Robbie Long and The Cardiff Spares

The Cardiff Spares​ is the creation of Newcastle multi-instrumentalist ​Robbie Long​. Robbie has covered miles of styles in his weird & wonderful career. He has been a side-man to all manner of diverse acts including Aussie King of Vaudeville Mic Conway, 2012 Toyota Starmaker Winner Bob Corbett, Honky Tonk queen Wanita, swing/bluegrass fiddler Gleny Rae Virus and a host of local favorites including Mark Wells, Greg Bryce (DV8), Justin Ngariki and the Dastardly Bastards.

Robbie has hand picked a group of local A-class players [(​Jason Tyler​ (keys), ​Jono Burgess​ (bass), ​Ben Elliot​ (drums) and ​Grace Finlayson​ (vocals)] to join him in a new musical adventure that showcases his blue and roots electric guitar and lapsteel styles, interpreting material from the likes of John Mayer, Jeff Beck, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Bonnie Raitt. The music is groove-based, highly improvised and dynamic.