Salt Pan Blues
Described by the ‘The Conversation Hours’ Richard Fidler as “The Doors meets Jack Kerouac & Slim Dusty” and songwriter/frontman Gav Dear as “one of the most remarkable men I’ve ever met”,
The Roadtrippers perform their strange far northern tales with a manic machinery shed aesthetic. Combining acoustic country with raucous Rock n’ Roll they occupy a unique place is northern Australia’s music scene.
The Roadtrippers, born in the little frontier abode of Cooktown, Far North Queensland in 2004 and generally shunned by all but the certified insane they have slowly built a word of mouth loyal following in the strangest little corners of Australia.
In 2005 the band received national airplay with the release of “100 smokes to Kununurra” described by Time Out Magazine Brisbane as “a no frills road themed sleeper and quite possibly a Northern Australian classic”.
