Laura Collins and the Back Porch Blues Band will be at the Whanganui Jazz Club.
Wellington-based Laura Collins and the Back Porch Blues Band are heading back to the Whanganui Jazz Club on Sunday, July 2.
Regulars at the club over the years, they’ll be back ‘starting a fire’ with some Smokey Robinson, swinging it with some Koko Taylor, and having a whole lot
of fun with their usual brand of boogie and blues.
Laura, who is upfront from the very start, with high energy, cheek, and vocal strength, leads and celebrates her band – and gives them licence to shine.
And shine they do, with Wayne Mason, of course also known for being one of our much-loved singer-songwriters, here is a master of boogie ‘burning it up’ on the keys and adding his iconic voice to the vocal mix. Think Fats Domino, think Dr John, think Professor Longhair and you’ll be in the right honky tonk.
John O’Connor will be “eating it up” on lead guitar, never self-indulgent – just soulful and astonishing. He’s played with everyone along the way, from BB King to Kiri Te Kanawa.
