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Proudly supported by Southern Cross TEN. 
They’re at it again… following the great success of their 2003 Sail for CF Kids Tour, the Wolverines are once more sailing north - Sydney to North Queensland and all ports in between. This time it’s the Wolverines Sail for Kids Tour, designed not just as a concert tour, but also to raise awareness and funds for less fortunate kids along the way.
The first concert (6th July) will be held at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Rushcutters Bay, Sydney. After the show the Wolverines will board their 52ft Beneteau yacht HOLY COW! and, along with their entourage, head north.
HOLY COW! will be accompanied by other yachts (such as In Cahoots and DJ II Bos Global) making the trip north for Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island Race Weeks…. and just to spread a few smiles, before each gig the Wolves will be giving some disadvantaged kids the opportunity for a sailing experience. Then they’ll be up on stage to put on one hell of a show at night!
As well as performing at each venue, the Wolverines will also organise a short auction during interval, to raise funds for a needy child or a local children’s charity..
The Wolverines have previously brought Cystic Fibrosis under the spotlight with their hit song "65 Roses", but they want to do more to help kids in need…….
Please support the ‘Wolverines Sail for Kids Tour’
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We are happy to let you know that after only 10 weeks, 'Angel Eyes' shot to number 1 on the Top 30 Australian Country Tracks chart.... AAAaaaHhhhOooo!
'Angel Eyes' is on our new album, 'Good Times', which is available from all sensible record stores, and also on our website.
Look out for our next single, 'Up & Done Died', another track from this really successful album.
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General Comments: It's hard to
believe but it's all over. We have met some wonderful
people along the way. The crowds at our concerts
have been fantastic. Again we have met many families
affected with C.F. and many C.F. sufferers. The
L.J. Hooker people have all been so helpful and
all we can say here is "Thank you Mr Hooker".
To the Hog's Breath Cafes for looking after us hungry
little wolves, the venues, the marinas, fellow yacthies,
radio stations, TV news teams, press & media,
and to everyone who helped in any way shape or form,
Thank you.
Thank you also to Lisa whose speeches at the concerts
touched the hearts of many people. Thanks Lisa.
A special thank you to John who came up with the
'Sail for CF Kids' idea in the first place and who
worked relentlessly to bring this all to fruition.
Without the help of our sponsors, L.J. Hooker, none
of this would have been possible.
Darcy, Chris & John would also like to thank
the best PA guy in Australia, Ray Beaton from WB
Speaker Systems, for working his butt off to set
up, carry and look after the PA and their instruments
on the trip, and always with a smile on his face.
Thanks heaps Ray.
A big huge thank you to all from "A Little
Bit of Country" who have supported us along
the way. We all look forward to seeing the special
which will be aired on "A Little Bit of Country"
in the near future. Watch out for it. A special
thank you to Eric, cameraman turned crew member
who never took that camera off his shoulder.
Thank you Kim for all you have done behind the
scenes, as well as the navigating, the cooking,
your camera work and everything else you manage
to help with.
Last but not least, I never asked them but I reckon
they might like to thank me for being the most wonderful
merchandiser in the whole wide world! I bet they
would probably thank me for updating the website
to, damn, they just never say it. Well from my side,
I love it and I will say “thanks for the opportunity”.
General Comments: We are happy
to announce that with the exceptional support of
the LJ Hooker organisation, and all the venues help
we received along the way, we raised in excess of
$100,000 for Cystic Fibrosis Australia. Thank you
all for supporting us. God Bless.
Day 29: Arrived back at Mackay
and off to the Yacht Club for a "that's it
" dinner. A nice meal, a few good drinks, and
the good company made it a very memorable night.
The boys sung a few songs (a capella) you know Mazda
style, without background music. Dawn chased Eric
around the room with an empty wine bottle on her
shoulder, asking him heaps of questions for her
TV special called - "The Night I Had too Much
to Drink". Someone kept bringing these jugs
of rum to our table, the mix, 95% rum and 5% coke.
Then as I remember, Kim, Dawn and Eric had some
liqueurs or something very strong..... That's it.....................
What a wonderful experience.
Tomorrow we head north to Airlie Beach for the
Annual Hogs Breath Tropical Shirt Regatta.
