Presenting Live Original Music To Neighborhoods Since 1992
Origins: Adelaide, Pooraka, Gilles Plains, Kadina, Ashton, Tulka, Port Lincoln South Australia, Murneen Co Mayo Ireland,
Fremantle, Julimar,and Dunsborough Western Australia. Highway One Australia to Everywhere and Nowhere Else.
Fremantle, Julimar,and Dunsborough Western Australia. Highway One Australia to Everywhere and Nowhere Else.
Save the cranker
Hello my name is Justin Francis and I'm an Adelaide musician where because of the East End I was able to be inspired to follow that path in life for a job while making many lifelong friends on the way. Musician yes, and like many before and after my time we're all still cranking even with a new hair cut or not. I moved away for opportunity and as I near 50 I am looking to return home to S.A. bringing my work back, adding to the social fabric, to inspire others and also pay it back to the community.
Thing is where can I go for inspiration, a good band, good folk and will music have venues to present work at in the future? Poker machine barns is the reason I left Adelaide because they replaced most band rooms in the late nineties for revenue and family destruction. So I hit the road with fellow audio sculptors and we made our own way in music, creating new venues which still present original music today in the urban and rural areas of Australia. From this work we made studio recordings and it's still an ongoing concern today thirty years later.
Thank you to the East End of Adelaide and the Universities for entertaining us folk with music and arts culture over decades. Just like South Australian Country Arts and places like Carclew in North Adelaide, the CRANKER is a place for individuals and it’s a major thread in Australia’s social fabric. This music venue has forged many friendships since its inception and is still going strong today. My friends and I among many other mobs have shared a place to put on live shows for our bands and the patrons over the years.
Thirty years ago we were encouraged by South Australian arts and music organisations to pursue music as a pathway in life, yes here in Adelaide and so we did. The Crown and Anchor Hotel backed that vision too for many as did the punters, fellow creatives and individuals. Today in 2024 we continue as creatives on a professional level by having had those opportunities available early on as musicians and other skilled folk.
In turn The Crown and Anchor has provided employment opportunities for great hospitality staff, promoters, photographers, film makers, sound engineers both live and in studio with design and web artist's all adding to the fabric of life. Lets not forget the ticket collectors on the door for shows, always your best friend on a night out. The CRANKER is still that colorful wild horse in the East End, being a cultural piece of living art in motion. Without the Crown and Anchor in Adelaide what would it make of the social hubs and arts festivals?
A city renown worldwide for being the festival state. What would the South Australian arts and music organisations say, who encourage arts and music in our society statewide? What’s your message there? The community has a message and one to preserve an important social meeting place to share experiences with friends among the arts, music and culture.
It's the music venues like the Crown and Anchor that have helped me travel the world performing music along the way. I grew up in Adelaide with opportunities in open minded music venues like the CRANKER, then we took them out regionally and to other hemispheres too. I’d like to think the student accommodation can be built in a quieter part of the city where students can visit the Crown and Anchor to socialise so we can all experience their own and Adelaide's culture.
'Go home or go to the CRANKER'. Most University students went to the CRANKER , kind of like the assimilating social library.
All the following S.A. bands never went home either and neither did I like a million other people. I'm sure over a pint we would all agree to step up and say, SAVE THE CRANKER. I'm sure, including two mates no longer with us, Justin Mildwaters and Geoff Morgan would be appalled. Most of the musicians from these acts I've worked with would have played and partied at the CRANKER, 'turn it to eleven'. They are Ill Starred Captain, The Sunday Roast, Armadillo, Unevolved, Shane Labady, The Pragmatics, Greg Bakers Blues Party, Wooden Indians, Gravel Road & Free Willy.
Two music companies I co founded in S.A. are Corney Music and Seawitch Music where a few deals have been cut in the CRANKA I’m sure. A living entity the Crown and Anchor is and in the arts community, it's a kind of public arts office. We’re universal not reversal and also continue to work with longtime Adelaide friends/colleagues Jason at JLM Film studio and Dave at Big Sound recordings. Both are supporters of the CRANKER from a long history associated with the venue as well.
