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Passion. Pain. Heartbreak. Sadness. Gut-wrenching vocals. Powerhouse guitar-playing & brutally honest songwriting. And he’ll even make you dance to it. These are just some of the attributes that Australian blues-roots artist Mike Elrington has earned a rep for over the last 20 years of jaw-dropping performances all over the world, which are widely known for throwing absolutely everything on the table & leaving behind nothing but sweat. After deciding as a 3 year old boy that his first real passion in life was to play guitar, Elrington then eventually started learning the instrument as a teenager in his home town of Adelaide, and after seeing a Buddy Guy concert by accident as an early teenager, fell madly in love with the depth & soul that could only come from the blues. Since the beginning of his performing career in 1998, Elrington has established himself as one the hardest working independent blues/roots touring artists in Australia, consistently racking up over 100 shows per