Day 28: Well this is it, our
last concert day. The Wolverines abandon the yacht
and join the road crew to travel to Townsville for
the last concert. Wow the Playpen Niteclub is an
awesome venue. Chris by now an experienced auctioneer,
performed tonight's auction. An emotional speech
from Cystic Fibrosis CEO, Terry Stewart and on with
the last bracket and that's it. Sadly, it's all
over.
Day 27: Arrived at Mackay at
7.30 am and were welcomed by Bernard and Cheryl
from the Mackay Yacht Club.
Mackay has always been very kind to us crowd wise,
so it was no surprise to be told we had a sold out
concert. Thanks Mackay. Tonight the crew decided
to join us roadies and have their meal at the South's
Football Club with us. After filling ourselves up
with delicious food, it was on with the show. What
a good night.
You know along the way, our Chrissie has helped
the L.J. Hooker auctioneers by spotting the bidders
in the crowd. Well tonight no auctioneer was available,
soooooooo, Chris became the Auctioneer Extraordinaire
and what a good job he did. We did not realise that
he had been understudying the L.J. Hooker auctioneers
behind our backs. Anyway, Chris got his chance and
sold the plaque for $2,500. Good effort Chris. At
this point we would like to say hello to Tracey,
the hairdresser, for insisting that her dad get
the plaque.
Day 26: Yacht departed Rosslyn
Bay at 9 am. Had a nice wind on a pleasant day.
Had our first running repair to the vang. Darcy,
the mechanic, (help) and Kim, the grease monkey,
managed to fix it with Gaffa Tape. I swear, anything
a musician breaks can be repaired with Gaffa Tape.
Now I was very upset today----- they nearly lost
my Darc overboard. If you guys like your balls,
you wouldn't want that to happen...
Today's yacht trip was faster. Who mentioned warmer
weather? What has happened to Far North Queensland?
Today turned out to be bitterly cold.
Day 25: Concert night at Lee
Kernaghan's Great Western Hotel at Rocky. This is
an awesome venue. The concert was held in the Bull
Riding arena. The hospitality here was fantastic.
Thank you one and all for making us feel so welcome.
A special hello to all our Central Highlands Hoggies
friends who turned up tonight. Good to see you again
Bill & Lyn. What about that - The Dalton's choosing
to ride their Harley's around the USA when we come
to town. Simply not on Gary and Vicky!
Darcy would like to say thanks to Graham Howells
from "Musicians Pro Shop" for fixing his
guitar. Thanks mate.
More useless trivia: Did you
know? When other yachts pass the Boardroom, all
on board moo at us. They must think we are cows.
Day 24: R & R at Rockhampton.......
Not telling anyone what mischief us little Wolves
got up to today.
Day 23: Yacht departed Gladstone
at 1 pm en route to Rosslyn Bay near Yeppoon. Today
they crossed over the Tropic of Capricorn and into
the warmer weather. Arrived at 8 pm and us roadies
joined them on board for another nice a la Clinton
dinner. John and Kim stayed on board the yacht and
we all headed off to Rockhampton to the motel.
More useless trivia: Did you
know? The crew on this yacht eat more chocolates
and jelly snakes than normal food.
Day 22: The yacht weighed a bit
more when it pulled out of Bundaberg at 1 am. I
guess that's because of all that Bundi Rum I saw
them sneak aboard. A brilliant south westerly had
the yacht sailing along up to 30 knots, which is
really moving for the Boardroom. I'm told that it
was "bloody cold out there". None the
less it was a beautiful night and the water temperatures
were up a few degrees. Chris and Darcy were doing
really well on night watch tonight. Could that be
because Kim took down the dodger and perhaps with
the cold wind blowing in their faces it was difficult
to nod off. Good thinking Kim. Arrived in Gladstone
at 2.30 pm.
Our concert in Gladstone was sold out which surprised
us all as Russell Crowe's Band was performing in
Gladstone as well. You guys will never ever ever
believe this but it is the truth. We got a call
from Russell's manager inviting us to take our audience
over to his concert and share the night with him.