This is not a name drop but highlights how the CRANKER provides creative opportunities for many people in life as a pub, social meeting place and a right to be an individual. Its good to see passionate people stepping up in many ways to save an international cultural rocking iconic social HUB. Leave The Crown and Anchor alone thank you as there's always room to move somewhere else. Come to Adelaide, live in a quiet area, study and have a place to be yourself on a night out at the CRANKER
I'll have a Pint of Coopers Sparkling thanks and here's cheers to all the staff who've worked there through millennia. Rock on Folks and hopefully you can show the new students what Adelaide is all about instead of them becoming financial studying battery hens.. I may return home or move to another city instead if Adelaide becomes something it's not. South Australia the festival state? Show us how fringe you really are then.
LONG LIVE COMMON SENSE.
Hello my name is Justin Francis and I'm an Adelaide musician where because of the East End I was able to be inspired to follow that path in life for a job while making many lifelong friends on the way. Musician yes, and like many before and after my time we're all still cranking even with a new hair cut or not. I moved away for opportunity and as I near 50 I am looking to return home to S.A. bringing my work back, adding to the social fabric, to inspire others and also pay it back to the community.
Thing is where can I go for inspiration, a good band, good folk and will music have venues to present work at in the future? Poker machine barns is the reason I left Adelaide because they replaced most band rooms in the late nineties for revenue and family destruction. So I hit the road with fellow audio sculptors and we made our own way in music, creating new venues which still present original music today in the urban and rural areas of Australia. From this work we made studio recordings and it's still an ongoing concern today thirty years later.
Thank you to the East End of Adelaide and the Universities for entertaining us folk with music and arts culture over decades. Just like South Australian Country Arts and places like Carclew in North Adelaide, the CRANKER is a place for individuals and it’s a major thread in Australia’s social fabric. This music venue has forged many friendships since its inception and is still going strong today. My friends and I among many other mobs have shared a place to put on live shows for our bands and the patrons over the years.
Thirty years ago we were encouraged by South Australian arts and music organisations to pursue music as a pathway in life, yes here in Adelaide and so we did. The Crown and Anchor Hotel backed that vision too for many as did the punters, fellow creatives and individuals. Today in 2024 we continue as creatives on a professional level by having had those opportunities available early on as musicians and other skilled folk.
In turn The Crown and Anchor has provided employment opportunities for great hospitality staff, promoters, photographers, film makers, sound engineers both live and in studio with design and web artist's all adding to the fabric of life. Lets not forget the ticket collectors on the door for shows, always your best friend on a night out. The CRANKER is still that colorful wild horse in the East End, being a cultural piece of living art in motion. Without the Crown and Anchor in Adelaide what would it make of the social hubs and arts festivals?
A city renown worldwide for being the festival state. What would the South Australian arts and music organisations say, who encourage arts and music in our society statewide? What’s your message there? The community has a message and one to preserve an important social meeting place to share experiences with friends among the arts, music and culture.
It's the music venues like the Crown and Anchor that have helped me travel the world performing music along the way. I grew up in Adelaide with opportunities in open minded music venues like the CRANKER, then we took them out regionally and to other hemispheres too. I’d like to think the student accommodation can be built in a quieter part of the city where students can visit the Crown and Anchor to socialise so we can all experience their own and Adelaide's culture.
'Go home or go to the CRANKER'. Most University students went to the CRANKER , kind of like the assimilating social library.
All the following S.A. bands never went home either and neither did I like a million other people. I'm sure over a pint we would all agree to step up and say, SAVE THE CRANKER. I'm sure, including two mates no longer with us, Justin Mildwaters and Geoff Morgan would be appalled. Most of the musicians from these acts I've worked with would have played and partied at the CRANKER, 'turn it to eleven'. They are Ill Starred Captain, The Sunday Roast, Armadillo, Unevolved, Shane Labady, The Pragmatics, Greg Bakers Blues Party, Wooden Indians, Gravel Road & Free Willy.
Two music companies I co founded in S.A. are Corney Music and Seawitch Music where a few deals have been cut in the CRANKA I’m sure. A living entity the Crown and Anchor is and in the arts community, it's a kind of public arts office. We’re universal not reversal and also continue to work with longtime Adelaide friends/colleagues Jason at JLM Film studio and Dave at Big Sound recordings. Both are supporters of the CRANKER from a long history associated with the venue as well.
