Indigo Blue

STEVE  HUBBARD

     

Steve Hubbard has been involved in the NZ music industry for over 35 years and has played with many of New Zealand's finest performers.

Bands: The Furys, Hattie & The Hotshots, The Human Instinct, Al Hunter & The Legendary Bluesmasters.

Steve has worked extensively as  a session guitarist.

Festivals: Nambassa, Sweetwaters, Tauranga Jazz Festival, Queenstown Jazz Festival, Norfolk Island Country Music Festival.

Support: Elvis Costello & The Attractions.

Steve is a registered guitar teacher and teaches from his home studio in Pukekohe, Auckland.

Other artists I've played guitar with: Dave Dobbyn, King Leo Ladell, Jimmy Hill, Tommy Adderley, Ray Columbus, Richard Eriwhata, Jodi Vaughan, Brendan Duggan, Barry Saunders.

Jammed with: Mark Knopfler, Stevie Wonder, Renee Geyer, The Little River Band, Phil Lynott & Snowy White (Thin Lizzy), James Reyne (Australian Crawl).

 

PAUL  BREWER

 

Paul started playing bass in a rock band in Christchurch while at University,working the pub circuit.

 On moving to Wellington in the mid 1970's he worked in a cabaret in Lower Hutt,backing artists like Billy T James,Jon Stevens,James Gaylon and Nick Tansley.

During this time a number of musicians passed through the line- up including John Mayhew who went on to become one of the early drummers for Genesis.

Paul later formed a band for a residency at Wallaceville House in Upper Hutt,which was one of thepremier Wedding Reception venues in the Wgtn region.

  Since moving to Auckland Paul has worked mainly in clubs and RSA's which has proved to be of the most under whelming periods of his career to date,

and a major step backwards musically.He leaped at the opportunity to join Indigo Blue and to play music more attuned to his bohemian roots.

More recently Paul has taken to writing and recording his own music.Time alone will tell whether he is able to emulate the feats of his namesake,Paul McCartney

that is.

 

  KERI  BETTI

 

Keri took up playing the Harmonica during his teenage years, after hearing the Bluesy sounds of players like Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton and Paul Butterfield.

" The day I first heard James Cotton play was the day I fell in love with the Harp" He says.

These days Keri listens to and emulates many other music styles, including Blues, Jazz, Country, rock, and even some Irish tunes. He is able to play a single harmonica in a number of keys, taking the sound of the harp out of the blues arena, fusing it into Jazz and Soul music in a way seldom heard in other harp players.

"it always frustrated me that most harp players used only half their instrument" he says. The harp is the little instrument with a big soul

 

 

  DAVID  MARSHALL

 

  Started playing guitar at around 10 years of age,
thanks,blessings and acknowledgements must go to incredibly supportive parents
and older brother and sisters for the inspiration, encouragement and mentoring,
 
played guitar and sang with with my brother in various teenage groups,
`The Disturbers',`Mother Superiors Traveling Band Of Love And Hope' etc,
at local neighbourhood functions mostly for fun and to develop performance skills,
 
1974 - 1976 was a member of Waves
an original acoustic guitar , vocal harmony group,
played live rarely but live performances were very well received,
played several `buck a head ' concerts with early Split Enz,
and other local groups of the time ,
also some International support slots ( Maria Muldour etc )
recorded a self titled album in 1975,
through Direction Records ( a music retail store of that time),
which reached number 6 on New Zealand sales charts
 
1979 - 1980 formed Lipservice with drummer Peter Warren
and cousin...keyboard player Paul Drury, initially with Julie Manley on vocals,
played mostly hotels and nightclubs, the band evolved eventually
to a quartet of David Marshall (Spida),Peter Warren (Rooda)
,Rob Guy ( Revox ) and Brian O'Donnell ( O.D),
this line-up toured extensively and were signed to CBS NZ,
recorded and released a self titled album in 1980
 
During the mid Eighties formed Martial Law as a vehicle for original songs
toured and gigged frequently,
recorded an EP on the Hit Singles label through WEA,
Martial Law ( and Lipservice ) played many concert hall performances
and were invited on many National tours as support guests,
for local and International acts including Misex,Split Enz, Icehouse, The Dead Kennedys
to name a few
 
In the recent past have played and gigged with various version bands 
covering a wide variety of music styles (rock,pop,country rock,r&b,blues etc)
as well as continuing to write and record original music,
and generally enjoy the love of playing and singing music
 

 GARRY  BETTI

 

  

Garry started playing drums in bands while still at High School.As a teenager played all the Youth Clubs in the Hutt Valley and Wellington region.

"It was a great time to be playing,all the Youth Clubs,Ballrooms and Night Clubs (Empress Ballroom,Downtown Club,Skyline,Ngati Poneke,etc),

and playing The Shadows,Beatles,etc,just magic music"

  Moving to Auckland in the early 1970s,he played in pub residencies,and stopped playing in 1973.

"Started playing again in2007 to form INDIGO BLUE,so Keri could have a band to showcase his Harmonica playing.Still loving it".