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Pat Pickett has passed away
Sadly I heard today that Pat Pickett had passed away as a result of cancer. Words like “legend” and “icon” get thrown around too easily sometimes but Pat really was…
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Jimmy Barnes – Freight Train Heart
The first hit single from the Freight Train Heart album was “Too much ain’t enough love”. This was the first no. 1 solo hit single for Jimmy Barnes. The album…
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Creedence and Beyond
About Sydney based band covering the music of Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty. Tight musicianship, lush harmonies and audience rapport are the hallmarks of Creedence and Beyond which is…
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Wane “Swampy” Jarvis
Wane “Swampy” Jarvis was one of Australia’s most respected and longest serving road crew. He is regarded as one of the first “professional” roadies and went on to be an…
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VonSonic
About Vonsonic Launched their career early 2006 after many years of searching for the right bass player recording songs and finding their sound. They have emerged from this as a…
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This month in Australian music – August
Australian Musicians born in August 8th August 1928 – Don Burrows 8th August 1981 – Vanessa Amorosi, singer-songwriter 10th August 1961 – Jon Farriss – INXS – Born Jonathon James…
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Aussie Musicians Passing in 2012
The Roll Of Honour for 2012 is a distinguished one indeed. It includes many great Australian musicians that had careers that spanned decades. This year we lost musicians who figured…
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Johnny O’Keefe
Do a search on the internet for Johnny O’Keefe (aka J.O.K. or The Wild One) and you will find plenty to keep you busy reading. But for the uninitiated here…
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December 19
On this day Australian musicians who died on December 19th 2007 – Damo Morris – lead singer for The Red Shore, died in a bus crash in New South Wales.…
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Swanee (John Swan) Smithfield RSL – Australia Day -26th Jan 2013
I had seen John growing up a few times. I saw John was playing at Smithfield- I had always wanted to go and film/photograph there and also to film all…
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1920’s Stella Guitar
In 1992 I was asked to help a friend move his stuff out of a storage unit. While we were doing it I noticed a beaten up old guitar case.…
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Ian Moss – The Brass Monkey at Cronulla 11th Feb 2012
The place was packed and very rowdy. Ian’s guitar was playing up and the sound was very low. There was no light show, which made the stage very dark. So…
