KEITH HERBERT& BRUCE BONGERS

KEITH HERBERT IS A DRUMMER. YOU WOULD KNOW THAT, EVEN WITHOUT THE DRUMS. WE WERE IN A GROUP CALLED SYN BACK IN THE SIXTIES. WE ONCE PLAYED AT THE OLD SYDNEY STADIUM TO A FULL HOUSE . WE USUALLY PLAYED AT SCHOOL DANCES,TO FULL STUDENTS. WE ALSO PLAYED AT ROSELANDS SHOPPING MALL TO FULL SHOPPING TROLLIES. KEITH WAS BEING TUTORED BY JACKIE DUGAN, DON BURROWS DRUMMER. KEITH HAD A SLINGERLAND KIT, THEY ADVERTISED IN DOWNBEAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOOOO COOL! WE ALSO PLAYED IN A GROUP CALLED FRED KARNISS ARMY. PLAYING IN A CHICAGO STYLE BLUES BAND ON FLUTE WAS PROBABLY A FIRST. BRUCE BONGERS, THE SINGER/HARP PLAYER ( A REALLY GREAT HARP PLAYER) STILL PLAYS AROUND SYDNEY. HE HAD A BAND IN THE 70'S ,JUNIOR AND THE GOLDTOPS, ORIGINALLY CALLED THE GOLDTOPS, WITH KEITH THE ORIGINAL DRUMMER. HERE IS A PIC OF BRUCE WITH SOME FAMOUS BLUES GUY, AND MUDDY WATERS. BRUCE IS THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE. FRED KARNISS ARMY, IS A SUBJECT WORTHY OF MORE DETAILED EXPOSURE IN FUTURE POSTS. MYSELF, ROSS JEFFREE AND DENISE CAINES ALL PLAYED WITH FKA AND ALSO PLAYED WITH FLAKE.