Making the bigtime in Tamworth!! Pat gets his own banner in Mainstreet...
to match his Fingerprints gathered by The Tamworth Country Music Foundation (on behalf of ASIO) in Hands Of Fame Park...
Carol checks to see if he's too large for his hands (as opposed to "To Big For his Boots" which she still says he is!
Even a 'cool' teenager like Josie is still a bit impressed by her Dad sometimes!!
Kicking off at The Long Yard Hotel for a morning show to start the day. The Longyard was where Pat first began in Tamworth in 1989.
Then it's on to The Golf Club where, as part of The Naked Poets, Pat has produced 4 award winning CDs in between hitting the stage for...
...his comedy numbers like, "If I Die before Keith Richards I'll Be Pissed Of To The Max" which have been such....
...an intergral part of the show for nearly ten years.
The 12 sellout shows are......
...a 'must see' event ...
each year at The Tamworth Festival...
...and the crowds keep coming back.
....The Naked Poets website...
...is at http://www.nakedpoets.com..
Next morning it's coffee and a recovery at The Longyard gearing up for the Main Street show at noon.
Some outdoor concerts for Pat this year took a distinctly political turn after the "Your Rights at Work" union bus opposing the Howard Governments AWA's was excluded ...from the cavalcade.
Developing both a beard and an increasingly activist attitude over the 2 weeks at The Festival Pat responded with a main street concert which consisted of an hour of his most political material (incl. 'Who Are these People?" , "10,000 Miles Away' and 'Money To Be Made' finishing with 'Who Is That Refugee', the song he wrote for Chilout (the 'Refugee Children out of Detention' Organisation) All of which resulted in him being asked to terminate his set by organisers at The Bisley stage 15minutes early. Way To Go!!! Woody Guthrie would be proud!