This is not a name drop but highlights how the CRANKER provides creative opportunities for many people in life as a pub, social meeting place and a right to be an individual. Its good to see passionate people stepping up in many ways to save an international cultural rocking iconic social HUB. Leave The Crown and Anchor alone thank you as there's always room to move somewhere else. Come to Adelaide, live in a quiet area, study and have a place to be yourself on a night out at the CRANKER
I'll have a Pint of Coopers Sparkling thanks and here's cheers to all the staff who've worked there through millennia. Rock on Folks and hopefully you can show the new students what Adelaide is all about instead of them becoming financial studying battery hens.. I may return home or move to another city instead if Adelaide becomes something it's not. South Australia the festival state? Show us how fringe you really are then.
LONG LIVE COMMON SENSE.
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2024
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ill starred captainMusic Style - Folk Punk Surfedelia
Origin - Adelaide/Port Lincoln S.A. Coolbellup/Dunsborough W.A. Performs - Originals & Covers |
ILL STARRED CAPTAIN - Scott Bassham - vocal/guitar & Justin Francis – Drums have toured abroad in Ireland and the U.K. including all over the Australia since 2000. Now celebrating twenty plus years for their Bottle Green Sky E.P., the band will be releasing a new album “Get Lucid” in 2024.. As ill-Starred Captain continues their trek through Folk, Punk and Psychedelia their back catalogue is now available on their Seawitch Music label via Bandcamp.
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MISS TEE (TEE KATU)TEE KATU - vocal/guitar
Music Style - Funk/Soul/Rock/Reggae/Jazz//Pop/Lounge/ Upbeat/Acoustic/Electric Covers/Originals/ Origin -Tuwharetoa Tribe Central North Island of New Zealand, Performs - Originals & Covers |
Tee Ketu aka Miss Tee is a reliable, easygoing, versatile performer who can create any vibe your heart desires. Although based in Cairns, there is high demand for her sound everywhere and Tee regularly travels all over Australia and New Zealand for work. Having a recent residency with P&O cruises in New Zealand with a great rapport, Miss Tee will be visiting Western Australia for a run of shows in Spring.
Miss Tee, became more recognised and grew when she organised a Music Festival in Mission Beach to fund raise for The flying Doctors. As a way to share her appreciation to the town and encourage tourism into the area in the low season attracting several hundred people from all over Queensland. Tee is great in the community and at running charity events and helping out others like her tireless work in the recent Cairns Cyclone. |
scott basshamScott Bassham - vocal/guitar
Music Style - Rock n Folk n Roll Origin - Port Lincoln S.A. Dunsborough W.A. Performs - Originals & Covers |
Scott Bassham has lived music his whole life, and it has been a journey down many roads and musical byways. As a guitarist and singer, performing original music, Scott's style is one that has evolved to incorporate everything from blues and folk music to dirty Rock'n'Roll.
His songs are bursting with heart and groove, but also tell the stories of a wandering life, in a way that will both move you, and get you movin'! Scott's latest album "Songs Behind The Seas' is now available on his Whalebone Music label via Bandcamp.. |
funkosisDJ FUNKOSIS - vocal/decks/MC
Music Style - Blends a mix of funky chunky jazzy jackin' sketchy edgy deep tech grinding breaks rocking classic beats. Origin - Bunbury W.A. Performs - Originals & Covers |
Funkosis cranks out the funky chunky jackin'
beats ..... feel the funky, catch the funkosis. Dave Lang Aka “Funkosis' is a music producer and DJ for over 20 years both in Australia and internationally, with a music collection of over 50,000 tracks. Funkosis has played on the same bill at club and festival events with international DJs, including Mark Knights (Tool room Knights), Todd Terry (Strictly Rhythm) and Andrew Bayer (Ajunabeats).
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Funkosis has an uncanny ability to read the crowd and play what is needed for the particular venue, audience and time of day, customising each set to create a dynamic vibe whenever he gets behind the decks. Funkosis can DJ any occasion, from corporate events requiring his MC skills, to weddings, birthdays, house parties or club nights. Funkosis drives the crowd always keeping them entertained.
