Once upon a time, Chris Russell took to the stage with little more than an open-tuned sea-foam green Danelectro and a Goldentone Reverbmaster. By the close of 2011, a year which kept the songman busy with shows in Australia and the US, Dean Muller (Cosmic Psychos) had joined on drums. Dave Folley (Tex Perkins, Archie Roach) has since been entrusted with the stickman role. The pair have been working out and toning up in order to bring you new single, ‘Swimsuit’. From the press: “Drums power along like New Orleans bound barge, leaving a wake of shattered drumsticks and smashed cymbals to wash ashore whilst Chris’s voice dances like a sinewy body around bonfire guitar.” The Barwon Hotel, Geelong – August 7.