The Honey Sliders

with Dana Gehrman

The Honey Sliders are the retro inspired blues / boogie project for three time ARIA Award nominated singer songwriter Danny Widdicombe. Danny has released ten full length albums, as a solo artist, with his band The Wilson Pickers and in collaboration with the jazz trio Trichotomy and pianist Ant Aggs. Along the way Danny has won both the prestigious GW McLennan Memorial Fellowship as well as a couple of Qld Music Awards, and has toured the world playing his music. The Honey Sliders are a rock, soul, country, blues act (think Little Feat, Ry Cooder and Allman Brothers) comprises the cream of Brisbane’s musicians. Dan Mansfie (You Am I, The Gin Club), Chris Bosley (Resin Dogs) and Ben Carstens (Mexico City).

The Honey Sliders have become renowned for their annual concept shows covering their favourite music - Neil Young’s ‘Harvest’, The Beatles’ Rooftop Concert, Hendrix’s “Axis: Bold as Love”, The Band’s classic “The Last Waltz” (including Troy Cassar-Daley, Bernard Fanning, Jeff Lang and more), The Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” with Time Rogers as Mick Jagger, The Beatles’ “Abbey Road”, Cream’s “Disraeli Gears” and Neil Young’s “On the Beach”. Each year The Honey Sliders sell out venues with their respectful and mind-blowingly accurate recreations of these masterpieces of blues, soul, country, and rock n roll.

Each member of the Honey Sliders has toured the world with their music and together they have over 80 years experience on some of the biggest stages anywhere. Their love of music from the ‘golden age’ of rock n roll records from 1965 - 1975 is a huge influence on their sound Danny is about to celebrate his 30th anniversary of living with leukaemia and he’s not wasting any time or taking his music for granted.

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Danny is about to celebrate his 30th anniversary of living with leukaemia and he’s not wasting any time or taking his music for granted.