SONNY DAY PLAYS LIVE 0N NEW ZEALAND TELEVISION
THE LATE AUCKLAND BLUESMAN SONNY DAY WAS A REGULAR PERFORMER IN THE WELLINGTON / HUTT VALLEY AREA IN THE EARLY NINETIES. THIS IS NEW ZEALAND'S 'KING OF THE BLUES' ON AN EARLY MORNING TV APPEARANCE IN AID OF AN APPEAL FOR VICTIMS OF WESTERN SAMOA'S CYCLONE 'BOLA'. THE BAND HAD DONE A GIG EARLIER IN THE EVENING AT THE OLYMPIC HOTEL IN NAENAE AND THEN RUSHED DOWN TO THE AVALON STUDIOS TO PLAY. WE DID TWO NUMBERS -"T BONE SHUFFLE" AND SONNY'S BIG HIT "SAVING UP". I'M STILL TRYING TO FIND THE VIDEO OF "SAVING UP"-IT TOOK LONG ENOUGH TO UNEARTH THIS ONE ,BUT HERE IT IS - A RARE LIVE CLIP OF A TALENTED MUSICIAN & AND MUCH MISSED FRIEND. THE BAND IS: SONNY DAY: LEAD GUITAR VOCALS DOUGAL SPIER: LEAD GUITAR GARRY O'KEEFFE: PIANO GEORGE BARRIS: BASS JIM 'LEADFOOT' LAWRIE: DRUMS SORRY ABOUT THE PICTURE BUT I THINK THE AUDIO TELLS THE STORY.
About The Band
The Band were a Canadian-American rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario. It consisted of Canadians Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson and American Levon Helm. The Band's music combined elements of Americana, folk, rock, R&B, jazz and country, which influenced artists including George Harrison, Elton John, the Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton and Wilco.
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