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On Friday morning June 7th I went to the Swing City Marquee to see the Ladies Do Brunch show that had Denise Drysdale and Hazel Phillips which it's my 3rd time seeing Denise as well as the second time at Cooly Rocks On and my first time seeing Hazel Phillips as I have known her work in TV as I am fan of Australian Tv history as well as Mum remembering watching her on TV back in the 60's. The show started @ 11am with Hazel Phillips coming out doing You Make Me Feel So Young then Denise Drysdale coming out which her and Hazel were telling jokes and telling stories about their careers and then Hazel did her set singing songs as well as playing piano at the end of her set doing Chopin. Denise came out to do her set which she was telling jokes and her career as well as people asking her questions about her career which I asked her about HOMICIDE which she did an appearance in it,had an snuggle with an man named Paul and singing 2 songs and also Hazel came back out which some people...

ON thursday June 6th I went to the Swing City Marquee in Coolangatta to see the Wild One Celebration Concert which it was my 6th time seeing the show. The show started @ 7.30pm with Denise Drysdale coming out telling funny jokes which got everybody laughing and singing 2 songs, Vicky O'keefe came out on stage doing her father's songs which they were Great as well as Me and Bobby mcGee which she finished her set with that as she did that on Rock the Boat Cruise in October last year, Denise came came back on stage doing imitations of a chook, sprinkler and others, jokes and sang her hit Hey Paula with an man from the Audience which she had given an snuggle in the start before Vicky came on and then Dennis Knight came out which he did an great set of classic rock songs by Elvis Presley,Del Shannon, Gene Pitney, Roy Orbison and others which he had the 2 ladies from local group Masquerade doing the back up which they sounded great and the end of Dennis' set both Denise and Vi...

On Friday June 5th I went to the my first show for Cooly ROcks On 2013 that was the British Supergroups of the 60's show @ the Swing City MArquee in Coolangatta and on the night I wore an Cliff Richard T shirt that I bought at his concert @ the Brisbane Convention Center Sunday February 3rd this year. The show started @ 7pm with John Van Zyl doing the Rolling Stones songs as the Rolling Stones Experience were supposed to do it but one of the members had surgery and John did a AWESOME set doing the movements as well as going through the audience which was great. There was an interval and then the Sonics with Jim Hansen came on stage doing the early Cliff Richard and the Shadows stuff which they did a AWESOME set as well as Florrie doing the keyboards to some of the songs as well as Rod,Bob,Robin and Garry wearing the bow ties and suits which looked great as it was my second time seeing the Sonics as I saw them @ the Old Rockers Get Together @ Riverside Ballroom in New FArm on Sun...

On Saturday June 1st I went to the Morningside Services Club where I saw Rusty Pinto which it was my 2nd time seeing Rusty as I saw him @ Morningside on Saturday November 19th 2011. Dad Took me to the club which I had Nachos for dinner and paid $25.00 to get inside. The show started around 8.15pm with Dan and the Dualtones starting off the night which they did an AWESOME set with great guitar playing by Dan and excellent bass playing by Jon Flynn whose wife Mimi was there on the night which I saw Did'nt get an a chance to say hi but I saw her there and there was an interval which i had an drink of water. the next act was Rusty Pinto who was backed up by the Dan and the Dualtones which he was totally AWESOME with great support by Dan and doing mainly his own songs but finished with the Elvis Presley song I don't care If the Sun Don't Shine and there was another interval which I drank water and an Coke Zero. The last act for the night was the Ten Fours which includes Pauli...

ON Friday May 31st I went to Carina Leagues Club where I saw the show Countdown Tribute which it's an tribute to the legendary Australian music show Countdown. The show started @ about 8.10pm and for the next 3 and half hours they did 3 AWESOME sets of songs that were popular at the time COuntdown was on by INXS, Stevie Nicks, Mondo Rock, Van Halen, The Angels,Donna Summer, Blondie, Noiseworks, Pat Benatar,Divinyls, and many others and the lady singers wore different costumes in each set and also just before the show finished an alarm went off which was an bit worrying but it was an false alarm that lasted about 15 minutes as well as there pictures of the acts that appeared on Countdown as well as Jo saying that the tribute show was inspired by the concert that happened in 2006 and 2007. The show finished @ 11.40pm which I thanked the members afterwards and I caught the cab home. It was an FANTASTIC and a AWESOME show which everyone had an great time including myself with great ...

Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back In Town is the biography about the legendary Irish rock group Thin Lizzy and is written by member Scott Gorham and rock journalist Harry Doherty who toured with the band had interviewed them an lot from the early days. In this book talks about the beginning in Dublin in 1969, playing around Dublin, began recording For Decca in 1970 which they did'nt have success until 1973 when they had the hit with Whiskey In the Jar and from then on they went on to have great success with hit singles like the Boys Are Back In TOwn, Waiting for an Alibi, Killer on the Loose, Do Anything You Want etc as well as successful albums like Jailbreak, Live and Dangerous, Chinatown,Bad Reputation etc, the line up changes, label switches, touring the world, living the lifestyle of sex,drink & drugs, the tragic loss of Phil Lynott in 1986 and many others. It is an AWESOME and an BRILLIANT book with great stories from the band members, management, road crew and friends and ...

For this week's classic segment let's have an look at the 1967 debut album by legendary American rock group the Doors called the Doors. the group were formed in 1965 in Los Angeles and had played @ the London Fog and the Whiskey Au Go Go which it was where Jac Holzman from Elektra Records spotted them along with record producer Paul A Rothchild who saw the 2 sets and were signed with the label on August 18th 1966. The recording of the debut album the Doors began @ Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood on August 24th 1966 which lasted an week later on August 31st and on january 4th 1967 the album was released which it went to number 2 in the USA which it went multi platinum but did not chart in england until 1991 due to the success of the movie that was directed by Oliver Stone that the album went to no 43 there. It was produced by Paul Rothchild who would produced the group's albums until 1970 with Morrison Hotel and Audio engineer was Bruce Botnick who would worked them u...