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Melinda Schneider & Beccy Cole - Great Women of Country - Concert Hall, QPAC - Tickets & Dining Packages

On Friday September 26th I went to see the East Leagues Club to see legendary Brisbane group the Avengers which it's my 20th time seeing them as well as my second time this year as I have not been able to go and see them most of this year because of my tendinitis in the foot but it is better as I have been able to get back to some of my routines again. I caught a bus from Cannon Hill to Carindale and then caught a bus from Carindale to Coorparoo which I walk to the Club. I had Beef Nachos for dinner as well as having an cake for desert, having an conversation with a man about security and bumped into Colin an guy I knew from Creek Road church. The show started @ 7.30pm and for the next 4 and an half hours they did 4 sets doing classic rock and pop songs from acts like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Cliff Richard, the Shadows, The Beach Boys, Four Seasons and many others and also in the audience that night was the original lead singer of the Avengers Dick B...

Last Sunday September 21st I went to Kedron Wavell to see the Rock n Roll Spectacular charity show to raise money for the Endeavor Foundation. I caught a bus from Cannon Hill to the city which then I caught another bus from Adelaide Street to Chermside and walk to Kedron Wavell which I got there around 11.45am. Saw Paul Morgan from Poor Man's Sons and Anna Churchill (her brother Stan played piano in Poor Man's Sons)and went inside the Blue Pacific Room. The show started at 12pm with the back up band doing Rock Around the Clock then Barry Larter came on stage doing an great set of Johnny O'Keefe songs which there was a cardboard picture of Johnny O'Keefe near the stage and during the performance I had Beef Straganoff for lunch. the next act that came on stage were legendary singer Johnny Gray and his band the G Men which it was the first time they played together in a long time which they did an did great set doing classic rock n roll songs by acts like Cliff Richard, C...

On November 11th 1970 Elvis Presley released the That's The Way it Is album which he had recorded it between June and August that year and it went to number 21 in the USA as well as number 8 on the country charts and also there was an documentary movie of the same name even though it is not considered an soundtrack album as that album had 4 live recordings in las Vegas while the others were studio recordings. This album has been reissued and it is now out on CD again as a 2 CD edition which the first CD has not only the original tracks from the album as well as the original singles as well as the outtakes of some of the songs and the 2nd CD has an live recording at the dinner show at the International Hotel in Las Vegas as it it is the first complete release of a Elvis Presley concert in 1970. It is an FANTASTIC,BRILLIANT and an AWESOME double CD with great songs and it is very enjoyable and very entertaining indeed which it is well worth listening too. Warren Zanes does the lin...

Best Years 1974-2014 the 40th anniversary Collection is the new compilation of legendary Australian singer-songwriter Richard Clapton . In this new compilation it has 3 CD's which includes many of the classic hits including Girls On the Avenue, Capricorn Dancer, Deep Water, I Am An Island, Down In the Lucky Country, Trust Somebody etc as well as album tracks, non album singles, album tracks and some unreleased tracks and it also has a DVD in the compilation which has a show that was recorded on April 16th 1989 called the Best Years of Our Lives as it's the first time that is on DVD. It is BRILLIANT, AWESOME and SUPERB with great songs which are true classics and timeless as well as standing the test of time and also very enjoyable and very entertaining indeed and it went to number 36 on the album charts. it has a great booklet which has great pictures some of them rare and the liner notes were done by rock critics Toby Creswell and David "Dr Pepper" Pepperell and P...

Extended Play is the new compilation of Australian rock group Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs as it has the 60's recordings from 1964-66 and it is out on CD. EP's (extended play) were usually 4 tracks which including the current hit single and on this it has all the six EP's as well as the hit singles like Mashed Potato, Sick and Tired, Over the Rainbow, Twilight Time etc as well as non album tracks as well as the B sides. It is AWESOME,ROCKIN and SUPERB and it's very entertaining as well as very enjoyable as the songs sounds so great as well as them have stood the test of time too. It is great to see these 60's recordings of Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs on CD as some of them have been on CD and some have not been on it before. A Big thank you to Alberts Music for releasing this and let's hope for more in the future and also it has been 7 years since Billy Thorpe passed away but at least his music lives on. This is a must for any Billy Thorpe fans as well as Aust...

In 1964 legendary American trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong and His All Star Band performed on the BP Supershow which it was recorded at Television City (GTV 9 Studios in Melbourne) and it is out now on DVD. Louis and His All Star Band performed an great set of memorable tunes including High Society Calypso, Basin Street Blues, When It's Sleepy Time, Down South as well as being joined by Jewel Brown who did 2 songs and also it has sponsor spots which was presented by Bandstand host and newsreader Brian Henderson. It is an EXCELLENT, FANTASTIC and an BRILLIANT DVD as well as very entertaining and very enjoyable and also the picture quality looks excellent. It is great to see BP Supershow on DVD again as there is other ones with Ella Fitzgerald, June Bronhill and Jill Perryman are currently out on DVD as well and it is great to see that show and Bandstand on DVD so an VERY BIG THANK YOU to Channel 9 and Umbrella Entertainment for releasing these specials so let's hope for...