CARL FIDLERCARL FIDLER - vocal/guitar
Music Style - Rock n Folk n Roll Origin - Port Lincoln S.A. Dunsborough W.A. Performs - Originals & Covers |
Carl's musical sojourn began at age 14 as a cabaret singer supporting some of Australia's finest crooners; Maria Vanuti, John St Peters, Joe Perone, Simon Galagher, Normie Rowe. At seventeen, Carl moved to Canberra to study Opera at the Australian National University and began a lifelong affair with Pop Music!
In 2001, Carl formed The Dead Abigails, a 5-piece Pop Rock band, and his most successful project to date. Unearthed by Triple J in 2003, the Abigail's signed to Shock Publishing and released the Code EP. They received regular airplay on Triple J, Rage and Noise TV (SBS), and much later on McLeods Daughters, Young Lyons and Big Brother. The Abigail's were named Oz Music Ambassadors, toured the UK and supported many great Australian bands including, Grinspoon, Kiss Chasey, Thirsty Merc, Diesel, The Whitlams and INXS. Their second release was to be their last, The Dead Abigail's DVD/CD. |
As well as playing regular solo support slots for touring acts such as Keith Urban, Tim Rogers, Dave Graney, Ian Moss, and Tim Freedman, Carl founded Mayfield, a 7-piece Soul/Dance act that combined his love of Curtis Mayfield with progressive dance styles. Since moving to Fremantle, Carl has been working with Champion Music and continues to write under many monikers: 'Mayfield' (soul), 'Da Blang' (dance), 'Intendo' (hardcore techno), and a new collaboration 'This' (electro pop).
Carl returns regularly to Sydney to perform with two soul bands: Johnny G and E Types, a 10 piece Memphis Soul Review; and Barrio Soul, an 11 piece tribute to the Latin soul scene of New York in the 60’s. Carl has been performing live on the Perth covers music scene for many years now where he has a loyal following. With any live shows in conjunction with Corney Music, Carl will include his original music along with the rich catalogue of covers that get most people grooving at each show.
Carl returns regularly to Sydney to perform with two soul bands: Johnny G and E Types, a 10 piece Memphis Soul Review; and Barrio Soul, an 11 piece tribute to the Latin soul scene of New York in the 60’s. Carl has been performing live on the Perth covers music scene for many years now where he has a loyal following. With any live shows in conjunction with Corney Music, Carl will include his original music along with the rich catalogue of covers that get most people grooving at each show.
adrian hoffmannAdrian Hoffman - vocal/guitar
Music Style - Folk Rock/Pop Origin - Fremantle W.A. Performs - Originals & Covers |
The video features both Adrian Hoffmann & Shaun Corlson live with Steve Kilbey, of 'The Church'.
There’s a hint of the romantic in singer/songwriter, Adrian Hoffmann. For him, the idea of complete strangers coming together to be united by a musician performing on a stage or in the corner still fills this young veteran with a sense of excitement.
It’s a fascination that has seen Hoffmann release an EP and two albums with his band The Morning Night; tour Australia and Europe with the likes of The Triffids and The Church’s Steve Kilbey; and establish a solo career. Adrian Hoffmans studio offerings are now available on Wrong Sea Music via Bandcamp |
corlsonShaun Corlson - vocal/guitar
Music Style - Folk /Alternative Origin - Kelmscott W.A. Performs - Originals & Covers |
Shaun Corlson is a singer/songwriter from the West Coast of Australia making music on his own terms for years. His work in 'No Flowers No Wedding Dress' and comically metal named 'db Threshold' illustrate this perfectly. He makes music a shade left of center, melodic, slightly skewed, with honest and thoughtful lyrics..
Playing 6 and 12 string guitars, with a voice that has been compared to the likes of Lloyd Cole and the late Grant McLennan, Corlsonj performs his brand of skewed country and psychedelic folk rock with a passion and flair that shows his commitment to his craft. In Late 2011 Corlson released two online albums under his own name, a compilation album of No Flowers No Wedding Dress songs and a Salvage Diver Single. Having spent the 90’s playing with No Flowers No Wedding dress by rel easing 3 albums and touring in Australia and in Spain. |
Corlson's regular band is Salvage Diver and his solo performances are mixed with songs from his own large repertoire of original songs and favourite songs from the last 40 years of rock music. From classic rock of The Stones and the Beatles to more recent artists such as Radiohead and Wilco.