This was at 6 pm and our concert was due to start
at 7 pm. A tad difficult but it made us feel good....we
were sold out, obviously he wasn't!! A special hello
to Acrista and her mum, the very popular losing
bidder for the plaque tonight. Acrista has C.F.
and her mum endeared herself to all at the Yaralla
Sports Club when she just wouldn't give up until
she really had to.
General Comments: Gosh it's hot
up here. Race fever is heating up for The Annual
'Hogs Breath Tropical Shirt Regatta'. Will the 'Boardroom'
win a race? Wish you could all be here to cheer
us on.
More useless trivia: Did you know? If you are
a female and you hitch a ride on the "Boardroom"
- your a BITCH Hiker. Yep, that's what they called
me.
Day 21: Sadly, we say farewell
to Hervey Bay and the Yacht with all on board, except
Eric, departed at 8.30 am. Destination Bundaberg.
Eric decided it was time to see how the hard working
land crew managed. Besides, he mentioned in passing
how he thought that Ray and I were born to be in
the movies in other words it's our time to face
the camera. Stopped at a roadside cafe where the
hospitality was awesome. Thanks for the guavas and
that jam was beautiful.
Yacht arrived at Port Bundaberg at 2.30 pm, and
was met by the sea cadets from the 'Young Endeavour'.
The crew were ecstatic as they had a decent wind
and were under sail almost the whole way. A big
huge thank you to Dave & Joanie, the whiting
was superb and by far the best meal so far on board.
Set up time at the 'Across the Waves' Club in
Bundi. Special hello to Ken, L.J. Hooker auctioneer
from Bargara Beach. I won't, I promise, tell anybody
that you hung the L.J. Hooker flag up back to front!
Of course if you were real skinny and could fit
between the wall and the flag!!!!! Thanks for being
a good sport Ken, and also thanks for being Kim's
& John's limo driver for the night.
Concert was a huge success. A good crowd of fun
people.
More useless trivia: Did you know?
That Lisa eats the same amount as Chris. That's
what she said on stage during one or two of her
speeches.
Day 20: Lisa and Dawn's 'Big
Day Out' at Fraser Island. Did we pick up! Yep we
had guys hanging around us all day....we wish! We
travelled by ferry to Moon Point where we caught
a 4WD Bus and drove across the largest sand island
in the world. Lisa was disappointed because we didn't
see any wild life beyond ants, a small preying mantis
and she swears she saw a bird. The rainforest was
beautiful and the drive up the beach (the largest
unsealed highway that doubles as an airstrip, in
the world), was fantastic. Eli Creek was spectacular
and cool literally! It was very deep and crystal
clear.... Lisa managed to get Dawn wet. Lisa has
longer legs than Dawn and chose the deep part to
wade across. Dawn - not amused!!!!! After cleaning
our jewellery in the pure silica of one of Fraser
Island's perched lakes - we slept the whole way
down this very rugged track and caught the ferry
back to Hervey Bay. A good fun day.
Dinner and drinks at the Yacht Club with the poor
boys who ran errands and did the chores all day!
Kim arrived back from Sydney.
More useless trivia: Did you
know? That Eric's camera is glued to his shoulder.
I reckon he thinks it's a parrot and he's a Pirate.
Day 19: A little R & R during
the day and before long it was time to go to the
club for set up. We met the guys from KIKS FM, who
put on a barbecue to start the night. How lucky
are you people in Queensland to have such good Country
Music Radio Stations. Wish we had some in Sydney!
Kim had to head off down to Brisbane to catch a
plane to Sydney the next morning, work calling!
What a fantastic gig. The people at the Hervey
Bay Yacht Club were there to have a good time and
they did. The staff looked great dressed in all
those Wolves T-shirts. The atmosphere was simply
the best. The boys were in top form.
How about that Club. Towards
the end of the night, they announced that the members
were donating $2,000 to C.F. Thank you so much....You
guys have big hearts.
More useless trivia: Did you
know? That Kim is the only person on the yacht -
including Shoni, who doesn't snore.
General Comments: Just to explain
a few things... When the yacht is moored at the
Marinas, Darcy & Chris get to sleep in a motel.
Most nights John and Kim are alone on board with
Shoni. Most nights, Lisa and Eric also stay in motels,
but some nights they choose to stay on board.
