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“In a world and industry full of pretenders and phonies , Gunshot Blue ooze a rare and authentic rawness, that not many can boast. They bare their true souls without any trepidation. The true essence of the Blues”.
Dan Patlansky

Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, Legend

ACHIEVEMENTS & HIGHLIGHTS 2014 – PRESENT

2019 – Invited to perform Lush Festival Clarens. Release of debut full-length album “Until The Last Prayer”.

2018 – Invited to perform Nirox Blues Fest, Mieliepop Festival, Misty Waters Festival, Dullstroom Country Festival. Recording of first full-length album “Until The Last Prayer” licensed to Gallo Record Company.

2017 – Invited to perform Park Acoustics, SA Bike Fest, FORR Festival, White Mountain Festival, Oppikoppi Festival

2016 – Invited to perform MixFM Live Acoustic Session (Radio Broadcast), FORR Festival (Mozambique), Oppikoppi Festival

2015 – Invited to perform etv Morning Sunrise (Television Broadcast), Sannie Fox album launch, Capital Craft Beer Festival

2014 – Release of debut 7 track EP “12 396km” featuring guests Dan Patlansky, Richard Bruyns and Martin Schofield among others.

“Gunshot Blue distinguishes itself with this album … a band with a distinct and very funky sound!”Mar 2019

www.bluesmagazine.nl

Album Review - March 2019

Gunshot Blue is the culmination of thousands of hours of dedication to craft, a fermentation of many uniquely different, yet strangely familiar stories, distilled, steeped and soaked in folklore and tradition.

A mysterious and hypnotic blend of the gentle, psychedelic-infused blues that occasionally meets the explosive high energy, electricity of rock and roll head on.

The band was forged on the road, playing almost every bar, restaurant, hotel, museum, backpackers, lounge, fundraiser, birthday party, park, holiday resort, barber shop, biker rally, music festival and even a prison.

Gunshot Blue is not just a spirited live performance. Gunshot Blue is a rousing psychoactive baptism.

The debut EP “12 396km” saw release November 2014. January 2019 saw the release of their first full-length album “Until the last prayer” which is out through Gallo Record Company.

“Gunshot Blue are proof that the blues still has legs to evolve and doesn’t need to be put on the shelf as a legacy genre.”
Gareth Wilson

SGQ Front Man, Oppikoppi Talent Buyer

“When it comes to roots music, these guys are the real deal. The authentic slide guitar work of Pepi Dimevski, combined with Frans Karoo’s distinctive vocals and their solid rhythm section, gives them a unique and lovely sound.”
Cito

Wonderboom Front Man

BOOK GUNSHOT BLUE

Booking Agent: Amy Le Roux

Mobile: +27 (0)72 109 6979

Email: booking [at] gunshotblue.com

or, alternatively use the booking form below

BookING FORM

2019:

22 – 25 March – “Until The Last Tour” – MSC Blues Cruise Festival 2019. Various blues artists. Route Durban to Mozambique.
21 March – “Until The Last Tour” – Northwood Crusaders Sports Club. With Crimson House, Black Cat Bones & Doc McLean (Canada).
01 March – “Until The Last Tour” – Foxwood House, Houghton, Johannesburg. “Until The Last Prayer” Album Launch.
26 to 27 January – Live Fast Die Young Festival – Hells Kitchen, Melville, Johannesburg with Jacques Moolman (Shadowclub), Rambling Bones, HK Cover Bandage, Ross van den Heever (Black Harbour).

2018:

