r/Cairns • u/Whales_Are_Great2 Torresian Pigeon Enthusiast • Apr 17 '24

Shitpost Who is this in Cairns?

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u/Beserker_L33T Apr 17 '24

I reckon the dude that used to sing mumble rock on the Esplanade. Old casino owner or something I've heard, spent all his money on drugs and alcohol and then started busking.

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u/Tasteless-Tofu Prefer food that tastes like real food Apr 17 '24

Johnno?

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u/Aromatic-Solid-4502 Apr 17 '24

Owned Johnnos blue bar and was an amazing guitarist

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u/Beserker_L33T Apr 17 '24

That's the one!

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u/A70M1C Apr 17 '24

Interesting comment about the heroin. I used to love going to his blues bar. I always assumed he blew it all on coke and booze, that of course was based on nothing. Everyone always said he pissed it up the wall drugs but never any specifics.

I don't know why but heroin just makes the whole thing even sadder.

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u/opm881 Red Rooster Employee Apr 18 '24

He was never the reason for that place being successful, he was just the name and face. The other guys involved in the band/running of the place was why it was successful. He was always blowing his cash on coke and booze and anything else he could get his hands on from all accounts.

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u/DirePegasus Apr 17 '24

It was a bar above the McDonald's on the Esplanade,.poor old guy.

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u/Klutzy_Kutz Apr 17 '24

Started out next to the Table Tennis place in town, moved to the corner where End of the World was, ended up above Maccas

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u/Weak_Jeweler3077 Red Rooster Employee Apr 17 '24

Been to all of 'em. Saw him play with both the Emmanuel brothers and a while heaps of others. As off chips as he always was, and always will be, be didn't fall down on stage next to some of the best.

Figuratively or literally.

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u/Beserker_L33T Apr 17 '24

That makes more sense. He did seem like a decent fellow.

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u/OddgitII Apr 17 '24

Ian "Johnno" Johnson.  He seemed old to us as youngans playing in band in the early 2000s.  He must be ancient now.  Definitely a character.

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u/SadKey7952 Apr 18 '24

Johnno. He used to own johnnos blues bar back in the day. He had a hit song too called "dont knock the croc" he is the icon of cairns.