Hank Williams and Patsy Cline Birthday Bash, Sydney 2018

'The 2018 HANK & PATSY BIRTHDAY BASH'
An all-star tribute to Hank Williams and Patsy Cline and a legendary era of Country Music!
Presented by Canterbury Country on Thursday 13 September 2018
at Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club in Sydney, Australia
featuring
DWAYNE ELIX, MICHELLE LITTLE, BRYEN WILLEMS, GARRY WADE,
JONNIE RUSSELL, DANI WADE, GARETH ROWAN, MICHAEL WHITE,
BUDDY CARTWRIGHT, FREDDY BOWEN and KYLIE ADAMS-COLLIER.
The show was produced by BOB HOWE and hosted by BOB and NICKI GILLIS with the Hillbilly Heaven band
featuring guest musicians MARCUS HOLDEN on fiddle and KENNY KITCHING on dobro and twin-neck Hawaiian steel guitar.

The cast finale
BRYEN, GARRY, KENNY, MICHELLE, MICHAEL, TOMI, BUDDY, TERRY, DWAYNE, JONNIE, NICKI, FREDDY, ALLAN, KYLIE, BOB (photo by Diane Northing-Malone)

Backstage L to R: MICHELLE, MICHAEL, DWAYNE, BUDDY,
GARRY, KYLIE, FREDDY, BRYEN, JONNIE, NICKI

backstage
FREDDY, GARRY, DANI, MICHAEL

onstage
BRYEN and GARRY

onstage
Bryen, Garry, MICHAEL, MICHELLE, BUDDY

steelers
Men of Steel: KENNY on twin-neck Hawaiian and TOMI on pedal

onstage
ALLAN, DWAYNE, NICKI

TERRY
TERRY

ontage
ALLAN, FREDDY, KYLIE

Dwayne
DWAYNE

BOB and DWAYNE - Hank T-Shirt & Hank suit!

MARCUS
MARCUS (photo by Eyegraphics)

KENNY KITCHING
KENNY (photo by Eyegraphics)

Nicki drums
Who's That (drummer) Girl? (photo by Eyegraphics)

THE 2018 SET-LIST:

BOB HOWE & HILLBILLY HEAVEN
Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)?

NICKI GILLIS
Jambalaya
You Belong To Me

BRYEN WILLEMS
I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome
You Win Again

DANI WADE
Leavin' On Your Mind
Your Cheating Heart
I Fall To Pieces

JONNIE RUSSELL
Wedding Bells
Lets Turn Back The Years
Will Ne'er Forget Hank Williams

MICHELLE LITTLE
Come On In
Back in Baby's Arms
Never No More
Stop, Look and Listen
Crazy

------INTERVAL-------

BOB HOWE & HILLBILLY HEAVEN
Blue Moon of Kentucky

NICKI GILLIS
Honky Tonk Merry Go Round

GARRY WADE
Cold, Cold Heart
You're Stronger Than Me
Half As Much

KYLIE ADAMS-COLLIER
Walking after Midnight
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)

BUDDY CARTWRIGHT
Settin' The Woods On Fire

FREDDY BOWEN
I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You
Take These Chains From My Heart

MICHAEL WHITE
Blue Eyes Crying in The Rain
Move It On Over

DWAYNE ELIX
Hey Good Lookin
Moanin' The Blues
Honky Tonkin'
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Honky Tonk Blues

FINALE
DWAYNE & THE ENTIRE CAST
I Saw The Light

The HILLBILLY HEAVEN Band for the night were
BOB HOWE (guitar, harmonica, vocals, musical director),
ALLAN TOMKINS (bass, vocals, instrument making),
TERRY PHILLPOT (drums and commentary),
and TOMI GRASO (pedal steel guitar extraordinaire).
They were joined by guest musicians
KENNY KITCHING on the dobro
and MARCUS HOLDEN on the fiddle.

Thanks for outstanding TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
Will, Michael & David

Thanks to Deb for keeping the flame burning ...

Canterbury Country is staged on the second Thursday
of every month at Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club
in Sydney. Click Here for next month's line-up!

poster

Dwayne's leg

BRYEN, GARRY, KENNY, MICHAEL, MICHELLE, BUDDY, DWAYNE, NICKI, FREDDY, JONNIE, KYLIE, BOB (photo by Diane Northing-Malone)

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