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Harry M Miller: a remarkable life
Harry M Miller was born in Auckland in 1934. He was driven and ambitious. He saw opportunities, had ideas and followed these through, even though some of the projects he embarked on were not easy. One of the first things he became known for in New Zealand was as the manager of the Howard Morrison…
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DoubleShot of Blues at the Ascot Vale Hotel Saturday June 16, 2018
It was a freezing night & the night Australia was playing France in the World Cup. The game was being shown live on a screen beside the stage where the band played. The crowd was small & were occasionally distracted by the football (soccer). I observed moments when both John Williams & Michael Emmerling (the…
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Field, See & Mason: the cruise
As regular readers of this blog know, Field, See & Mason were playing on a Rock the Boat cruise out of Southampton this month. I caught up with Glyn Mason in London 2 days after the end of the cruise which had gone to Spain with stops at places like Lisbon & Bilbao (then returning…
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Stars at Basement Discs lunchtime today: Friday April 27, 2018
In the last few months I have heard sooooo much about this recently re-formed band but had never seen them until today. Country-rock band Stars originally formed in Adelaide in the 70s. Not long after they began Roger McLachlan joined them on bass. The current line-up Mick Pealing, Mal Eastick, Glyn Dowding and Roger played…
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Field, See & Mason (Lindsay Field; Sam See & Glyn Mason) at the Royal Oak Sunday April 22, 2018
It seems ages since I have seen all three in action. And I guess it was back in January. I had seen the Pardoners play since but that is just Glyn & Sam. The three of them were in fine fettle, delivering a wider repertoire of songs and they were all in brilliant form vocally.…
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