This is an original song based around a resonator guitar loop (with occasional embellishment).  A predominantly acoustic track, there are occasional electric interlopers that find a way in at times.

Written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Mark Lowrie at Guffland Studios in Melbourne.

Everybody Tell Me

This is an original song re-worked in a more acoustic fashion, although, in the end, there are electric guitars, an electric sitar guitar, bass guitar and a bunch of keys filling in gaps here and there.  :-)

Written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Mark Lowrie at Guffland Studios in Melbourne.

Let Me Down Slowly

This is an original song that I started out acoustically - other than the acoustic and resonator guitars however there resulted some keys and a self-made sample of a reversed electric guitar (played on a midi-keyboard), amongst other bits'n'pieces.  :-)

Written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Mark Lowrie at Guffland Studios in Melbourne.

Are You Still Waiting For Me

What's it all about?  Sometimes people think that Tony Cini's Blues Explosion is all about a CD - well it is ... but it isn't.  The CD is a tool that we use to get Australian Blues and Roots music out into the stratosphere where people can find out about some of the incredible talent that we have in Australia.

Zevon and the Werewolves of Melbourne - I'm On My Way

I WANT YOU

This is an original song, written by vocalist and guitarist, Mark Lowrie.

'Old Dogs New Tricks' is Firewire's first EP release, and contains five tracks:
1. Catfish Blues
2. Wellington Street
3. Water Rising
4. Old Dog New Tricks
5. Feelin' Blue


Wellington Street

Debut single from Chris Russell's Chicken Walk out on white Vinyl on Cobra Snake Neck Tie Records.

Chris Russell's Chicken Walk - Don't Hook It To The Mule

Super mellow holiday inspired jazz mix including tracks from Milt Jackson, Freddie Hubbard, Mark J & Freeway, Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Recorded for RWD.fm live from Brooklyn, all vinyl.

Silky Sunday Jazz Sessions Vol 2

Recently, The Great Unknown had the privilege of participating - with some really great musicians - in the 2017 Legacy of Jesse Younan Concert at Bella Union in Melbourne.  The aim on the night - organised by Romina Carmen Di Benadetto, Kerrie Morgan and Jesse's brother, Emad Younan - was to both raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation as well as perform some of Jesse Younan's great songs.  He was a young man who died far too young but left a beautiful musical legacy.

This is one of the two we did that night - Swing.

The Great Unknown are:
 * Melinda Traves - vocals, djembe
 * Mark Lowrie - vocals, acoustic guitar
 * Charlie Bedford - electric guitar
 * David Taylor - double bass

Photo: Jason Rosewarne
Recorded at Guffland Studio

Jesse Younan

Swing

Charley Patton's 'Spoonful Blues' was the fabric from which Willie Dixon wrote 'Spoonful'. A track most commonly associated with Howlin' Wolf.
From Chicken Walk's 2nd rehearsal.
Dean Muller - Drums, Production, Mixing, Mastering, Engineering
Chris Russell - Vocal, Guitar.

Chris Russell's Chicken Walk - Spoonful

Recently, The Great Unknown had the privilege of participating - with some really great musicians - in the 2017 Legacy of Jesse Younan Concert at Bella Union in Melbourne. The aim on the night - organised by Romina Carmen Di Benadetto, Kerrie Morgan and Jesse's brother, Emad Younan - was to both raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation as well as perform some of Jesse Younan's great songs. He was a young man who died far too young but left a beautiful musical legacy.

This is the second of the two we did that night - Medicine Man.

The Great Unknown are:
* Melinda Traves - vocals, djembe
* Mark Lowrie - vocals, acoustic guitar
* Charlie Bedford - electric guitar
* David Taylor - double bass

Photo: Jason Rosewarne
Recorded at Guffland Studio

Medicine Man

Deeply influenced by the blues tradition, Mark Lowrie plays electric blues in the style of the greats of British blues from the 60s and 70s – Yardbirds, Cream, Free, Bluesbreakers, Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor – but in doing so, bring his own songs and personality to the fore.  And in the same vein as many of those forebears, Mark's Firewire presents the challenge of a trio of electric guitar, bass and drums, where Mark is joined by stalwarts of the Melbourne blues scene.

Mark Lowrie - Guitar and vocals
Mark is a versatile guitarist with long term experience in many styles - from traditional and contemporary blues, to rock and even some alt country.  He has played with the likes of Wrecking Ball (with Moosh McColm hosting the long running Royal Hotel blues jam), The Rust and others as well as a solo performer.

Wellington Street

Firewire

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