Bridge Hotel

Bridge Hotel, Rozelle

Bruce Elder

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Big on the blues and true to its roots, The Bridge has played host to some of the most famous musicians on the planet.

It seems so perfect that if blues is the bridge between traditional African music and modern rock'n'roll then, for more than 20 years, the Bridge Hotel in Rozelle has been one of Sydney's premier blues and rock venues. There it sits on Victoria Road, a typical unprepossessing suburban pub and yet for two decades it has played host to some of the most famous musicians on the planet. The walls are the pub's collective memory and the photographs record the appearance of such legendary people and groups as Midnight Oil, Mick Taylor (one-time guitarist with the Rolling Stones), British-born New Orleans-style piano maestro Jon Cleary, the great B.B. King, Chuck Berry's pianist extraordinaire Johnnie Johnson, Tony Joe White, Christine Anu and Tex Perkins. Imagine how many Sydneysiders have (year after year, on hot and steamy summer nights) crammed into the pub to listen to "the best in a big mix of rhythm & blues, rockin swamp, country, zydeco, jazz & pop from Australia and the wo...

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