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For a time in the late seventies, Rum Jungle was the most popular band in Adelaide. A long running residency at the Lord Melbourne Hotel became their home. Frontman Phil Colson, from Sydney’s Foreday Riders, gathered a fine collection of local players to perform a mixture of blues, R&B and funk - all about the groove and dancing. James Black (keyboards and guitar), Bruce Sandell (tenor sax), Ian McDonald and Rod Cornish (bass) and local king-of-the-skins JJ Hackett.

The high point for the band was a trip to Thailand in 1978. Sadly, the band never returned to The Lord Melbourne. Ian left to join Stars, while JJ and James moved to Melbourne to join Mondo Rock. James went on to play in Gangajang, The Black Sorrows, Men at Work and is musical director of Rockwiz. Bruce returned to Melbourne and is Australia’s best exponent of the King Curtis style. Phil lives on the central coast of NSW still playing his wild blues and watching with pride the astonishing success of his daughter, Sia Furler. 

Nearly forty years later, Rum Jungle are coming back together to play a power-packed set of the music they love at the Garden of Unearthly Delights. 

Singer-songwriter from South-West Syd who wants to dance around the mess we've made.

Phillip Johnston is an American/Australian jazz musician who lives in Sydney Australia. He is best known for The Microscopic Septet, Fast 'N' Bulbous, and as a composer for film and silent film.

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