17 December – Hells Kitchen, Melville, Johannesburg.
11 November – Johannesburg Tattoo Expo, Carfax, Johannesburg.
04 November – Hells Kitchen, Melville, Johannesburg.
25 October – Railways Cafe, Irene, Pretoria with Basson Louber & The Violent Free Peace, Percy’s Perserverance.
22 October – Freedom Hair Barbering & Coffee, Melville, Johannesburg with Percy’s Perserverance.
01 September – South West Social Club, Fourways, Johannesburg. Tattoo shop opening.
27 August – Freedom Hair & Barbering, Melville, Johannesburg.
04 August – Dullstroom Country Festival, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
25 June – Freedom Hair & Barbering, Melville, Johannesburg.
21 June Pretoria – Tiger’s Milk, Lynwood, Pretoria with The Black Cat Bones & Black Harbour.
07 to 10 June – Season Opening, Afriski Ski And Mountain Resort, Lesotho.
06 May – Hells Kitchen, Melville, Johannesburg.
29 April – Misty Waters Festival, Lake Umuzi, Secunda, Mpumalanga.
24 March – Mieliepop Festival, Tolderia Resort, Lothair, Mpumalanga.
17 February – Nirox Blues Fest, Cradle of Mankind, with Dan Patlansky, Albert Frost, Laurie Levine, Dave Ferguson, Urban Village & The Saucetones.
12 February – Freedom Hair, Melville, Johannesburg with Rambling Bones.
10 February – Old Prison, Heidelberg.
04 February – Hells Kitchen, Melville, Johannesburg with The Black Cat Bones.
28 January – Die Boekhuis, Richmond, Northern Cape.
27 January – Striped Horse, Muizenberg, Western Cape, with Dave Ferguson.
23 January – The House of Machines, Short Market Street, Cape Town with Dave Ferguson.
21 January – Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town with Dave Ferguson.
20 January – The Vic, Kloof Street, , Cape Town, Western Cape.
19 January – Geckho Bar, Hermanus, Western Cape.
17 January – Striped Horse, Muizenberg, Western Cape, with Dave Ferguson.
13 January – 3 Darling Street, Hannover, Northern Cape.

2017:

12 November – Hells Kitchen, Melville, Johannesburg with Coelecanth.
05 November – SA Horse Trails, Year end function.
23 October – Freedom Coffee & Hair, Melville, Johannesburg with Percy’s Perseverance.
22 October – The Good Luck Bar, 1 Fox Precinct, Ferrerasdorp, Johannesburg with Balcony TV, Johannesburg.
21 October – Radium Beer Hall, Orange Grove, Johannesburg with Georgetown & Miss Heidi And The Bar Room Bandits.
20 October – Railways Cafe, Irene, Pretoria with Zephyr Heirs, After Robot & Down South.
15 October – Social on Main, Bryanston.
05 to 7 October – Oppikoppi Festival, Northam, Limpopo Province.
28 Sept to 01 Oct – White Mountain Festival, Central Drakensberg, Kwazulu-Natal.
18 September – Freedom Coffee & Hair, Melville, Johannesburg with Percy’s Perseverance and Martin Rocka.
07 to 10 September – FORR Fest, Ponta Malongane, Mozambique.
02 September – “Moonshine BBQ” at Hells Kitchen with Rambling Bones & Michael Plaxton Harrison, Melville, Johannesburg.
07 August – Freedom Coffee & Hair, Melville, Johannesburg with Percy’s Perseverance and Martin Rocka.
29 July – House Concert, Pretoria with The Oh So Serious & The Great Yawn.
06 July – Fever Dogs Album Launch, The Good Luck Bar, 1 Fox Precinct, Ferrerasdorp, Johannesburg.
15 June – Private Show, Johannesburg.
12 June – Freedom Coffee & Hair, Melville, Johannesburg.
31 May – The Good Luck Bar, 1 Fox Precinct, Ferrerasdorp, Johannesburg with Akkedis.
27 May – Bar Ber Black Sheep, Rosebank, Johannesburg.
27 May – SA Bike Fest, Kyalami, Midrand, Gauteng.
15 May – Freedom Coffee & Hair, Melville, Johannesburg.
26 April – Surprise Birthday Party, Shadow Boxer, Greenside, Johannesburg.
23 April – Hells Kitchen with The Saucetones, Melville, Johannesburg.
02 April – Good Luck Bar, 1 Fox Precinct, Ferrerasdorp, Johannesburg.
24 to 26 March – Private Function – Matjiesfontein, Western Cape.
17 March – Rumours Rock City- St Patrick’s Day with Haggis & Bong, Rambling Bones, Martin Rocka & The Sick Shop.
12 February Nirox Sculpture Park, Krugersdorp – Valentine’s Day Blues Festival.
05 February Park Acoustics – Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria.
04 February – Private Function, Johannesburg.
29 January – Hells Kitchen, Melville, Johannesburg.
28 January – Bar Ber Black Sheep, Rosebank, Johannesburg.

