Closing Party feat. CJ Commerford and The Supertones & Cookin' On 3 Burners

Join us at Brown Brothers for the closing party of the 34th Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues.

Brown Brothers are putting on their famous festival food alongside fully stocked bars with all your favourite Brown Brothers wines, plus local beers, cider and non-alcoholic options.

This is an outdoor event BYO picnic blankets or foldable chairs, some seating is provided on site but is limited.  There is no allocated seating.  Tickets are limited.

Strictly no BYO food or beverages.  Sealed water bottles and empty refillable water bottles are permitted.  No hard Eskys, small soft cooler bags with ice are permitted.  No BYO plates, cutlery or glassware.

All ticket include a take home Brown Brothers wine tumbler.

CJ Commerford & The Supertones have the power to ease your mind, sweeping you back to the golden era of 70s soul.

A celebration of all moments analogue, beautifully human in one’s life, CJ channels this into a soulful blues-rock sound written from his deep love and grounding connection to vintage music.

It’s this wholesome vibration that makes every performance feel as tactile as the last, allowing listeners to step into a world of sepia-toned warmth. ‘The Supertones’ are the five-piece backbone to CJ’s vintage sound, allowing for those vintage moments to be fully realised onstage and in the studio.

It’s that ‘greater than the sum of its parts’ combination of members. Guitarist Lennie Farchione, bassist Aidan Efron, drummer Alex Keser, trumpet player Dave Flynn and keys/saxophonist Sebastian Farchione together with CJ create a sonic wash ‘that feels simultaneously grounded and explorative’ (Happy Mag).

​From their roots in seaside tales to the ever-present modern-vintage flavour, their album ‘Sugar’ heightens this spirit with hooky riffs, sultry melodies and undeniable positive energy to liquefy your troubles.

Cookin’ On 3 Burners are Australia’s hardest hitting Hammond Organ Trio – joining the dots between Deep Funk, Raw Soul, Organ Jazz & Boogaloo.
Listening to Cookin’ On 3 Burners is like poking your head through a time portal that stretches between the year you were born and the middle of next week. On one hand there are clues to a spiritual home that’s situated somewhere in the back streets of 1966, but on the other is a reinvented soul stew that’s very much a product of the 21st Century.
Formed in 1997, Cookin’ On 3 Burners was always meant to be an experiment in sound. Drenched in the bluesy soulful influence of the late 60′s/early 70′s output of labels such as Prestige, Bluenote & Groove Merchant, these Melbourne music stalwarts began serving up a feast of tasty funk on a bed of Hammond soul, creating a flavour that gets better with every lick of the spoon.
In 2002 they released their first 7” single (Gravel Rash / Pie Warmer) under the Bamboo Shack label and by the summer of 2009, the band was number 1 on the UK iTunes RnB charts with the track This Girl (featuring Kylie Auldist). In between, Cookin’ On 3 Burners, made their home at esteemed U.K label Freestyle Records, rocked the B-Boy and B-Girl championships, had songs featured on a string of hit TV shows and played alongside acts such as Quantic, Alice Russell, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings,Fat Freddie's Drop and many others. And the heat just keeps on rising.
Their sixth album Blind Bet more than delivers. Described as ‘classic soul sounds with a modern cinematic twist’, it features beautiful string and horn arrangements by Ross Irwin and special guest vocalists Daniel Merriweather, Tex
Perkins, Kylie Auldist, Harry James Angus (Cat Empire) and Jason Heerah (Electric Empire)
In 2016, Cookin’ on 3 Burners continued to further branch out collaborating with prominent French electronic producer Kungs on a reworking of “This Girl.” This track saw substantial chart success world-wide, reaching #1 in Europe, and being the most Shazamed dance track of 2016 in the world.
2017 sees Cookin’ On 3 Burners release brand new material. A collaboration with UK based artist Emmi and remixed material on the Warner Music label with producers Lenno, Niklas Ibach, Funk LeBlanc, Yolanda Be Cool and more.
If you haven’t seen Cookin’ on 3 Burners live, you’re in for a treat. Grab your over gloves and join the band as they celebrate the future sound of yesterday.