On track: New Melbourne band Dreamboogie will play a mix of originals and covers on the Blues Train.
ERIN PEARSON
MELBOURNE blues outfit Dreamboogie will unveil its new sound to Geelong fans next week.
Lead singer Rebecca Davey said the group was excited about its gig on the Bellarine Peninsula’s Blues Train.
“The last year for us has been about finding what Dreamboogie sounds like,” she said.
“We begun with four different musicians all with different backgrounds, so we were a little separated sound-wise.
“We’ve started to anticipate each other’s quirks and know where each other is going during a song, so we have a newfound confidence.
“That’s the beauty of blues music.” Davey said the band was recording its first album, a collection of covers, after 18 months together.
The Blues Train would be an ideal setting to “unleash” its original songs and covers, she said.
“Everyone’s story is the same. There might be different names and different times but we can all relate to the things and that’s what we’re all about – that’s what blues music can do,” Davey said.
“Some lyrics may seem like they’re out of a high school poetry book but they’re telling a real story.
“The chords are quite simple but the trick is being able to put you own emotion into it, to create a feeling, and that’s what we want to do.”
Davey’s musical journey begun on guitar but she soon switched to vocals after a music teacher noticed her soulful voice.
After answering a newspaper advertisement she met Dreamboogie’s three other members: Mauricio Ochoa, Connor O’Neill and Rob Dillon.
Ochoa, who hails from Colombia, studied at the prestigious Berklee College in the USA to complete a diploma in electric guitar. He has performed across both the USA and his native country.
O’Neill’s toured South Africa and the Middle East in variety of acts, while Dillon has wealth of drumming experience to complete the group.
The Blues Train gig would feature Dreamboogie performing cover songs by Canned Heat, Denise LaSalle, Howling Wolf and Lynn White.
Dreamboogie will perform on the Blues Train on May 27.
