SUPPORT MY FRIEND LIZA LEE

LIZA LEE IS A FRIEND OF MINE AND A GREAT YOUNG SINGER, FROM NEW YORK. LIZA SINGS ALL STYLES, BUT I LOVE HER JAZZ AND SHE WRITES AMAZING SONGS AND LYRICS. ABOVE IS THE COVER OF HER LATEST ALBUM," ANIMA", WHICH SHE IS JUST FINISHING AND IT SOUNDS GREAT.
HERE IS A LINK TO HER WEB SITE http://www.lizaleemusic.com/
SHE HAS ANOTHER ALBUM COMING OUT IN THE NEW YEAR, "HOUSES OF DETENTION"

WE PERFORMED WELL AT PATONGA ONCE AGAIN

THIS IS THE BAND OF DESPERADOS, PAUL, FRANK, ME AND ROB, WITH SIMON BEHIND THE CAMERA. WHAT A GREAT DAY, WITH PHIL MANNING JAMMING WITH BEACHHEAD.

NOW THEY'RE ALL GONE

MITCH MITCHELL WAS FOUND DEAD TODAY IN HIS HOTEL ROOM, IN AMERICA, WHILE HE HAD BEEN TOURING WITH A HENDRIX TRIBUTE SHOW. HE WAS 61. BASSIST NOEL REDDING DIED IN 2003 (LEFT) AND HENDRIX IN 1970. MITCH WAS A VERSATILE TALENTED DRUMMER, WHAT A BAND BAND THEY WERE. THIS PIC IS FROM 1967.

DOROTHY BARRY, THIS IS YOUR LIFE!

ON MONDAY NIGHT WE ATTENDED A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO OUR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND DOROTHY BARRY. DOT IS AN AUSTRALIAN SHOW BIZ LEGEND AND WAS HONOURED BY HER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND SHOW BIZ ASSOCIATES IN A "THIS IS YOUR LIFE " TRIBUTE ARRANGED BY HER LONG TIME FRIEND TONI STEVENS, AND M.C.'ED BY LUCKY STARR.
"THE BOSS" BILL GOBBE TELLS A FEW STORIES. (BELOW)
(BELOW) FRANK IFIELD HAS A CHAT WITH COL JOY. A YOUNG LADY ON MY TABLE ASKED WHO FRANK IFIELD WAS. WELL, FRANK WAS AN AUSTRALIAN IN ENGLAND IN THE EARLY 60'S, AND WAS A HUGE STAR, AT LEAST AS BIG AS CLIFF RICHARD. THE BEATLES WERE HIS OPENING ACT!




DOT WITH DAME VERA LYNN (BELOW) DOT TELLS ME SHE ALSO SANG WITH HOLLYWOOD STAR HOWARD KEEL.

COL JOY (BELOW) SAYING SOME NICE WORDS. COL WAS AUSTRALIA'S FIRST BIG COUNTRY/ROCKABILLY/ ROLL'N'ROLL STAR.

BELOW, TONI INTRODUCES FRANK IFIELD FOR HIS STORY TELLING.



(BELOW) DOROTHY AND LORNA AS THE BARRY SISTERS, (THEY'RE NOT REALLY SISTERS), WITH THE ALLEN BROTHERS (NOT REAL BROTHERS EITHER) PETER ALLEN WAS AN INTERNATIONAL MEGA STAR IN THE 70'S, BUT, SADLY DIED.




DOT WAS A MODEL FOR JANZEN SWIMWEAR, NO WONDER!
AMONG THOSE TO ATTEND THAT I COULD RECOGNISE, APART FROM COL JOY, FRANK IFIELD, TONI STEVENS AND LUCKY STARR, WERE ALAN DALE, WARREN WILLIAMS, SANDY SCOTT, FRANKIE DAVIDSON, AND WAYNE HORSBURGH.

BLUES ACROSS THE BAY

NEXT SATURDAY IS "BLUES ACROSS THE BAY" AT PATONGA, OUR LOCAL ANNUAL BLUES DAY OUT. THIS YEAR, IT FEATURES MY OLD MATE ROD, WITH HIS BAND "BEACHHEAD" BLUES LEGEND PHIL MANNING, ALISON PENNY AND THE MONEY MAKERS, AND FROM MELBOURNE, THE WIZARD AND OZ.
THIS IS THE BEST ONE DAY BLUES FEST IN THE UNIVERSE, IF THERE ARE ANY TIX LEFT, GRAB ONE.

HERE'S A PIC OF ROD WITH MY OLD PARTNER IN MUSIC, THE LATE JOE LANE.

THANK YOU AMERICA!!

AND WELCOME BACK TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. IT'S A GREAT THING TO HAPPEN!
NOW THAT O'BAMA IS PRESIDENT, ST PATRICKS DAY SHOULD BE A REAL BLAST!

I HOPE THE REST OF AMERICA VOTES THE SAME WAY, FOR THE SAKE OF THE REST OF THE WORLD.