To date - No burly overboard by any crew member,
in fact NO crew member overboard, that is other
than Shoni. No on board murders, no fights, just
stories from the sea. Everyone seems to be having
a good time.
Check again tomorrow. There will be more!
Day 18: Yacht departs from Mooloolaba
at 4.15 am. Gawd I hate these early mornings, can't
we organise the tides to suit us! Today's run was
to be a long one as there was an unfriendly tide.
(They are all pretty unfriendly if you ask me).
I'm told that the crew didn't look too bright this
morning, why nobody even wanted breakfast. To cheer
all on board up a little, they saw a few whales
travelling alongside the yacht and much to Lisa's
delight - dolphins frolicking around. We weren't
making enough speed to create a big bow wave so
unfortunately the dolphins got bored with us pretty
quickly.
The Hervey Bay markers are known to be a little
confusing, this plus an easily confused Volvo Driver
at the Helm was a little disconcerting. Whats red
and whats green Darcy? Oh that's right there back
to front here. Had to call on Eric who's younger
and betterer eyesight would save the day.
Arrived at magnificent Hervey Bay at 8 pm. The
hospitality at Hervey Bay was unbelievable. The
yacht was berthed in the prime location, right in
front of the club. When we arrived there was a huge
welcoming crowd and all the front lights of the
club were on.... looked so nice.
More useless trivia: Did you know? That I picked
up a Sailor at 14 ports of call. (By now I think
Darcy qualifies to be called a Sailor). Got tongues
wagging then I bet..........
Day 17: Yacht departs Redcliffe
at 6 am for a short sail to Mooloolaba. The crew
were really impressed with the beautiful sunrise
as they sailed out of Moreton Bay. Mooloolaba channel
entrance to the river was a bit of a challenge.
There was a boat moving the marker bouys making
it difficult to know what to do. Whatever they did
was obviously right because they berthed at Mooloolaba
at 1.30 pm. Me, well I got back from Sydney okay
and arrived at Caloundra around 4 pm, just in time
to set up the merch for tonight’s concert
at the Power Boat Club.
Good crowd turned up to support the cause. Joanie
was back to bare her rubber Boobs, for the last
time on this tour. The crowd loved it.
Useless trivia: Did you know? That there are more
than 2,000 tell tails on the yacht...all of them
are attached to John's chin.
Day 16: Another early morning,
another early flight as back to Brisbane we fly.
I had time to drop our three wonder boys back to
Redcliffe and I had to turn around and go back to
the Airport as I had a meeting in Sydney at 4.30
pm. It was good to catch up with Zac for the night.
Dad and I miss you heaps Zaccy. (Wished you hadn't
been in Manilla Lisa, cos I would have loved to
have seen you too).
R & R day for the crew in Redcliffe today.
Lisa is not too happy today - Armin had to go home.
Poor Lisa.
Day 15: Are we mad or what? Today
the Wolves and I left the CF Tour and at some ungodly
hour in the morning drove to the Brisbane Airport
and caught a plane to Cairns to perform at the Mossman
Show. Mossman is an hour or so North of Cairns so
we had to drive there. We called into friends, Chrissie
and Ian's place for lunch. You have never seen such
a lovely spread of food. Even the hungry Wolves
couldn't put a dent in it. Thank you both so much,
your hospitality was overwhelming.
After lunch we continued on to Mossman, had a
rest, then off to the Show. Shortly
after the show started and John was singing 'Nobody
Rides My Harley but Me' to the delight of the crowd,
a dozen or so Harleys lined up in front of the stage.
Thanks guys. We had a good time at Mossman, thanks
to all involved.
Day 14: Tonight’s concert
at Redcliffe was another good night. A special hello
to good friend Annette who turns up at a lot of
the Queensland gigs. Good to see you Annette. Highlight
- was catching up with 3 and a half year old CF
Sufferer, Madline. Normally we see Madline at Lismore
so it was a pleasant surprise for us. Thank you
for the picture with all the roses on it Madline.
It has a prime position on board the yacht.
Now Lisa, who put that big smile on your face?
