Foot stompin’ grooves, bareboned Delta fingerpickin styles, dobro guitar, fiery cajun accordian, honky-tonk piano, and outstanding blues vocals with lush gospel harmonies. The Shooflys show is something really different to your run-of-the-mill pub fare, a refreshing, old-worlde, “happy blues” show, with a great toe-tapping beat. This entertaining, talented, and award-winning trio produces an authentic and infectious up-beat sound, featuring dobro slide and ragtime guitar in a ‘blues and roots’, Ry Cooder-influenced style, combined with some exciting boogie woogie piano and cajun accordian, Neil’s great shuffle drum beat, supporting powerful vocals, all delivered with a warm, “old timey” quality. Enjoyed by young and old, The Shooflys offer a refreshing original sound, commanding residencies at Twin Towns Club on the Gold Coast, to outback Australia, and appearances at the Byron Bay International Blues & Roots Festival, Tamworth Country Music Festival, Blues on Broadbeach and the Gympie Muster.Their recordings, have enjoyed strong reviews and received extensive ABC radio airplay..... It’s a music act worth catching - and just a whole lot of fun!

1. Press Release :
The Shooflys
“The June & Johnny Country Show”
Country Superstar Johnny writer - a true music professional. he brough his unique authority
Cash was a music industry Together they were a towering to a later generation of song
icon for over half a century, force in American Music. writers such 9 Inch Nails, U2 and
with an instantly recognisable Tom Petty, so the repertoire is
voice and unique musical style. Vocalist & stage writer Barry extremely broad and interesting,
The hit movie “I Walk the Line” Ferrier has teamed up with including some of the greatest
introduced his dramatic life story the talented country music popular songs written over the
and his unmistakeable, tough artist Kathryn Jones to create past 60 years.
music to a younger generation of an immersive music theatre
music lovers. Johnny Cash fans show that emulates a live stage June Carter was a comedienne,
now cover three generations. performance by Johnny Cash songwriter and highly polished
Even people who might confess and June Carter, and captures entertainer in her own right, who
Press Kit
to hating Country Music are the interaction between these two brought humour and warmth to
nevertheless enthusiastic about gifted and unique music artists. the Carter/Cash live stage show
his legendary up-tempo hits such and injected her unique energy
as Folsom Prison Blues, Ring of Barry has the vocal depth to and sparkle into performing the
Fire, Get Rhythm, I Walk the Line emulate the unique Johnny Cash great female country songs of the
- there are just so many great sound and the vivacious and era, as an important and integral
Enquiries and bookings and unique songs in the Johnny
Cash repertoire.
versatile Kathryn Jones plays the
gutsy and often hilarious June
part of Johnny Cash’s travelling
music show.
Carter, as she ‘hoots and hollers’
Those familiar with the highly her way through this toe-tapping, “The June & Johnnt Country
Barry Ferrier successful bio-pic will know of side slapping mix of great songs Show”, with Barry Ferrier as
P.O. Box 8 Bangalow 2479 the enduring love story between and stories. Johnny Cash and Kathryn Jones
PH: 02 6687 1594 Johnny Cash and June Carter. shining as June Carter Cash, is
MOB: 0405 788 433 A member of the iconic country Johnny Cash covered songs great entertainment that appeals
music group The Carter Family, by many of the greatest 20th across the generations and is just
email: design@byronbayinteractive.com June grew up in showbiz and Century songwriters such as a whole lot of fun!
became an accomplished Bob Dylan, Kris Kristopherson,
comedienne. singer, and song and Willie Nelson and in later life

2. Press Release :
“The Shooflys”
“...foot stompin’ grooves, This entertaining, talented, and
bareboned Delta fingerpickin award-winning trio produces an
styles, dobro guitar, fiery cajun authentic and infectious up-beat
accordian, honky-tonk piano, and sound, featuring dobro slide and
outstanding blues vocals with ragtime guitar in a ‘blues and
lush gospel harmonies”. roots’, Ry Cooder-influenced
style, combined with some
Multi-insturmentalist and soloists exciting boogie woogie piano
Slim Pickens and Dr. Baz have and cajun accordian, Neil’s great
been performing together for 10 shuffle drum beat, supporting
years on the North Coast of NSW powerful vocals, all delivered with
and SE Queensland and have a warm, “old timey” quality.
played in Europe and the UK,
and at several major festivals. Enjoyed by young and old,
The Shooflys offer a refreshing
They have been joined “on and original sound, commanding
off” by another outstanding residencies at Twin Towns Club
talent, Neil McCann who is a fine on the Gold Coast, to outback
guitarist and singer, but also has Australia, and appearances at
great skills as a drummer. the Byron Bay International Blues
& Roots Festival, Tamworth
The trio have now made it a Country Music Festival, Blues
formality and officially become on Broadbeach and the Gympie
“The Shooflys”. Muster.Their recordings, have
enjoyed strong reviews and
The Shooflys show is something received extensive ABC radio
really different to your run-of-the- airplay.....
mill pub fare, a refreshing, old-
worlde, “happy blues” show, with It’s a music act worth catching
a great toe-tapping beat. - and just a whole lot of fun!

