Some Day Soon

Neil Worboys is a lead singer and multi-instrumentalist, playing and recording with guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, blues harmonica, kazoo and jug.

He began performing in bands and composing songs in Wellington in the early '70s and has been involved in New Zealand Pop / Rock and Roots music continually ever since.

Neil sang and played in jug bands initially, one of which, the Bulldogs Allstar Goodtime Band, became successful in the mid 1970s with New Zealand Top 40 hits "Everyone Knows" and "Miss September". He continued to play jug band and roots music In the 1980s and early 1990s while living in Gisborne.

In 2006 Neil began pre-production on a solo album of self penned songs that didn't fit into the genres of his other recording bands. In 2007 he gathered together a group of musicians to rehearse and record. The result is 'Some Day Soon', which is loosely based in the blues genre.

Influences include Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Memphis Jug Band, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Los Lobos, Allman Bros, Commander Cody and Wilco. The album features Neil's distinctive voice and harmonica along with high quality playing from the Real Time Liners.