Inducted to South Australian Music Hall of Fame 2021
My Terada Acoustic Guitar of 40 years was sadly left on a train arriving into Hamburg Nov 30 2023.
It was somehow lifted by unknown parties & offered at a nearby Flea Market for 50 Euro!
Puppeteer Alex Barti happened along and took up the offer. He had it as a project while performing his shows at Hanza Theater,
opposite the train station it was lost at. He did a make over on it, fixed a bump in the neck,
lowered the action, made an individually cut bridge & introduced strings 014 to 059 whilst tuning it a semi-tone down!
Sounds like closer to a harp now !! 2 months later looking through the large amount of music & scraps left in the
he pieced together that the guitar must have a lot to do with me - looked me up on Face Book, scrolled back to
December and discovered it's story ! My "Uncle" Egon lives a few stations away, was able to meet up and
regain possession ! They also got on very well and went out to dinner a couple of times before Alex headed back to home
in lower Denmark! Friends are sorted to bring the guitar back to Oz by the end of winter !!
Meanwhile ...
solo is fun
but let me introduce you to the Bands that make & made up the years!
Gilchrist Mandolins for the Legendary F-5 Mandolin
Epoch Violins for the Sunset, BluGuru & White Dove 5-string Fiddles & mountains of support
Roger Buckmaster 4 string Violin - the go to for recordings and other special moments!
Penelope Swales for the Gourdgeous musical instruments - Gourdalins Rule!
Maton Guitars for the amazing Bunyan Pine 12-string Guitar
White Swallow Banjos - they fill the room with great Twang!!
But sadly the maker of them, Alan Funk has in May 2021 pass on
Tommy Crow (Alice Springs) for the great crocodile painting on my 'A' Didgeridoo - courtesy of Alan Dawson.
Jon Armstrong Photographics and "Shot by Jake" for main early publicity shots
Long Grass Clothing for a bundle of wonderful long leg jeans support!
and remembering Ollie Francis and our time as Celtic Conundrums variously
at Glen Innes Celtic Fest and in the snow @ Charlottes Pass Hotel
My dear Clans for their voluntary & involuntary support!
Chris Simmons for handling the mid history of this web site.