Gippsland singer songwriter Harry Hookey will kick off five months of touring around Australia with a performance at the Deni Blues & Roots Festival in Deniliquin this weekend.
Hookey will release his much-talked about debut album ‘Misdiagnosed’ through Warner Music on April 25 and will spend months touring it.
“That’s sort of the aim of the game,” Harry said in a statement. “Most weeks I’ll have four or five gigs and just keep it happening. I’ve slept in my car a lot over the last couple of years. That’s my main address. And Australia’s a great country for it too: you meet a lot of cool people.”
The ‘Misdiagnosed’ album should appeal to fans of Bob Dylan, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. “I listen to a bit of country music, but I’m mainly from a folky background,” he says. “I’m a big fan of the early Dylan records, a bit of Woody Guthrie, early Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, all that sort of stuff. That’s what I grew up listening to and then branched out into rock, and then found country a bit later with Hank Williams. I think my music’s a reflection of all those tastes, all mixed together, somewhere between James Taylor and Nirvana.”
Harry Hookey – Man On Fire
Harry Hookey tour dates
Saturday 19 April – Deni Blues & Roots Festival, VIC
Saturday 19 April – Boogie 8 Bruzzy’s Farm, Tallarook, VIC
Saturday 26 April – Blue Gables Winery, Maffra, VIC
Sunday 27 April – The Fox Hotel, Collingwood, VIC
Thursday 1 May – Django Bar, Marrickville, NSW
Saturday 3 May – Caboolture Muster, Caboolture, QLD
Sunday 4 May – The Foggy Mountain Jam, Twin Towns, QLD
Saturday 10 May – Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy, VIC
Sunday 11 May – Vine Hotel Wangarratta, VIC
Friday 6 June – Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Saturday 7 June – Mollongghip Town Hall, Ballarat, VIC
Sunday 8 June – Hepburn Springs Hotel, Hepburn Springs, VIC
Thursday 12 June – Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 22 June – Broadbeach Country Music Festival, QLD
Friday 27 June – The Foggy Mountain Jam Mittagong, NSW
Saturday 28 June – The Foggy Mountain Jam, Rooty Hill RSL, NSW
Sunday 29June – The Foggy Mountain Jam Hexham Bowling Club
Wednesday 9 July – Big Red Bash, Birdsville, QLD
Tuesday 29 August – Gympie Muster, Gympie, QLD
Wednesday 30 August – Gympie Muster, Gympie, QLD
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