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SALTY DOG BLUES

Raw blues.
Big groove.

Multi award-winning, high-energy Australian blues.

Chicago · Swamp · Boogie · Mississippi Hill Country

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THE BAND

Salty Dog 2026

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Vocals · Guitar · Slide Guitar

Steve Plater

One of Australia’s finest multi-instrumentalists, renowned for wickedly deft slide guitar playing and expertise across a range of stringed instruments.…

Vocals · Harmonica

Marion Turner

Marion Turner brings powerhouse vocals and harmonica and is recognised as one of the country’s leading female harp players. She…

Drums · Backing Vocals

David McDougall

Having travelled down many different musical highways over the years, David has ended up in the same juke joint as…

Bass Guitar

Mat Sing

Recently welcomed aboard, Mat has worked with various bands over the years. Together with David, he forms a powerful rhythm…

THREE DECADES OF BLUES

Thousands of kilometres. One hell of a groove.

Steve and Marion have shared bills with B.B. King, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Tony Joe White and other international headliners.

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