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Genre: Alternative / Garage / Roots Music
Location: Queensland, AU
Website: The Medicine Show Myspace
Type of Label: Valleyarm
Management: MMAPP - Sarah Steinberg
Marketing: MMAPP - Alex Birnie
Interview availability: Contact Management
International Music licensing: Contact Management for details
Tour Management: Ed Gresack
Engineer: Ed Gresack
Photographer: Kevin Phillips
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Discography - The Medicine Show
Single - Black Betty - worldwide release - Sept 7, 2011 
(Position 30, Australian Blues Charts iTunes Sept 8, 2011)

Reviews and testimonials:
From the hottest, wettest most nasty swamp, where the crocs snap and bite and so do the guitars, come The Medicine Show. The music is raw and dirty, sounding like it just came from the Missisippi Delta. Spreading thier home spun blues philosophy through thier gritty lyrics like you’ve got to dig deep if you want to find oil and If I don’t get my whiskey I surely will die. Thier songs are highly entertaining with a loose narrative and a trance like rythm and groove.
Wooly @ Faster Louder
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“The Medicine Show peddle Australia’s most potent magic potion! - Peddling an elixir to transform even the stubbornest of bastards!”
Odyssey Productions

“The Medicine Show dishes it up with dirt in true roots style with storytelling style lyrics. I dig the track Dig Deep! "You gotta Dig Deep if you wanna find Oil." Yee-haw!” 
Sharla Cartner MusicFanBiz Myspace

“A swampy groove, ripping riffs and a gravelly scat that had everyone thumping in time. The set was tight, with a warm, vibrant sound and an addictive build that kept punters enthralled until the last note.” 
Pepa Wolf -MusicLife Media

“Their music has the space to bounce and shimmy around. Move yourself forward toward the stage. Have a lesson in soulful sounds.”
Matty M- 4ZZZ

In a northern suburb of Brisbane in Queensland Australia, the Medicine Show was conceived, labored, born and then nurtured. The music is a true suburban jambalaya of influence ranging form Delta Blues through to post WWII Chicago Blues, Country and Hillbilly music. 

Along with this is generous dash of Garage / Alternative vibe. A trio of fine musicians in the tradition of the Dirty Three, the Bad Seeds, Tom Waits and Howlin’ Wolf, The Medicine Show has thus far opened for Wolfmother, The Beasts of Bourbon, Nashville Pussy, Gentle Ben and his Sensitive Side, the Casino Rumblers and the calls keep coming. 

Why? Well TMS put on a real Show! The Medicine Show are constantly performing, all along the east coast of Australia and enjoys regular radio airplay through community radio stations around the country. The Medicine Show receives a lot of radio support throughout Europe, United States and Japan, via internet community and college and mainstream radio. 

Harry Gilbeys said "We have also been approached to submit works for various soundtrack productions".

Of these the most exciting to date would be the Suicide Girls Television Series, which is currently in production. So ostensibly, the band is doing alright. 

The Medicine Show consists of 
Harry Gilbeys - Principal song writer, front man, and guitarist  
Burning Log Dawkins - Bass 
Dogboy Puglisi - Drums