2016:

13 – 16 October FORR Fest, Ponta Malongane, Mozambique
08 October, Private Function, , Johannesburg.
05 October Country & Blues Assembly, Good Luck Bar, Ferreirasdorp, Johannesburg.
04 September – Il Giardino, 44 Stanley, Milpark, Johannesburg.
03 September La Santa Muerte, Melville, Johannesburg.
03 September – Hell’s Kitchen, Melville, Johannesburg.
21 August – Smoking Joe’s Rib Shack, Chartwell, Johannesburg.
05 – 07 August – Oppikoppi Festival, Northam, Limpopo Province.
09 July – Hellfire 1st Birthday at Hell’s Kitchen & La Santa Muerte, 7th Street, Melville, Johannesburg.
03 July – The Goodluck Bar, Fox Junction, Johannesburg with You, Me & The Harmony, Panty Thug Mystery & Taxi Violence.
25 June – High Flyerz, Boksburg – Private Party.
04 June – Mojos, Welkom, Freestate with Coelecanth.
25 May – SA Hardcore Social Club, Parkhurst, Johannesburg with George Worthmore (New York).
14 May – 012 Central, Pretoria at “Dusty Rebels & The Bombshells” with The Rat Rod Cats, Hell Catts, Vana & the Oh So Serious & The Spinebenders.
13 May – Rumours Lounge, Weltevredenpark, Roodepoort with Wonderboom & After Robot.
08 May – “Artists Against Extinction” Bobbejaanskloof, Magaliesberg.
07 May – Fairview Cafe, Observatory Golf Club, Johannesburg.
19 April – MixFM live acoustic on air, Midrand.
20 March – Hells Kitchen, 7th Street Mellville, Johannesburg.
27 February – “Meat & Wheat” Festival, Carfax, Newtown, Johannesburg.

2015:

16 December – Private Event, Johannesburg.
16 December – Good Luck Bar, The Sheds, Ferreirasdorp, Johannesburg.
29 November – Hell’s Kitchen, Melville, Johannesburg
28 November – Private Function, Observatory, Johannesburg.
22 November – “Cape Cave Tour” – The Village Idiot, Cape Town, Western Cape.
22 November – “Cape Cave Tour” – The Village Idiot, Cape Town, Western Cape.
21 November – “Cape Cave Tour” – Botrivier Hotel, Botrivier, Western Cape.
20 November – “Cape Cave Tour” – Gecko Bar, Hermanus, Western Cape.
19 November – “Cape Cave Tour” – Aces’n Spades, Cape Town, Western Cape.
31 October – Dia De Los Muertos, Carfax, Newtown, Johannesburg.
06 September – Culinan Hotel, Culinan.
18 August – Hell’s Kitchen, Melville, Johannesburg.
13 June – Capital Craft Beer Festival, Hillbilly Hodown Stage, Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria.
31 May – Hell’s Kitchen, Melville, Johannesburg.
29 May – YFM, Live performance on air.
01 April – Amuse Cafe, Linden, Johannesburg. Sannie Fox Album Launch.
26 March – Vesperado’s – Charity Gig, Kemptonpark
23 March – “Cape High Noon Tour” – The Crib, Richmond, Northern Cape. 8pm
22 March – “Cape High Noon Tour” – Once Backpackers, Kloof Street, Cape Town with Sannie Fox.
21 March – “Cape High Noon Tour” – House of Machines, Short Market Street, Cape Town.
20 March – “Cape High Noon Tour” – Gecko Bar, Hermanus, Western Cape.
19 March – “Cape High Noon Tour” – Aces’n Spades, Hout Street, Cape Town, Western Cape.
18 March – “Cape High Noon Tour” – 3 Darling Str Guest House, Hannover, Northern Cape.
17 March – Rumours Lounge, Weltevreden Park, Roodepoort with Martin Rocka & Haggis & Bong.
02 February – eTV Morning Rise – Live performance
31 January – Stanley Beer Yard, Milpark, Johannesburg.

2014:

16 December – Stanley Beer Yard, Milpark, Johannesburg.
26 November – The Bohemian, Westdene, Johannesburg with Black Cat Bones.
15 November – Stanley Beer Yard, Milpark, Johannesburg.

BOOK GUNSHOT BLUE

 

Booking Agent: Amy Le Roux

Mobile: +27 (0)72 109 6979

Email: booking [at] gunshotblue.com

or, alternatively use the booking form above