Yes, very, very, very good friend (maybe one more
very) Armin, arrived from Sydney yesterday. Wondered
why you weren't on the yacht! A special thanks to
the Hogs Breath Cafe for your $200 donation to CF.
Day 13: 10 am set sail for Redcliffe
minus crew member, Lisa who will rejoin the yacht
at Redcliffe. Yacht pulled into Redcliffe at 8 pm.
Funny that, it only took me less than 2 hours to
drive there. Anyway, Ray and I and my friends, Judy
& Mervyn from Ipswich, went on down to the yacht
and joined all on board for a lovely steak dinner
that Kim had prepared for us all. We all had a good
night, with a little help from the wine!
Day 12: Today we got to play
hosts to the L.J. Hooker competition winners, Marie
& Keith Harris from Cowra, NSW. They came out
on the yacht with us and L.J. Hooker Regional Area
Manager, Steve Warrod. We were also happy to have
young Josh, his mum Carolyn and his sister on board.
We met Josh at Beaudesert earlier this year and
we were real happy to catch up with him again. Josh
has not been all that well lately and hopefully
the day out on the yacht cheered him up a little.
After a nice afternoon on the harbour, it was time
to prepare for the Southport Sharks Concert.
Another good concert. Highlight -- young Brody
succeeded in getting Mum and Dad to bring him to
the concert. Never believe this but Brody, red bandanna
on head, got up on stage and played a drum solo.
Good for you Brody..... Keep on practicing and we'll
be coming to see you on stage someday.
General Comments: So sorry this is a bit late.
It's pretty hard to keep updating the website on
the road. Now that we are in Airlie Beach on a few
days R. & R., we can catch up on these chores.
Oh such hardships !!!!! At a resort in Airlie Beach
with temperatures up around 29 degrees. Oh my gosh,
some of us have a hard life. Now, after the brag,
it's on with the news......................................................................
Day 11: R & R at Southport....
John & Kim invited us all, including Ray and
myself, to join them on a day's sail to Sanctuary
Point. We had lunch with Earl (Kim's Dad), Pat,
Margie & Peter.
After filling our tummies, we headed home dodging
sand bars as we progressed. Half way home, we saw
Wolves friend, Keith Glover, with his fully restored,
1923 60ft Ketch the 'Wraith of Odin', stuck on a
sand bank. We couldn't help him without getting
stuck ourselves, so as we waved farewell, Kim radioed
him to find out if we could perhaps send out a couple
of beers. We then listened as Keith displayed an
enormous amount of patience as he proceeded to call
for help with the amazingly uncooperative coast
guard person. Poor Keith! Home to watch the State
of Origin.... On yer Queensland --- a good win.
Shush - The NSW fans might read this!!!!
Day 10: R & R at Southport....
After a relaxing day, Eric, Chris, Ray, Darcy and
I joined Kim and John for a meal at Grumpy's Restaurant
on the Marina. We had some good fun with the waiter
Ryan, who much to our delight displayed why the
joint was called Grumpy's. We gave him heaps and
he in turn gave us heaps back. Hey Ryan, you grumpy
old thing, we'll be backkkkkkkkkkkkk.
John, Darcy & Chris met young CF sufferer
Brody on the phone. They had a little chat and convinced
him to get mum and dad to bring him along to the
Southport Concert.
Day 9: R & R at Southport....
A couple of Wolverines, guess which?, slept for
hours on end.
Day 8: Yacht pulled into Mariner's
Cove Marina around 10 o'clock. Ray and I, joined
by Lisa's mum, Carol, and dad, Graham, along with
her Nan and Pop and Aunt & Uncle, were among
the welcoming crowd as the yacht pulled into berth.
Graham and Carol travelled up from Sydney to spend
a week in Southport with Lisa. I think they missed
your Lisa! Chris, Darcy, Eric and I had a quick
snack at Grumpy's Restaurant, before heading to
the motel for a quick change for the nights concert.
Tonight's concert at this fantastic venue, Seagulls
at Tweed Heads, was captured by a six camera crew
from 'A Little Bit of Country'. Harley's graced
the magnificent stage
and Joanie, John's mum, turned up for 'Mama's Got
Her Boobs Out'. A happy ending also for the losing
bidder at the Coff's & Port concert's, when
he managed to secure the plaque over the phone,
for $5,500. What a good sport to keep on trying.
