Last show for the year
The Wharf at Wagstaffe has held its second last show for the year on Friday, November 8, with artists including Alan French, John Currie and the Lachy Doley Group.
Alan French spent his formative years in Queensland with his record player stacked with Tchaikovsky, Chopin, ABBA, Don McLean and Broadway.Alan now lives on the Central Coast and holds degrees in orchestral conducting, philosophy and government and was recently awarded his Advanced Diploma in Music Technology.
He has worked as a freelance musician in various capacities and his latest soundtrack commissioned in Monica Davidson's Handbag: The Movie.
John Currie hails from Belfast, Ireland landing in Sydney in 1976.
He quickly became one of Sydney's leading folk artists winning a recording contract with RCA, later M7.
John was also a performer at Pact Folk in Sydney performing alongside Marian Henderson, Dough Ashdown, Jeanie Lewis, Mike McClellan and Margaret Roadnight.
The Lachy Doley Group has been described as the Jimi Hendrix of the Hammond organ, with keyboard acts as diverse as Bernard Fanning, Jimmy Barnes, Powderfinger, The Beautiful Girls, Jimmy Little, and the Widowbirds.
The group has played over 100 shows and festivals around Australia since the release of its first solo album in 2011.
Email, 27 Oct 2013
Rob Payne, The Wharf at Wagstaffe