unreleased material, on this occasion with Damien Odell on pedal steel replacing Jake Lardot on guitar, the Dead Setters prove once again what a versatile bunch they are.

There’s no fancy audio processing here or ’fixing it in the mix’ - it is as it was on the night - so turn it up & sit back & enjoy some great original Australian roots music.

"This is their fifth year at Maguires and they can now be officially declared an institution.  Surely there’s no one who does original country music better than they do.”  -Bryen Willems