Darcy, Chris and John, would like to thank all
those Harley owner's for lending us the bike's for
the night, as well as Les and his crew from 'A Little
Bit of Country' for being so patient with us. Special
thanks to Eric, our own personal cameraman and crew
member.
Day 7: Wow, we got to sleep in
a bit, and departed Coffs at 10.45. We discovered
that the "Boardroom", rather liked Coffs
Harbour and maybe wanted to stay, that's when we
hit the sand as we were going through the breakwater.
With a little bit of encouragement, we were on our
way to Southport. Our overnight sail was uneventful
in perfect conditions. Road crew, Ray & I, arrived
in rainy Southport --- Queensland, beautiful one
day perfect the next!! Kae and I had coffees at
Coffs shopping centre, after getting drastically
lost, and then said our goodbyes.
Day 6: Departed Port MacQuarie
and arrived at Coffs Harbour at 3.15 pm. All on
board got rather wet as we came into Coffs, and
- as wet as, we were greeted by heaps of media people,
including TV, Radio and local press, as well as
the L.J. Hooker people. After having dinner at the
local 'Hogs Breath Cafe', it was off to the gig.
A capacity crowd filled the Catholic Club auditorium,
for a great concert. Lisa's touching speech lead
on to an awesome auction which tonight raised an
enormous $7,000. Good on you Coffs Harbour - This
was simply the best! Kim, Kae and I managed to cause
a stir at the bar when we asked for 3 Margarita's.
You know, I reckon the website gave the barman the
wrong recipe girls - never got that happy on Margaritas
before!
We would like to thank, firstly the club for their
donation, the Marina for donating the berth, and
last but not least, the barman who adorned Mama's
Boobs for the song, 'Mama's Got Her Boobs Out'.
You truly were a good sport!
Apology: You know what it's like
when you take someone and make them a big STAR and
from that moment forward all you get is complaints!!!
As it is with L.J. Hooker staff member Ben OSBORN....
It seems that I made a BooBoo in spelling the 'Mama's
Boobs' stars name. Many apologies Ben, I have amended
all incorrect spelling. "Ben, Don't look now
Dawnie's spelt your name wrong".
General Comments: Catching up
on some of the news today was quite educational.
On board the yacht, all and sundry gathered around
offering their snippets of information, while I
typed rapidly. I learned that on their shift one
night, Kim caught Eric & Darcy napping. I learned
that Darcy and Shoni sleep the most, I further learned
that one night the crew drove John to drink a couple
of beers. To date, all has been well and spirits
are high.
Day 5: Depart Port Stephen's
heading North to Port Macquarie. This is our longest
day so far, with 90 nautical miles to sail. Departed
at 1 am and arrived at Port around 4 pm. Kim comments
"We have a crew of sleepers and not sailors,
at least John stays awake on his watch." I
think she means that Darcy and Chris sleep an awful
lot. I know there is a story behind those words
somewhere. It was really nice to catch up with Kae,
who was on holiday at Port. I managed to convince
her to come up to Coffs Harbour tomorrow.
Wow what a concert. At every concert L.J. Hooker
have been auctioning a framed commemorative plaque.
Tonight we raised an amazing $6,500. It was really
exciting. There are 14 of these plaques, one auctioned
at each concert. This has made them pretty valuable
to genuine collectors of memorabilia.
Along the way Lisa has been catching up with a
lot of CF sufferers at the shows and sharing her
positive attitude with them.
Yet another generous Marina giving the Boardroom
the night for free. It might seem small but every
little bit helps.
The Commodore of the CYC Yacht Club in Sydney
phoned John to see how we were going. Thanks for
your concern and support.
Day 4: Depart Newcastle. We got
to see our first humpback whales. It was a real
highlight for Lisa as this was the first time she
had seen whales. The whales are all heading North
in the same destination as us. We continue to see
them along the way, even though they are a bit slower
than us.
The Hogs Breath Cafe overlooks the harbour and
many people joined us for dinner there. The Hogs
Breath have been supplying our whole crew with dinners
along the way. Thank you guys! "The food is
bloody beautiful" says Darcy. "The best
blackened prime rib in the world" says John,
and Chris says "I love those hogs tails".
