Doug Lyons (Capt Bluetongue)

Experience:

• - 25 years teaching and performing in Australia and the UK
• - Teaches in workshops, private lessons, corporate groups and community college classes
• - Has appeared on ABC radio, Triple J, BBC radio, Channel 9 Today Show and Kerri Anne Kennerley and Channel 7 Sunrise.
• - Composed and performed music for the TV Show Dining Down Under
• - Guest Judge at Tamworth Country Music Festival ‘Golden Harmonica’ championships
• - Founder of the Sydney Harmonica Festival, which is committed to showcasing the best of Australian harmonica
• - Member of renowned pre-war acoustic Blues duo The Blues Preachers who have three critically claimed albums to date: Next Stop Beulah Land, Dry Long So, and Dead Cats Can Bounce. The Blues Preachers are a favourite on the Australian festival circuit
• - Dedicated to the growth of harmonica popularity.
• - Founder of the Bluetongue Harmonica School
• - Loves teaching people to get started and introducing them to this amazing instrument, the harmonica, also known as the Tin Sandwich, Gob Iron or The Humble Harp!