Joel's Folkways Cafe in Mildura

On Tuesday I stopped in at my childhood home town of Mildura as a diversion whilst returning from Adelaide. Around lunchtime I noticed a little cafe which advertised that it hosts live music most evenings.
This being Tuesday, (along with Monday) it was one of the nights without the live entertainment.
What the hell, I wandered in anyway to chat with the owner.
He introduced himself as Joel (Anderson), and invited me to have a jam. He had an old nylon string acoustic as well as his own guitar.
He showed me various songs he had written. They typically had local and personal themes, many about the river (the mighty Murray). Unlike the Tamworth set, this wasn't "Country" music, but more an amalgam of folk and blues.
Nearly forty years ago I had written blues songs about my life in Mildura on the Murray River, so I was quite knocked out by Joel's choice of topic, enthusiasm and the quality of his writing.

Joel then played a "Chicken Pickin'" breakdown, at breakneck speed and complete with flashy showmanship as he alternately reached over and under the neck to play some of the notes in some of the licks. Totally mind boggling.
To show the breadth of his abilities, we then jammed on Aint Misbehavin', .

Joel's FolkwaysCafe is at 136a Eighth Street Mildura.

I wish him all the best, and next trip up I will go on a Wednesday to Saturday, and hopefully renew our aquaintance and jam with an electric guitar with his resident band.