the Big House, PyrmontBlues Co. Unlimited: October 13, 1993
'Live' at NAPOLEON'S the Big House, Pyrmont
Blues Co. Unlimited: October 13, 1993
Tracks (Just want a) LITTLE BIT (Bass/Brown /Thornton /Washington)
GOIN' TO CHICAGO (Jimmy Rushing /William 'Count' Basie)
BUILT FOR COMFORT(Willie Dixon)
BORN IN MISSOURI (Hosea Leavy)
SENT FOR YOU YESTERDAY (Jimmy Rushing /William 'Count' Basie)
FANNIE MAE [aka FANNY MAE] (Robinson /Brown)
SUNDAY MORNING IN BALMAIN (Rod Jeffery)
BERKELEY CAMPUS BLUES (Weiss /Thiele)
KANSAS CITY (Jerry Leiber /Mike Stoller)
HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN (Willie Dixon)
Sign-Off Medley: Roll 'Em Pete (Pete Johnson /Joe Turner) ~ The Theme (Miles Davis)
Blues Co. Umlimited was a 9-piece band put together by Peter Locke to feature Rod on vocals in a similar situation to the great Joe Turner fronting the Kansas City Blue Devils. Although it only did two gigs, the first of which was the monthly concert for the Sydney Blues Society held at Napoleon's in the Big House Hotel in Sydney's Pyrmont Docks area on Wednesday - October 13, 1993.
There was a recording made with a small hand-held cassette recorder from the back of the room.
The band on that occasion were:
Peter LOCKE: MD/Keyboards
Rod 'Beachhead' JEFFERY: Vocals
Grahame 'Conny' CONLON: Guitar
Gary CARLING: Electric Bass Guitar
Rodney BLAND: Drums
Willy QUA: Tenor Saxophone
Don REID: Alto Saxophone
Warwick ALDER: Trumpet/Flügelhorn
Peter CROSS: Trumpet/Flügelhorn
Steve LUKE: Trombone
