"It's at least 106 miles to Chicago, but the blues are here in Magandjin/Brisbane!"

~ CLEO & ANGIE - TALKERSPACE - 4ZZZ RADIO, Nov 2025
SHADE HADIE - BRING THEM FOUR FRIED CHICKENS, AND A COKE!

 

"It was such a buzz to have Shade Hadie play at 'Nothin But 50 Years of the Blues', they totally rocked the house!"

~ MARK (THE COLONEL) DOHERTY, Musician, Broadcaster, Oct 2025
Nothin But The Blues - 50th Anniversary 4ZZZ Radio - The Morrison Hotel

"Yet again, they have won a heap of new fans with their 60's inspired fusion of blues, rock & jazz. It's like these young fellas got in a time machine in the 60's and accidentally landed here in this current time."
~ROD FLETCHER, BRISBANE GIG PHOTOGRAPHER

"These young guys are bursting with talent"
~ BRIAN MCGRANE, MUSICIAN

"Great band. Ripping out the blues with lots of passion and vigor. Certainly one of the favourites this year."
~JOHN FERGUSON

"They were fab, hopefully back in 2026!"
~WENDY WRIGHT

"This band is bursting with talent!"
~MICHELLE ANNE

"They are great!
~COLLEEN RYAN

"One of my highlight acts of the weekend. Their set was great."
~JED LAW, MUSICIAN

~AT THE MITCHELL CREEK ROCK 'N' BLUES FEST SEP 2025

"These young guns step back in time, honing their own style of 60's inspired blues and roots.
Over the last 12 months, they have been talked about as a band to watch out for - Shade Hadie is now very much a band you must see!"

~ ROD FLETCHER, Brisbane Gig Photographer, Aug 2025
BASEQ Final of the Memphis Blues Challende, Lefty's Music Hall

"As if Shade Hadie couldn’t get any cooler… then they go and play live alongside 'Wake in Fright' and absolutely blow the roof off! The crowd was hooked, we were obsessed — easily one of the standout moments of the whole festival. THAT. WAS. SO. COOL!"
~ THE VISION SPLENDID OUTBACK FILM FESTIVAL, July 2025

"Loved it!"
"That was unreal!"
"It was amazing"
"That was awesome! They were so cool. The boys nailed it!"

~ PATRONS AT 'THE WAKE IN FRIGHT' SCREENING

"Shade Hadie are Brisbane's finest young blues group, their Tom Waits swagger totally appropriate for Bluesfest. As much as they take inspiration from their generic roots, they are also looking to a future where styles past and present blend in a cosmic melting pot. An exceptional band surely heading for bigger stages in 2025." 
~ THE JUNKBAR, Feb 2025

"Local bues sensation Shade Hadie - get ready for a night of blues magic that'll take you back to the golden era of rock!"
~ THE DOO-BOP BAR, Dec 2024

"Local blues masters Shade Hadie always deliver with their authentic blues sound"
~ THE SEVEN OF SKA, Sep 2024

"Last night's screening of 'Stone', amped up by Shade Hadie's live set, was seriously epic! A big thank you to everyone who rolled in to join us!"
~ THE VISION SPLENDID OUTBACK FILM FESTIVAL, Jun 2024

"So your humble BASEQ editor stumbled upon a group of four very young musicians who left me impressed. It wasn’t their youth, it wasn’t the use of vintage high powered guitar amplifiers played at a very comfortable volume but just dripping with tone. It wasn’t really even the choice of material they were playing. It was the feel of that material. It was the musical communication between the members on stage. It was like that they didn’t just play materials that would have been appropriate coming from the 1960’s Blues Explosion in the U.K., it was like they understood it at an intimate level – got inside the music, past the notes and rhythms – and had been doing it for years. And, at the time, they weren’t even 20."
~ Barry Beattie (Editor) BLUES ASSOCATION OF SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND (BASEQ), Sep 2023
From the BASEQ Article 'A local band to watch out for - Shade Hadie'

"Well, we have these young lads from the Western Suburbs. I've seen them play three times and every time I'm thinking, this is the beginnings of something really great. And everyone needs to get behind them to make that happen. I think their music speaks for themselves." 

~ Andrew Palmer THE CAVE INN, Sep 2023
Introducing the band at the 'Chicago Blues Night starring Shade Hadie'