3. Experience all the toe-tapping and ee-harring fun of this great mix of
upbeat blues, rag-time, western swing, zydeco, honky-tonk! People
keep asked us what we play....? so we call it “cajun cowboy blues”!
Blues music has a feeling of authenticity because it grew spontaneously out of life experience - as
a release from the grind, an outburst of joy, a beat you could dance to.
Blues music continues to play a big part in popular music history: look back and you’ll find the
blues is one of the authentic roots of most contemporary popular music styles. It is this sense of
authenticity which gives blues and other genuine folk music styles a sense of timelessness.
Fast forward to the era of digital music. Technology has changed our relationship to music and
influenced the music we hear on the airwaves. Digital sound “sampling” has produced a revolution
in popular music making and pop has become a kaleidoscopic melting pot of musical genres.
The commercial sheen of this ocean of digital music can ultimately make music seem bland, and
authentic forms of folk music like the blues become increasingly attractive to musicians of all kinds,
as they mature. To seek that nostalgic, quirky magic of authenticity becomes the passion.
Australian acoustic blues and roots music trio the Shooflys have been making that journey back to
the sources of their favourite popular music styles for many years now and from these explorations
have distilled their own unique musical vision that is an affectionate and whimsical tribute to the early
delta blues masters - those enigmatic pioneering guitarists and amazingly versatile songwriters and
story tellers.
But there are also some other exotic flavours spicing up these boys’ musical mix - a touch of cajun/
zydeco and a tinge of country twang.
Contemporary blues and roots music happily embraces all these vibrant folk styles - and if you
throw in a little ragtime and some upbeat western swing, and you’ve really got a strong thing going
in that good ol’ musical cooking pot.
Top this off with really outstanding vocals and harmonies and you have a fantastic fresh sound. It’s
fun, it’s upbeat and positive and it’s authentic.
Experience a great blues and roots feel, multi instrumentalists- featuring dobro
guitar, madolin, piano accordion, banjo, drums and guitars, plus great vocals and Welcome to the World of Cajun Cowboy Blues!
harmonies .. it’s a really great sound and a whole lot of fun!

4. About Barry Ferrier About Slim Pickens
Barry gained wide experience Slim got into blues as a teenager
in music theatre in his early in the 60’s and played guitar in
career, appearing in the original some of bands before making
cast of “Jesus Christ Superstar the switch to bass at age 18. He
“ and “Joseph & the Amazing has played many styles of music
Technicolour Dreamcoat“ and from rock to jazz, Irish music,
with the Lindsay Kemp Mime folk music, reggae and funk. In
Company. He was a recording the 70’s he toured the length and
artist for RCA, appearing on breadth of Australia continually
the ABC’s “Countdown” and for 3 years with a professional
opening for Ry Cooder at the funk / dance band from Perth in
Palais in Melbourne. He played Western Australia.
bass with chart topping pop
group “The Ferrets”. Later he Then in the 80’s Slim travelled
worked as music director and to India to further his music
composer at the Queensland studies, and during this period
Performing Arts Centre, experimented and picked up
Brisbane. He has appeared skills on a range of instruments
as support for many eminent ...mandolin, sitar, dulcimer,
Aussie music acts. He was also didgeridoo, Double Bass and
band leader and guitarist for also recorded several albums.
legendary superstar Eartha Kitt In the 90s he moved to Byron
on her 1994 Australian national Bay, and began playing double
tour. bass with the rockabilly trio “The
Purple Drippers”.
About Neil McCann
In the early 2000s he started
Neil has had a lifetime in music. performing his own favourite
With excellent skills as a vocalist music - Ry Cooder-influenced
& guitarist, he has a brilliant funk delta blues, and the old-timey
blues sound that is captivating. songs handed down to him
He worked for many years by his father, who was also a
on the Sydney music scene, professional musician.
where he was also a television
animator, before moving to the
North Coast of NSW.

5. CONTACT:
Slim Pickens Ph: 02 66804012
Barry Ferrier Ph: 02 66871594
E-mail: slimpickens51@yahoo.com.au