Wheelers and Dealers Music


	Chris – lead vocals, flute, whistles, guitar Chris has ‘a voice that matches the warmth and clarity of your end of day malt’ (Geoff Green, Springboard Media UK). Her singing ‘brings a certain class and quality to a song without compromising the simplicity and naturalness that folk music is all about.’ (Kim Salisbury, Dept Education) Songs that tell a story are her passion and whether that story is old or new, her love of the song brings it alive for an audience. She also performs with Musica Viva in Schools as part of the early music and Celtic trio ‘Pastance’, plays Irish and South American music in harp, flute and vocal duo, ‘Freshwater’, and is an active contributor to the NSW folk music scene. Chris - christinewheeler@optusnet.com.au ph. 0408 276 436

	Ged – guitar, mandolin Ged's playing delivers both extremes of delicacy and drive, evidence of his diverse musical taste from Hendrix to Reinhardt to Patrick Street. As a teenager Ged took up guitar and taught himself punk rock followed by a long journey to acoustic folk via psychedelia, hard rock, blues then classical. He played in a number of highly successful rock bands in the 80s and 90s, including a 10-year period of Australian and international touring with the Lime Spiders. As a founding member of Wheelers & Dealers , Ged’s unique guitar style is a key to the signature sound of this Ged - gcorben@aapt.net.au ph. 0429 429 946

	Mike – fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals 2007 Golden Guitar nominee and 2007 winner of a Victorian Country Music Award, Mike brings fiddle, guitar, mandolin, a first-rate reputation for consummate musicianship and a lifetime of experience to the band. Mike toured as a soloist with Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra in June 2007. Since 1978 Mike has been a quiet driving force in the country music scene, having played for 10 years with The Flying Emus, more than 20 years with Slim Dusty’s Traveling Country Band and currently touring with Anne Kirkpatrick. In our little folk band he revisits his origins as the son of a fiddle player from Co Clare. Oh, and we get his wicked sense of humour as well. Mike - mekerin@optushome.com.au ph. 0412 019 511

	Michael - Bass A highly sought-after player and a long-time professional musician, Michael has eclectic musical taste, as his list of current associations demonstrates - The Bushwackers; Anne Kirkpatrick Band; The BlueMoons; The Shafters; Don Walker Band and Wheelers & Dealers. Michael is also a skilled recording producer/engineer with his own studio. Having played over the years with Slim Dusty and The Traveling Country Band, the Flying Emus, The Whitlams and Fiddlers Festival, to name just a few, he credits his musicianship to Louis Armstrong who, he says, once held baby Michael in one hand and played the trumpet with the other ... if only he could just remember that song … Michael - stjohnsambience@optusnet.com.au ph. 0438 468 574

	Tinker Duffy (accordion, bodhran and vocals) Tinker lives and breathes traditional music. Of Irish/Romany/ Welsh descent, she can make her squeeze box spit fire or sooth the day’s wounds, depending on what the music requires. Her music is punchy, dance-insisting and capable of converting the disbelievers to understand that this music goes deep into the soul. Her first accordion lesson from Rolf Harris as a young girl set her on a lifetime path of involvement in the traditional music, song and dance of Ireland in bush bands, dance bands, choirs and sessions. She performs regularly with her husband, John Duffy – together they are sought after as music session leaders for their vast knowledge of tunes and songs and for their inspirational style. Tinker - tinker@planetark.com ph. (02) 4782-2623