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After nearly 15 years of
touring Australia wide and 30 years of gigging intensively around
Sydney, Pat is celebrating with a set of 30 Year Retrospective
Shows at The Harp Hotel In Tempe in September to mark his thirtieth
year in music.
Although he is emphatically NOT repeat NOT!
retiring as some rumours have it,
Pat will not be touring extensively in the coming 12 months except
for some short trips away . He is taking a well earned rest and
taking up a supporting role at home to coincide with Carol's
expanded responsibilities as Director of her Preschool in Lawson.
He will be continuing his long running
association with both The Wiseman's Ferry Inn and The Jamberoo
Hotel during this time as well as making the annual pilgrimage
to Tamworth in January 2007.
A longer explanation in The Home
Straight Newsletter for those who have been wondering. The Home Straight
A new 30 years in Music Website is being prepared currently
and short retrospective for the press is available here "30
years without a real job'
Sydney Metro
Sat, 3 Jun 2006 Blacktown Festival Stage MC and 30 Min
Set at 9AM
Sat, 10 Jun 2006 (Pat's 5,500th gig)
The Chess Set @ Almost Acoustic. Venue: Eastside arts
395 Oxford Street Paddington. Concerts start at 8pm sharp, so
please aim to arrive around 7.45pm. We always finish before 11pm.
Admission is usually $15/$12 - more for overseas/interstate artists.
Children under 12 free.
The building is where the Paddington Markets are held -
opposite the Elephant and Wheelbarrow English Pub. You can park
in the Church's carpark in Gordon Street - turn right at the
Paddington Town Hall and take the first left if coming from the
city.
Concerts start at 8pm sharp, so please aim to arrive around
7.45pm. We always finish before 11pm.
Admission is usually $15/$12 - more for overseas/interstate artists.
Children under 12 free.
Folk nights at Almost Acoustic are usually the second Saturday
of the month, but there are variations to fit in with touring
artists. Almost Acoustic is supported by the New South Wales
Folk Federation.
Sun, 11 Jun 2006 Wisemans Ferry Inn, Wisemans Ferry on
the beautiful Hawkesbury River, North West of Sydney 1PM.
Sun, 25 Jun 2006 Jamberoo Hotel, Jamberoo
Mon, 26 Jun 2006 Good Morning Country FM
Sun, 16 Jul 2006 Wisemans Ferry Inn, Wisemans Ferry on the beautiful
Hawkesbury River, North West of Sydney 1PM.
Fri, 21 Jul 2006 The Park Hotel, Bathurst
Sat, 22 Jul 2006 Lazy River Estate Club 100
Sun, 23 Jul 2006 The Commercial Hotel Gulgong
Sun, 6 Aug 2006 Jamberoo Hotel, Jamberoo
Sun, 20 Aug 2006 Wisemans Ferry Inn, Wisemans Ferry on the beautiful
Hawkesbury River, North West of Sydney 1PM.
Sun, 3 Sept 2006 Wisemans Ferry Inn, Wisemans Ferry on the beautiful
Hawkesbury River, North West of Sydney 1PM.
The Galston Country Music Festival 2006, Galston,
Sydney
with
this year's very
special guest
Kevin Johnson
and 2003 Golden
Saddle winner
Darren Colston
All ably showcased
by The Galston All Stars
Doug Boyd (piano),
Andrew Clermont(fiddle), Chris Soulos (Bass), Peter Drummond
(Drums),
Pat Drummond (Fingerstyle Acoustic) and Duncan Toombs (Electric
Guitar)
Thurs, 9 Sept Canterbury-Hurstone Park RSL 8.30PM PM Hosted
by Bob Howe & The Hillbilly Heaven Band. The Hank Williams
Birthday Show (N.B. Pat is not on this Bill)
Fri, 8 Sept 2006 Galston Country Music Festival 'Artist Welcome
Night' Glenorie RSL 8PM
Sat, 9 Sept 2006 Galston Country Music Festival Spectactular
Galston Club 8PM
Sun, 10 Sept 2006 Galston Country Music Festival, Fagan Park
9AM
New!!!! 30 Years In Music
Retrospective  September 2006
Hi there,
I don't know how I 'got away with it' for so long.
All of it was an accident.
On Sunday September 24th, 1976 I went to see ( a then
unknown) Paul Kelly at The Journey's End Wine Bar in Forbes Street,
Wooloomooloo. He didn't turn up. After an hour's wait my friend,
and later NDP Federal Senator, Robert Wood tapped me on the shoulder
and said . "You're on." I just happened to have a new
guitar I had bought that day from Harry Landis in the car. To
say it was a success would be an understatement. I was to be
at that venue on Sunday Nights for the next seven and a half
years....
Bizarrely, on the year of my 30th Professional anniversary
all the dates again lineup exactly.
I am doing three gigs to celebrate at The Harp Hotel
at Tempe in Sydney on Sun, 17 Sept 2006, Sun, 24 Sept 2006 and
Sun, 1 Oct 2006 (2.30PM -6PM) where I'll be doing a 'no repeat'
journey through all the different incarnations I've lived through
over that time and the music that came from each period
It has been quite an astonishing journey, I'd ike
to take some credit for it all but most of it., from tthat night
to the Naked Poets has been fueled by 'a long list of similar
'accidents'.
