Tattersalls Folk and Roots - Silva Dee and Clarksville Five

Perth Folk and Roots Club is back in central Perth at Tattersalls Folk and Roots at the Tattersalls Bowling and Recreation Club on Thursday 14th April 2022 with the support of the Tattersalls Bowling and Recreation Club and City of Perth. The performances are from 6pm to 9pm at Tattersalls Bowling and Recreation Club, 2 Plain Street, Perth. For this event, Perth Folk and Roots Club has Silva Dee and Clarksville Five. Events are free and meals are available through catering provided by The Kitchen on Cambridge, the in-house caterer who will be providing meals for the event.

‘Perth Folk and Roots Club is back in the heart of Perth with the support of City of Perth and the Tattersalls Bowling and Recreation Club with Silva Dee and Clarksville Five‘, said Keith Anthonisz, President of the Perth Folk and Roots Club.

Silva Dee has been performing solo and in many bands nationally and internationally including the Freo Grasshoppers from 2007. The band has been on ABC TV state line program in 2010 after the release of their first album – “I Guess I’m lucky” and sold over a thousand copies. The second album “Taking You Home Tonight” released in 2010 had an enormous response and positive feedback and the last track on the album “Burning away” on global warming gained attention in the USA. The title track “I Guess I’m Lucky” was picked up by Trinity Productions in the USA to be used in “Signs of Our Times”, a documentary film. The band has performed in WA locally and along the coast, north and south including various mine sites and inland country towns. Silva Dee and the Freo Grasshoppers recently released a new album "Hangin in There" with Jean Guy on Harmonica. Their musical influences and selection is wide and varied covering songs from early blues; reggae, Oscar ‘Buddy’ Woods, Jimmy Rogers, Tampa Red, Brownie McGee, to more recent artists such as JJ Cale, Leo Kottke, Ian Tyson, Robert Plant and Alison Kraus.

The Clarksville Five play original songs with a traditional sound with traces of rockabilly, a little country, blues, and soul. Their set is served up with a good dose of energy and feel-good hooks. The guitars twang and jangle as the songs rise and fall from rockers to ballads and a lover’s lament. The band are Paul Dennis on vocals, guitar and harmonica, Mark Ballesteros on lead guitar, David Blackie on drums, Mike Jones on rhythm guitar and Rob Preisig on bass. Clarksville Five have an album out called This Isn’t Going to Work and are out there doing shows around Perth including the Billabong Brewery.

‘As always we are also looking for up and coming artists to do a few numbers for the audience,’ Keith added.