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The Joe Cocker Express @ The Elvis Precinct

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On Sunday June 7th I went to the Elvis Precinct to see the Joe Cocker Express who are from the Gold Coast and it was my first time seeing them live. The show started at 12.30pm with the Joe Cocker Express coming on stage which in the first set included the hits from the 80's including Up Where We Belong which Jason sang it with Bec and Leave Your Hat On and even doing the INXS song as well as each band member telling a story about Joe Cocker including one story about his mother doing washing and discovering a cheque in one of his clothes as well as being in Australia in 1972 and in the second set wore the hippy gear as well as singing the big classic hits including Delta Lady, Feelin Alright, You Are So Beautiful and of course the iconic With A Little Help From My Friends and also I met a lady named Laura, her mother Debra and an lady named Michelle. The show finished at 2.30pm, had bought records at Record Sale, bought Fish and Chips @ the Fish and Chips shop and went back to Tw...
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Hey Get Rhythm @ Twin Towns

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On Saturday night June 6th I went to Twin Towns to see the tribute show to iconic American country singers Johnny Cash and June Carter called Hey Get Rhythm which has Mark Caliguri and his wife Joanne and it was my first time seeing the show. The show started at 8pm which Mark and Joanne coming out as they did 2 sets which in the first set performed Johnny's early hits in the 50's as well as June's songs including Juke Box Blues which some of the audience members came on stage and wore hats as well as for some songs Robert on horn came on stage as well as showing clips of Johnny and June on the screen both sides of the stage and there was a interval where I had a Pepsi Max and Boost chocolate. In the second set Mark and Joanne came back on stage which they did the songs of the 60's and 70's as well as one of Johnny's recordings in the 2000's and George an keyboardist joined the band on stage as well as an audience member came on stage when they were doing t...
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4BH June 1955

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This is from the Telegraph June 9th 1955 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1950's which among their radio personalities were Keith Eadie who was on during the week with the Craven a Hit Parade which was on at 7pm and the next night at 6.15pm the show that was on was called Nissen's Gems Musical Comedy.
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The Bee Gees Revival Tribute Show @ the Elvis Precinct

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On Saturday afternoon I went to the Elvis Precinct to see the Bee Gees Revival Tribute Show and they are from Melbourne which it was my first time seeing them. The show started at 12.30pm with Roy Kossena(Barry), Phil Splitter (Robin) and AJ Leonard(Maurice) coming out on stage which in the first set starting off with Alone from Still Waters and then going through the 60's with Massachusetts and to Love Somebody as well as the early 70's as their 1987 hit You Win Again and there was an interval which I took 2 photos. The second set had Roy, Phil and AJ came back on stage which they wore black and white gear as they performed 2 of their 60's hits as well as their 70's hits including How Deep Is Your Love, Night Fever, Staying Alive as well as the Andy Gibb hit Shadow Dancing and some of the audience got up to dance during the set enjoying themselves. The show ended at 2.30pm which Roy, Phil and AJ came out to meet the fans to have photos with them and I got mine taken...
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The Fabulous Caprettos @ Twin Towns

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On Friday night June 5th I went to Twin Towns to see the Fabulous Caprettos which it was my first time seeing the act and it had Australian singers Wendy Matthews, Dave Gleeson from the Screaming Jets and the Angels, Rai Thistlewayte from Thirsty Merc and an appearance by Russell Morris as Joe Camilleri from Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons and the Black Sorrows was supposed to be there but he wasn't well which was the reason. The show started at 8pm with Jason Ayres who is an singer-songwriter in Perth came on which he did an set of mainly his own songs as well as an cover of the Chris Issak song Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing and there was an interval. The Fabulous Caprettos with Rai Thistlewayte, Wendy Matthews and Dave Gleeson came on stage which Wendy started it off with her 90's hit Let's Kiss, Dave sang his song, Rai sang his song from Thirsty Merc Someday Someday and Russell Morris singing of 2 of his hits and got off stage for a while which Wendy, Dave and Rai performed thei...
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Elvis Live At The Garden at Elvis Precinct

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On Friday afternoon June 5th I went to the Elvis Precinct to see the Elvis tribute show Elvis Live At the Garden that had Jimmy Holmes who I had seen 3 years before and Taylor Rodriguez which was my first time seeing him and they were the songs Elvis performed at Madison Square Garden in 1972. The show started after 5pm with Dean Vegas who is an Elvis tribute performer himself did the compering introducing the acts which Jimmy Holmes came on first starting off with That's Alright Mama as well as other songs including Never Been To Spain, Love Me, Heartbreak Hotel and Love Me Tender which he finished his segment and then Taylor came on which he did Polk Salad Annie and performed other songs including Funny How Time Slips Away, Suspcious Minds, American Trilogy which Jimmy came back on stage and ended it with Can't Help Falling In Love. The show finished at 6.15pm and I went back to the Twin Towns Mantra to change shirts as I had a show to go to at Twin Towns. It was an FANTAST...
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Issi Dye @ Greenmount Surf Club

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On Thursday night I went to Greenmount Surf Club to see legendary Australian singer Issi Dye. Issi with Andrea and Peter came on stage which started just before 7pm which in the first set performed songs by Johnny Cash, Bobby Darin, The Everly Brothers and Elvis Presley as well as Peter sang some songs as well as Andrea singing some too and also for part of that 1st set that I had Pork Ribs, Chips and Salad for dinner. There was an interval and in the second set Issi, Andrea and Peter came back on which they performed songs by Johnny O'Keefe, the Monkees, Ricky Nelson, Olivia Newton John and Chuck Berry as well as Terry Leonard who is an Elvis tribute peformer joined Issi on stage for 2 songs and also saw Les who worked with Issi as well as Tyler and Leanne who are engaged. The show finished at 9pm which I saw Issi and got an photo with him, went to Woolworths where I bought groceries and walk back to Twin Towns Mantra. It was an FANTASTIC show with great singing by Issi as well ...
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