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Dave Bishop and the Sinners remind us of what it is like to go and see a great live band where the focus is on audience connection, organic sound, genuine emotion and simple entertainment. Here you will see no bells and whistles or fancy additions. It’s all about honest song writing and quality music. These musos are the real deal.

At the helm of Dave Bishop and the Sinners we find highly acclaimed Australian singer/songwriter Dave Bishop. A charismatic storyteller with a unique ability to communicate life, love and the human condition, Bishop has a rare observational and raw songwriting style.

Possessing a deep, slightly gruff voice punctuated by a genuine Aussie accent, Bishop’s melodic acoustic guitar and sound harmonica skills reinforce this artist as indeed the “whole package”.

Bishop’s extensive musical Resume is flooded with countless band projects, hundreds of quality gigs, domestic and overseas touring and includes critically acclaimed solo album release 'Above the Roof'.

Bishop is best known for his work as front man and songwriter for Canberra rock outfit Night Train, between 2002 and 2008. Night Train was the catalyst for Bishop’s impressive airplay and success with beautiful ballad anthem 'Black Sally Lane' and the band that prompted Defence to invite him to play for deployed forces during 2006/2007 in the Solomon Islands, Egypt and Cyprus.

Bishop formed Dave Bishop and the Sinners in 2009 with mate and drummer, Dave Price. The lineup was complete with bass player, Anthony Price & lead guitarist Luke Wheeldon. With more than a century of experience between them, the “Sinners” are accomplished and respected as musicians in their own right.

Anthony, also a highly regarded live sound engineer, is a very experienced but beautifully understated Bass guitarist with a subtle style that creeps up on you. Anthony’s gift of playing exactly what is needed and ‘keeping it simple’ has earned him some memorable riffs.

Anthony’s impressive experience in genres such as latin, jazz, swing and rock, playing lead and rhythm guitar in several successful Canberra bands has taken him as far as Canada. He met Bishop as resident sound engineer for Night Train, a job he continues to this day.

Luke started playing Guitar professionally in 1993 at the age of 16 and has only ever had one other job, which was selling Guitars. He is also a songwriter, sound engineer and producer.

As a songwriter and part of band 'Jester' Luke has released 4 CD’s with one receiving international distribution. As a session player he has played on 15 commercially released recordings and countless demos.

Drummer, Dave Price is well known for his solid, reliable style and forms the foundation for Bishop’s songs to soar. Price is an experienced songwriter, receiving airplay earlier last decade for his tune, Birthday. Price’s refined ability to understand the relationship between melody and rhythm has made him a musician featured on countless Australian recordings and in many band projects.

Dave Bishop and the Sinners are dedicated musicians and performers, who in combining Bishop’s memorable songs with carefully selected and cleverly interpreted covers has created a tight live show not to be missed.

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Written by Leonie Gall

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