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On October 1st the queen tribute band Killer Queen with John Blunt and the David Bowie Experience which has legendary Australian singer Jeff Duff will be performing at Kedron Wavell and Killer Queen will do the classic Queen songs from the70's and 80's and the David Bowie Experience will do the classic David Bowie songs which I have not seen the David Bowie Experience but I have seen the Killer Queen plenty of time and they are AWESOME and FANTASTIC and truly entertaining with John Blunt an Fantastic showman doing Freddie Mercury. The show will start at 8pm and if you want to see them please do yourselves an favour and SEE THEM which you will be impressed and entertained.

On Sunday June 5th legendary Australian singer Issi Dye will be performing at the Wynnum Bowls CLub along with Glen Douglas doing an tribute show to Glen Campbell, Neil Diamond and Bobby Darin and the show will be starting at 2pm which you will be treated with great entertainment by an true Australian music legend doing the songs of 3 great music legends which 2 have since passed and Neil Diamond is still alive and the songs they made are still played to this day which I have seen Issi doing the Bobby Darin stuff live plenty of times which it's great. If you would like to see the show please do yourselves an favour and SEE IT which you will be truly entertained and be impressed by it.

On Tuesday June 7th Legendary Australian singer Issi Dye will be performing the Legends of Rock and Roll Show at Twin Towns and along with Issi are legendary Australian singer Tony Worsley known for his 1965 hit Velvet Waters, Glenn Douglas who does an Roy Orbison tribute show and with Issi does an Everly Brothers tribute show and Kris Knight who does the Buddy Holly tribute show and also Issi does an Johnny O'Keefe segment as Well. It will be starting at 11am and they will perform the great rock and roll classics as well as Tony Worsley doing Velvet Waters as well as some of his 60's hits and if you would like to see this show do yourselves an favour and SEE IT which you will be truly entertained with great rock and roll.

Just recently I got this posted to me by Roger Jellicoe of the Brisbane group the Avengers when I messaged him about the passing of his bandmate Garth Austin and this poster is of the 2 Brisbane groups Bill and the Endeavours and Neil and the Vipers at an rock and roll dance at the Memorial Hall in Caboolture on February 20th which it is an great piece of Brisbane rock and roll history. Roger was in the Endeavours before joining the Avengers in 1965 and Garth was in the Vipers prior to the Avengers.

On Sunday June 12th legendary Australian rock singer Digger Revell will be performing at the Rainbow Bay Surf Club and will be supported by an five piece professional rock band which the show will start at 4pm and he will sing with his hits from the 60's including Over The Rainbow and Twilight Time, rock and roll songs as well as country ballads and an Al Jolson medley and always entertains the crowds getting them going. He has been performing for 63 years and next year 2023 will be 60 years when Digger had his first hit with Castles In The Air and also is singing great better than ever so if you want to see Digger do yourselves an favour and SEE IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

Just last week at the state lirbary where I do research on music and eventually post paper clippings on Facebook for Brisbane music groups Brisbane rock n roll scene of the 50's and 60's as well as the 70's Brisbane Bands I look through the Telegraph May 1947 on the microfilm and I founded the very first broadcast of 4KQ May 7th 1947 which I put in USB stick. That very first broadcast on 4KQ was at 7pm May 7th 1947 whch started with overtrue by Cliff Reese an Brisbane trumpeter with his 9 star Music Men, Perc Roberts an keyboardist, Joan Liltin Wilton an jazz singer , The Hitzke Brothers an vocal duo, Joe Allen an vibraphone player an messages from well known radio stars Lloyd Berrell, Bettie Dickson, Owen Ainley, Reg Johnstone and Bob Pollard. At 7.25pm Ned Hanlon who was Queensland Premier at the time declared 4KQ opened and Chas Hurndell was the first station manager at 4KQ. The first program on 4KQ was at 7.30pm with Facets Of Fantasy, One Night Stand at 7.45pm wit

This afternoon I went to the movies at Dendy Cinema Coorparoo to see the movie To Olivia. It's the early 1960's in Buckinghamshire England with writer Roald Dahl (Hugh Bonneville) who is married to actrees Patricia Neal(Keeley Hawes) who have 3 children Olivia, Tessa and Theo and then tragedy strucks when their daughter Olivia passes away from measels encephalitis which both Roald and Patricia struggle through this sad loss they eventually overcome this with Roald doing an book which would become Charlie and the Chocolate Factory while Patricia gets an offer to do an movie called Hud with Paul Newman which gets interesting. It is sad, touching and Brilliant with Fantastic acting by Hugh Boneville and Keeley Hawes as well as Geoffrey Palmer in his final movie before passing away in November 2020 and Sam Heughan who played Paul Newman. It is based on the book An Unique Life by Stephen Michael Shearer, directed by John Hay who did the screenplay with David Logan and produce

This is the memoir of HRH The Duke of Kent and Hugo Vickers and in this book he talks about his upbringing in Coppins, his father Prince George Duke Of Kent was killed during World War 2, going to boarding school including Eton and Le Rosey, serving in the army, his marriage to Katherine Worsley aka Duchess of Kent in 1961 which they have 3 children, members of the Royal members as well as relations from his mother Prince Marina's side of the family, the organisations and charities he has been involved including Wimbeldon, The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, British Overseas Trade Board, the passing of his mother Prnicess Marina in 1968 and many others . It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and impressive as well as very entertaing with great stories which it is worth an read indeed. It is great to see someone from the British Royal Family talking about being an part of it and talking about the present reign. This is an must for those who are into the Royal

This is the autobiography of former Australian swimmer Lisa Curry and in this book she talks about her upbringing in Brisbane, started swimming competitively at age 10, her parents divorcing, coached by Harry Gallagher and Joe King, swam at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton in 1978, Brisbane in 1982 and Auckland in 1990 which she won 7 gold medals, 2 silver medals and an bronze, swam at 3 Olympics in Moscow, Los Angeles and barcelona, Her marriage to iron man and surf life saver Grant Kenny which they had 3 children, becoming the chair of the National Australia Day Council in 2000, her marriage to Grant Kenny ended with an separation 2009 before divorcing in 2017, her second marriage to Elvis performer Mark Tabone, the sad loss of her daughter Jamie in 2020 and many others. It is Fantastic, Brilliant and Superb with Fantastic and Brilliant stories as well as impressive and very entertaining told by Lisa which it is well worth an read. the book is at number 1 at the moment whi

On Monday I went to the Dendy Cinema at Coorparoo to see the movie Downton Abbey A New Era. Lady Violet Crawley (Maggie Smith) tells her family that she has been inheirted an villa in France from an ex flame that she had known when they were young and most of her family including Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) and his wife Cora(Elizabeth McGovern) go down to the South of France to uncover the mystery and meanwhile at Downton there is an film crew coming to do an movie that stars Guy Dexter (Dominic West) and Myrna Dalgleish (Laura Haddock) which most of the staff there are excited and then is issues as they are becoming aware that the talkies are becoming and also Lady Mary Talbot(Michelle Dockery) is friendly with the director jack Barber (Hugh Dancy) and it gets interesting. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT acting by Maggie Smith, High Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, Dominic West, Laura Haddock, Hugh Dancy,