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Death of Ian Saxon
In the early 60s Ian was known as a singing-compere. By 1962 he worked in this role at the Shiralee in Auckland. Later he worked at other venues like the Top 20 & on national tours like On Stage ’64. In 1965 with a backing band known as the Creditors he released the single ‘I’m…
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Kiwis & Renee Geyer
Renee died earlier this year. Last night was the memorial service for her at the National Theatre in St Kilda. The first part of the evening was long & was for the tributes. The second part, the music, had a series of high-profile musicians deliver 2 songs that were relevant to Renee. Mal Logan (right)…
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Southern Lightning at the Dogs Bar: Dave Hogan with a line-up he’s worked with from time to time for decades
One of the ads for this gig noted Southern Lightning delivered ‘loud, dirty, laidback blues’ . . . I’ve heard them on CD but not live until yesterday. That seemed a very apt description . . . I could hear them as I got off the tram. In the first break when I told 3…
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Mike Rudd at Basement Discs Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Basement Discs is about to close its bricks & mortar shop in the location where it has been for 29 years. They’ve held some great shows down there on their tiny stage. And on Saturday afternoon they held the last one ever down in the basement. There were 5 acts who delivered short sets &…
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Larry Morris died today
Larry’s Rebels with Larry in the centre, in the green suit. He had been ill for sometime so many in the music industry knew his death was imminent. He became known as a singer in the early 60s. The young band the Rebels were in need of a singer. Their management put an ad in…
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