
Horse Drawn Cadillac
Mixing an ever evolving batch of homegrown originals with a few rare hidden gems from deep within the vault of musical treasures, Horse Drawn Cadillac makes you feel like you are on a wayward journey to New Orleans via Chicago - a bump and roll ride with some high octane
horses.
A 9 piece band powered by a trio of soulful and gritty singers - Amanda Bartley ( Midnight Feast), Tegan Portener ( Casuarina Light Phenomenon), and Pearl Noire (several !) and driven by players with a Cadillac full of festival experience, both prior and including HDC : Nello -harmonica (Southerly Change /Benji and the Saltwater Sound System/ Big Erle/Ecobeat), Wayne Rigby Sax and flute ( The Specialties,Bonnie Kaye and the Bona Fides, Wil Van Eckert -drums (Low Down Riders, CK and the 45’s), Duff Riley- percussion (Ramstone) and the dual guitar attack of Matt and Marcus Adamson ,and many more “hitchhikers” who hop on board the Cadillac at various events , including regulars Jonno Dallimore ( Cass Eager, Benji ), and Jaden Spence… keyboards (well, that’s a full festival lineup, and HDC is a jam band, and venues/budgets may mean less players, but the core is always there….
Originally it was Trev's idea with his washboard and cravings for the Southern USA..... he felt there were musical stories to be told.....
We were standing on the corner of then & now, contemplating the musical shape of this world we were born into - it seemed like time was running out..
What to do with what we had left - which was a considerable amount - So we gathered the band for a wayward post apocalyptic journey..and we started out in Chicago……
Watch us LIVE
Hear Our Music
MAPLESS -
10 Originals recorded in one day "Alive" in the studio with Syd Green ( Kasey Chambers, 19-Twenty) at the helm. A "loosely defined concept album" that seeks to capture what HDC does best, live music with a palette of sounds from Chicago to New Orleans ( there is a booklet with both CD’s that chronicles the post apocalyptic road journey in search of………).
Live at El Horses 2022-2023-
“A Horse can lead you to….” HDC felt compelled to record a live album at our favourite South Coast venue! Also, some of our fave albums are Live, and we believe music is energy, so ”live music is better", and so why
not a raw bootleg album to kick off our recording life? No overdubbing, what you hear
is what you get, in the spirit of an era when live albums were “mandatory and in
demand!”…..Maybe you were there? If not, we want to bring you there!!
UPCOMING ALBUM
E- MOTIONS : a 3rd release of 10 Originals, Chapter 3 in the journey, will be another live studio adventure, planned for release in November 2025
Festivals of Recent Memory
2025
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Milton Folk, Jazz and Blues Festival
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Kiama Jazz and Blues Festival
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Culburra Beach Festival
2024
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Kiama Jazz and Blues Festival
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Sussex Inlet Festival
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Burradise Bash
2023/2022
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Burradise Festival
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Shellharbour Rocks the Park Blues and Country Festival
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The Gumball Festival
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Floriade Canberra
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Nowra Country Festival
Not to mention regular appearances at venues such as:
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Lazybones Lounge Marrickville
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Pyrmont Bridge Hotel
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Cupitt’s Estate
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Miss Celie’s Ashfield
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El Horses Nowra
See us in action
Credits: Lipei Teoh, Bryce Gage, Olivia Shih, Chris Frape
How we roll…