Soldiers Point Bowling Club was the venue for
our show here. A huge crowd came along to support
us. Thanks to the Bowlers for their generous donation
towards the tour, and a special thanks to the club
for looking after our road crew so well.
Day 3: Concert at ClubNova in
Newcastle. Much to everyone's surprise, L.J. Hooker
staff member, Ben Osborn, bared his rubber boobs
through the song, 'Mama's Got Her Boobs Out'. Your
a good sport Ben.
Newcastle was really good we got met by NBN TV,
and became part of that nights news bulletin. Thank
you Melinda. (We actually met Melinda when she hosted
our kids concert in Tamworth during the CM Festival,
and she organised this shoot for us in Newcastle.)
Shoni, the dog ended all speculation and all bets
were off, as she dived overboard. According to Ray
Hadley, Darcy was going to be the first - sorry
Ray you lost your bet.
Some stories are starting to evolve from Eric
who backs up what he is saying by having it all
on video tape. We just cannot wait to see this one
hour special on 'A Little Bit of Country', when
all will be revealed.
Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club would not take any
money for the mooring of the yacht. Thank you guys,
you have good hearts.
Day 2: The gentle sailing introduction
from Pittwater to Newcastle.
Perfect conditions and John went through the safety
procedures with those on board. John reports that
so far he is happy with Chris & Darcy,s performance.
They had a little rough weather when things got
a bit hairy, but apart from that - all went well.
Day 1: Sunday July 6th. Friends,
families, L.J. Hooker Management and Staff and Cystic
Fibrosis Officials gathered at the Cruising Yacht
Club in Sydney, to farewell the yacht as they set
sail for the Whitsundays. On board, Lisa Martin
- CF Sufferer, Eric Martin - Cameraman from TV Show,
'A Little Bit of Country', Shoni - The Doggie, Kim
& John, Chris & Darcy. At around 2.30 pm,
the yacht set sail. "Sailing Away, Sailing
Away, Sailing Away with the tide............."
Acknowledgements:
Crew Members: John Clinton – Skipper and
Boss Man.
Kim Cardow – Navigator and Chief Cook.
Darcy LeYear – Shadow.
Chris Doyle – Whale Spotter.
Lisa Martin – Eater of chocolate - CF Sufferer.
(Not related to Eric).
Eric Martin – Cameraman for a ‘Little
Bit of Country’. (Not related to Lisa).
Shoni – The Guard Doggie.
Road Crew: Dawn LeYear – Merchandiser –
Road Crew.
Ray Beaton – PA and Road Crew.
Coach: Neville Wittey
For Darcy, Chris & Lisa.
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Recently at the Annual MO Awards, we won the Best
Country Band Award, for the second time in a row.
Unfortunately we weren't there to collect our award
as we were on tour in Victoria.
2002 - 30th Golden Guitar Awards in Tamworth the
Wolverines were awarded their first Golden Guitar
for Best Vocal Group or Duo!!!!
As well as the Golden Guitar for Group of the Year,
we were in the Top 5 spots for Aria Song of the
Year & Video of the Year.. Our Win: Well you should
have heard the audience go off, we were a very popular
win, what's more on the same night the Wolves rode
up the red carpet on Greg Skewes' 1942 Harley Davidson
outfit to perform their gold Hit Single "65 Roses"
to both a packed Tamworth Regional Entertainment
Centre and a National Television audience.
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The Wolverines were awarded their first Golden Guitar
for Best Vocal Group or Duo!!!!
As well as the Golden Guitar for Group of the Year,
we were in the Top 5 spots for Aria Song of the
Year & Video of the Year.. Our Win: Well you should
have heard the audience go off, we were a very popular
win, what's more on the same night the Wolves rode
up the red carpet on Greg Skewes' 1942 Harley Davidson
outfit to perform their gold Hit Single "65 Roses"
to both a packed Tamworth Regional Entertainment
Centre and a National Television audience.
New CD "WOLVERINES & ROSES" is released at Tamworth.
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May 2002, ’65 Roses’ was released in New Zealand.