Here is a link to the relatively short 'potted' Press
release
Press
Release (Potted Version)
and here is a link to the much longer and I think
far more interesting '30 Year retrospective Website' which chronicles
those years in some detail. I often think it reads more like
the plot of a movie than a resume; one in which characters as
diverse as Paul Kelly, Gough Whitlam, Senator Robert Wood (NDP),
Murray Farquhar, Iva Davies, Alan Bond and John Schumann made
at times the most startling, if sometimes, unwitting contributions.
There are some particularly amusing Twists of Fate here that
you may appreciate.
Full 30 Years In Music Retrospective (with masses
of never before seen photos, history...etc)
We are celebrating over the next three Sundays with
three shows at The Harp Hotel in Tempe. I was wondering if you
would be interested in a chat sometime in the next few weeks.
Richard Glover is doing a feature this Friday (tomorrow)
on ABC 702 Drive and I would love to see your good selves at
the gigs over the next three weeks if that's at all possible.
Sun, 17 Sept 2006 30 years Retrospective The Harp Hotel, Tempe
2.30PM -6PM $16.00 includes free copy of 'Skooldaze' LP kids
welcome!! $5.00 kids; little kids free
Sun, 24 Sept 2006 30 years Retrospective The Harp Hotel, Tempe
2.30PM -6PM $16.00 includes free copy of 'Skooldaze' LP $5.00 kids; little kids free
Sat, 30 Sept 2006 Sacred Heart Parish Hall Bushdance. Inconstant
Street Blackheath 6.30PM
Sun, 1 Oct 2006 30 years Retrospective The Harp Hotel, Tempe
2.30PM -6PM $16.00 includes free copy of 'Skooldaze' LP $5.00 kids; little kids free
New England Ranges
and Hawkesbury River
Fri, 6 Oct 2006 Carol's Graduation in Armidale at The UNE
Sat, 7 Oct 2006 'Ducati Club Thunder Rally' to benefit Moorong
Spinal Unit at Royal Rehabilitation Centre, West Ryde This year
location is Sheba Dams near Nundle NSW. Heading south from Nundle
go straight past The Peel Inn about 1km south turn right to Hanging
Rock, map and detail at Rally website http//:www.docnsw.org.au
Sun, 8 Oct 2006 Nelson Bay Bowling Club 2PM
Sun, 15 Oct 2006 Wisemans Ferry Inn, Wisemans Ferry on the beautiful
Hawkesbury River, North West of Sydney 1PM.
Thu, 19 Oct 2006 Parramatta Mall, Council Stage Church Street,
Parramatta 12.30PM- 2PM
Fri, 20 Oct 2006 CMAA Industry Achiever Awards Dinner Canterbury
Hurstone Park RSL Dinner and Show Tickets contact CMAA
Sat, 21 Oct 2006
Sun, 22 Oct 2006 Folk in the Foothills
Blue Mountains,
NSW
Thu, 2 Nov 2006 The Blackheath Folk Club The Ivanhoe Hotel,
Great Western Highway, Blackheath 7.30PM
Fri, 3 Nov 2006 St Columbans School, Springwood with Nigel Foote Jack Pledge and Band
Sydney Metro, Hawkesbury
and South Coast NSW
Mon, 6 Nov 2006 Pete
Drummond At The Basement, Circular Quay, Sydney. Pat's second
son Peter at his new Drummoers DVD Launch
Fri, 3 Nov 2006
Sat, 4 Nov 2006
Sun, 5 Nov 2006
Fri, 10 Nov 2006
Sat, 11 Nov 2006
Sun, 12 Nov 2006 Jamberoo Hotel, Jamberoo 1PM
Fri, 17 Nov 2006
Sat, 18 Nov 2006
Sun, 19 Nov 2006 Wisemans Ferry Inn, Wisemans Ferry on the beautiful
Hawkesbury River, North West of Sydney 1PM.
Blue Mountains,
NSW, New England Ranges and Hunter Valley
Thu, 23 Nov 2006 Meg Drummond's TM Studio Dance Concert
(Pat is MC not performing)
Fri, 24 Nov 2006 Meg Drummond's TM StudioDance Concert (Pat is
MC not performing)
Sat, 25 Nov 2006 Meg Drummond's TM Studio Dance Concert (Pat
is MC not performing)
Wed, 29 Nov 2006 Chandler School near Armidale
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 Crime and Prevention Conference, Echidna Gully
near Armidale
Fri, 1 Dec 2006 Glen Innes Services Club ,Gabbi Willis Fundraiser
- All Welcome phone 6732 3466 For Details
Sat, 2 Dec 2006 Gartlemen Winery, Lovedale Road, Hunter Valley
4.30PM
Sun, 3 Dec 2006 Aristocrat Technologies Children's Christmas
Party 11AM Mutt Park, Hurstville
Hawkesbury River
and South Coast NSW
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 Blue Mountains Acoustic Roots Night at The
Gearin Hotel, Katoomba 8PM
Sun, 17 Dec 2006 Wisemans Ferry Inn, Wisemans Ferry on the beautiful
Hawkesbury River, North West of Sydney 1PM.
Sun, 31 Dec 2006 The Chalet, Medlow Bath News Years celebrations
Tickets for dinner and show Ring the Chalet 4788 1122
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