Doors open at 6pm, bands starts at 7pm

Bang Bang Betty

COO MAKES THE BAND GO BANG

Take one part jumpin’ rhythm and blues, one part red-hot rockabilly and throw in one part hip-shaking rumba and you have Bang Bang Betty and The H-Bombs.

The dynamic five-piece band will be bringing its 1950s R&B to the Duke of George in Fremantle on Saturday, September 28.

With lead vocals from Coo Jarvis, aka Bang Band Betty or Miss Dynamite the band plays fun and infectious rock ‘n’ roll as it’s meant to be played – with honking sax, stinging guitar, thumping double bass and pounding drums.
 Coo will hypnotise an audience with her hip-shaking dancing and beguile them with her smooth vocals before rousing them to stomp out some rock ‘n’ roll moves.
 The H-Bombs’ line-up features musicians who have played in many of Perth’s top rock combos, covering styles from country jazz to jump blues and rockabilly.

In includes Andy Jarvis on guitar, Mark Sprogowski on tenor sax, Dom D’Leno on drums – also members of The Milford Street Shakers - and Marc Gordon, who played with Rick Steele in The Hot Biscuit Band, on double bass. 

Their repertoire focuses on fun and upbeat numbers from the golden era of rock ‘n’ roll, mixing a carefully selected array of crowd-pleasers with some fantastic songs by less familiar artists who deserve to be famous.

The H-Bombs perform exciting tunes from some of the greatest “rockin” vocalists of the 50s-era including Ruth Brown, Lavern Baker, Big Maybelle, Brenda Lee and Peggy Lee, with numbers that will be familiar to rock n roll fans, such as Them There Eyes, Heartbeart, Ko Ko Mo and Dynamite’

Coco brings a unique musical background to the band which gives it a distinct flavor.
 Prior to moving to Perth, Coo lived in London where she studied piano and pedagogy with internationally acclaimed Russian virtuoso pianist and educator Evgenia Chudinovich (also known as GéNIA).  

She has been running a successful piano teaching studio in North Perth since 2004 and also teaches piano workshops for contemporary performance diploma students at Central Institute of Technology.
 Coo is a singer and song writer
  who has been performing and recording in Australia and overseas for the last 20 years.
 Her unique musical background allows her to constantly draw on her varied musical experiences.