Dun Mountain Distillery Bushband

Featuring

Carol Rose - Stephen Rose - Ruth Watson - Richard Watson

Dun Mountain Distillery Bushband was formed in 1999 as a four piece acoustic bushband featuring guitars, double bass, whistles, flutes, bodhran, mandolin and lagerphone. Their eclectic mix of Kiwi, Australian, Celtic, American songs, tunes and bush poems, is sure to please all types of audience. Their lively and energetic performance is a real crowd pleaser, often inviting audience participation in songs known to most. Available for all types of functions, contact by email as follows:

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Richard Watson: Vocals; Guitar; Mandolin

Richard was a closet guitar player for many years but over the past ten years has been in several celtic and folk bands. He is a great celtic rhythm guitarist and mandolinist, and enjoys songs that reflect New Zealand ’s colonial past.

Ruth Watson: Whistles; Flutes; Percussion; Backing Vocals

Ruth resurrected her old school recorder nine years ago when she realised that she was becoming a “musical widow” and picked up the whistle soon after. She then progressed to many different types of whistles and flutes and finally percussion. She enjoys celtic and American old-timey folk tunes.

Steve Rose: Vocals; Percussion (Bodhran); Guitar; Lagerphone

Steve was also a closet guitarist for many years and, a few years ago, discovered that he has a talent for writing great songs about New Zealand ’s early settler history. Whaling, shearing, bushranging, all the stuff that a good bushband does well.

Carol Rose: Vocals; Double Bass; Guitar; Mandolin; Fiddle

Carol worked as a professional musician for 25 years, throughout New Zealand and Australia . Now settled one hour west of Nelson, she is involved with three working bands and enjoys the diversity of the music she is involved with. She also enjoys the fun of the bushband music and loves performing with husband Steve and good friends Richard and Ruth.