Memphis Nights

Memphis Nights....An Australian artist.....Irish background.....American name.....Living in Vienna! Confused? It get's worse.

I started off in the city of Melbourne and fled to the country for "The peaceful life". The deal was to hibernate for a decade or so, and it was there in my little van in the High country that I wrote and recorded on cheap cassettes.

About 350 songs later the quiet life went loud when in 1998 I formed the band "The Swamp Cats".

"The Swamp Cats" played for 5 years in just about every backwater bar, party and festival that was going at the time and its was during this time I was given the name of Memphis Nights because of the American influences and style of music.

We were a 4 piece swamp rock/blues band that definitely weren't in the business of bringing sexy back!

At the end of 2003 some guy in a suit convinced me to head back to the city, having to leave the band. So now, as a soloist with my own recordings, I play with a variety of musicians and venues, while pursuing a market for the recordings. With a blues voice, working with drum and bass techno samples, I'm half country - half city. A guy who had to escape the country BACK to the city to try and get me some peace!