Is it May already? Time sure does fly when you’re havin’ as much fun as us! 
It’s been a great festival season, having played to really fabulous audiences around Victoria. Most recently we headed down the Great Ocean Road to the Apollo Bay Music Festival where we had two great fun gigs – one in the big top and one in a church with a view across the bay…special moments indeed. At Easter we hit Beechworth with lots of our favourite Melbourne musicians travelling in convoy to the Golden Horseshoes Festival – it was like our very own version of ‘Festival Express’! A weekend of incredible music and lots of laughs, not to mention the odd sore head or two.
Congratulations and thanks to the organisers of the inaugural Avoca Festival (a gem of a gig – check it out next year) and to Les Thomas for putting together a great show, ‘These Machines Cut Razor Wire’ which raised over $3000 for the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre.
This brings us to our last couple of gigs until August, as we all take a well-earned mini break. Some of us head to Colorado to check out the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, some go to Croatia and New York City, and some of us pop up north for the annual Humpback whale migration…how’s that for a bit of variety!
We’d love to see you this weekend at The Union Hotel in Brunswick (Sat 9pm) or at The Drunken Poet in West Melbourne (Sun 6pm).
Til we see you again in August, keep the home fires burnin’.
- Nad, Colin, John, Andy, Luke
If you happen to be getting out of Melbourne over the next few months, you might run into us at any of the fine music festivals that seem to be in abundance in Victoria over Autumn. Such a gorgeous time to get out of town and into the surrounding countryside. 
If you find yourself wondering what to do over Easter, there’d be no better place to be than in beautiful Beechworth for the Golden Horseshoes festival. Some of Melbourne’s finest will be playing there such as Liz Stringer & Van Walker, Tracy McNeil Band and Raised By Eagles as well as us. Rumour has it that we’ll all be sharing the stage together at some point – that’s gonna be big!
Other festivals you’ll catch us at are Avoca Music Festival and Apollo Bay Music Festival. Check out the gig guide to find out where we’re playing around Melbourne too.
Something else we’d love you to throw your support behind is ‘These Machines Cut Razor Wire‘ – a fundraiser for the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre – coming up at The Thornbury Theatre on Sunday April 15. It’s a great lineup and we’re happy to be a part of it and stop these issues being pushed onto the backburner.
We’re back!
Holidays are over and 2012 is already gearing up to be quite a year. After a ripper of a year in 2011 with the release of our album, The Devil In His Sunday Best to great reviews, we’re extremely chuffed to find out that we are finalists in not one, but TWO categories of the Victorian & National Country Music Awards for ’Best Group’ and ‘Best Song’ for our single Fool’s Gold. Fingers crossed that we’ll bring home something that can go straight into the pool room!
Now that we’re all back in the same place at the same time, gigs are starting up as of next weekend where we hit Oakleigh’s Caravan Music Club with our good mates Sal Kimber & The Rollin’ Wheel. You’ll also see us around numerous festivals in the next couple of months. Hope you’ve all had a great start to 2012. We can’t wait to get back into playin’ and hope to see you at a gig soon.
The Devil In His Sunday Best is now available at JB Hi-Fi stores around Australia and online at iTunes. Thanks Vitamin Records! You can also pick up a copy at your local independent record store such as Readings, Basement Discs and Pure Pop Records. What a perfect Christmas present!
From Rhythms Magazine, Nov 2011 by Marty Jones
Well it’s taken almost two years, but The Stetson Family have finally delivered the long-promised follow-up to 2008′s mini-album Hey Sister Mary, Where’d You Get That Gun. And as strong as that first release was, the band has progressed significantly since then, making The Devil In His Sunday Best a landmark Australian roots album for 2011… (read the full review here)
The Stetson Family want to say a huge thanks to all the folk who came along to the launch of The Devil In His Sunday Best on Sunday at The Penny Black here in good ol’ Melbourne town. What a joyous and fun afternoon it was! We’d like to thank the wonderful guests we had on the day – Tracy McNeil & Luke Sinclair with Sean McMahon, Marni Sheehan & Sharin Anderson, Bree Hartley & Liz Stringer. Cheers also to Lisa Sorgini for the photos, Toby on film and Tim on sound. Hats off to you all for making it everything we’d hoped for…and more!
Check out more photos from the day – as well as upcoming gigs.
Hope to see y’all again soon! x Nad, Colin, John, Andy & Luke
Thanks to Alex Morton from The Last Record Store (Melbourne misses you LRS!) for his review of our album for Upstream Whispers. Read it in full on our Reviews page.
The Stetson Family are excited and proud to release their brand spankin’ new album, The Devil In His Sunday Best. The new album brings a rootsy and original edge to the familiar and timeless sounds of bluegrass and alt.country with songs that are at times dark and dusty, lovelorn and heartbreaking, or just downright tongue in cheek. Guests on the album include some of Melbourne’s finest singer / songwriters, Tracy McNeil, Liz Stringer and Marni Sheehan. The Stetsons love doing what they do and audiences are eagerly encouraged to get on board and come along for the ride!
“The Stetson Family is the only band I can listen to without getting upset.” (Jean Macumber, 88 years old, Viewbank)