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Artist
dominic halpin
12+ albums
swing revival
about
Dominic is an entertainer. Although he is more than competent on most musical instruments, Dominic’s main talent is with the guitar – both electric and acoustic. He has a style compared to ‘Elvis meets Sinatra’; very vintage yet contemporary. But however you may wish to categorise his voice, whether singing a ballad with a silky smoothness, or a rock and roll classic in authentic ‘50s style, Dominic always leaves his audiences wanting more. With his father in the RAF, Dominic lived in many different places as a child. But wherever they were, there were always great house parties, where friends would enjoy records from the likes of Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, Elvis Presley, Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra. Dominic was allowed to stay up late if he changed the records on the record player. So that was where Dominic’s love for music of that type originated. From a young age, Dominic knew he wanted to be a musician and at the tender age of 15 put together his first band – a rockabilly band called Rocking Red Roosters – playing local gigs in and around Manchester where Dominic was living at the time. He had various ‘day’ jobs but music was always his real passion. In his early twenties, Dominic decided to move to Australia where he met some other musicians with the same passion for music and formed a band, eventually known as Dominic Halpin & The Suspects, who became well respected throughout the Sydney area, becoming regular entertainers at the Sydney Harbour Casino. In 2005, Dominic