It immediately charted and on the 26th of May it
shot to Number 1 on the New Zealand Charts.
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Recently at the Annual MO Awards, we won the Best
Country Band Award, for the first time. Unfortunately
we weren't there to collect our award as we were on
tour in Lightning Ridge.
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November 11, 2001 the Wolves were awarded an ARIA
Gold Single for sales of "65 Roses" in excess of
35,000.
We have more than fulfilled our dreams for this
single release....... topping the Country Singles
chart for weeks, No. 1 on the MusicCountry Video
Hits, making the ARIA Singles charts, reaching Gold
Single status. 3 Golden Guitar Finalist spots for
Best Vocal Group or Duo, Aria Song of the Year and
Best Video.
"65 Roses" and Ray Hadley:- A big thank you to Ray
Hadley for giving our single a burst on the John
Laws Show for over a week, and getting behind the
movement to raise awareness of Cystic Fibrosis in
general. There were heaps of discussions about CF
that went nation-wide and gave Australians a real
insight into the lives of the kids who have the
condition. You've got a big heart Ray- Thanks!
L.J. Hooker you truly "are the best":- L.J. Hooker
(Official Sponsors of Cystic Fibrosis Australia)
have supported and promoted the 65 Roses Awareness
campaign. Good on you guys..... you are Corporate
Heroes!!!!
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Konichiwa! Tammy Miller, the entertainment officer,
from the American Marines based at Camp Foster in
Okinawa Japan, was desperately looking for the Wolverines
who sung the song ‘Gonna Ride All Night Long’, on
CMT. After approaching all the agents she knew in
the USA, she realised that the band came from Australia.
She desperately wanted them to work at their Annual
Hansen Hoedown, which involves all the American
Marine bases in Okinawa. They decided that since
the Wolverines were going to be there they would
have a special Harley Davidson Show & Shine Competition.
So, late August, the 3 little Wolves boarded an
international flight, bound for Japan. They arrived
at Kinsai Airport in Osaka. All was well. They then
boarded a Japanese domestic flight to the island
of Okinawa, only to be told that they were flying
directly into a cyclone and the pilot was going
to try and land in it. Three scared little Wolves
began to pray, fast! They arrived at a deserted
airport as Tammy thought that the plane wouldn’t
be able to land. Scary stuff!
The gig was great. Taking our breed of Country Music
to the Americans was scary stuff too. But we survived.
The Marines really enjoyed our music and our style
of entertainment.
Apart from our performance we also judged the competitions
for the ‘Best Looking Harley’ and the Annual Chilli
Cook off.
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It was a Sunday afternoon and Darcy was doing a
one man band gig at Wisemens Ferry Hotel. John turned
up at the hotel on the Harley. They got to chatting
and Darcy managed to talk John out of retirement.
(He hadn’t played drums for close on 20 years).
Darcy thought it might be a good idea to start a
band and told John about this really good keyboard
player that he knew, a guy named Chris. Well the
three of them got together in November 1993, had
a rehearsal, and together they thought that maybe
this concept could just work. And that I guess was
when the Wolverines were born.
Meanwhile, John had been working on an installation
of a Neon Sign at the Tamworth Services Club. He
had become pretty friendly with then Manager, Peter
Schroeder. Peter was showing John through the club,
and the last place they visited was downstairs,
which John immediately called the Dungeon. This
room hadn’t been used for many, many years. John’s
mind began to tick! He said to Peter that he knew
of a group that could fill this room every night
of the Country Music Festival. Peter didn’t quite
believe John…. He asked for it in writing!!! Both
the club & the Wolverines decided to take the risk,
and with that the Dungeon at Tamworth Services Club
became our first gig.
Our first night in the Dungeon we were really discouraged;
Only about 15 people turned up, and our small room
started to look very, very, very large. Well, the
next night feeling a little deflated we turned up
at the Services Club for round two. We couldn’t
get into the club via the front door as there were
queues of people out into the street. Well we were
shuttled in through the door downstairs and asked
the Services Club Manager, Peter Schroeder, what
the queue was about? Can you imagine our surprise
when he said, “They’re here to see you Guys”.
And that was the beginning!
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