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Well here we are in Tamworth again. Yesterday the Wolves migrated from their homes to spend the next 12 days here in Tamworth. If last night was any indication of this years shows, then might I tell you that this is going to be one hell of a year of fun.
After a long day of travelling we were all here at around 9.30 last night. Somehow, we ended up having a glass of wine outside and were joined by Louie and Angry. Several glasses of wine later, Louie went off to get his beauty sleep and one of us ladies crashed in bed (it obviously can't have been me, Dawn, or else I wouldn't be here to tell you all this story and Kim hasn't even arrived yet). Wine led to pizzas and more wine and jokes and more bull and more fun. It seemed appropriate to ask Angry what he really thought about the Wolverines. His reply......
Quote: "Ever since I was a kid I have been besottted by the exotic and the bizarre..... The 'Wolverines' are as much fun and more than you can have standing up". |
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The New Album
'Good Ol' Boys' will be available in Tamworth
and on our website soon!
Wow.. Doesn't time fly? Already, next week we head up to Tamworth for the festival. Our shows with Angry, Louie & Victoria will be exciting and different, and plus, we can't wait to perform the songs off our new album. Make sure you come along, say g'day, and have a good time. See you there!
'Good Ol' Boys' recorded at Icon Digital Studios, Gold Coast.
Produced by Louie Shelton.
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AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR - SEE YOU AT TAMWORTH
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We're Back - Tamworth 2010! We are really looking forward to working
with Angry again and we assure you that this is going to be a show not to be missed.
Plus we will be performing songs from our NEW ALBUM which will be released at Tamworth.
We will tell you more about the new album in the not to distant future.
See you all in January.......
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Okay, you win. The Wolves are back in Tamworth, 2010. It will be one hell of an exciting show.
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Another good night at Soldiers Point. Great to see so many familiar faces there plus a whole lot of new ones as well.
Thank you to the Blue Water Country Music Festival for having us again, and a special thank you to the Bowling Club for their hospitality, and to all of you who came along to see the show....... Thanks!
Email from Paul: It took me 14 years to find out how much fun you guys are to watch & listen to. Had the privilege to be at your last Tamworth show and to see you again at Soldiers Point. Definitely looking forward to seeing you again in the future.
Email from Janice: Another top night with the Wolverines at Soldiers Point. Can't get enough of you guys. Come back soon.
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After Tamworth 2009, the Wolverines are officially 'off the road'.... There'll be no more touring for Darcy, Chris & John.
The 16 farewell concerts that they did at Tamworth '09 were special.....they were memorable.....they were the last chance for many to experience these amazing guys in full swing.....many tears were shed as people said goodbye.
Since Darcy, Chris & John began their journey as the 'Wolverines' at Tamworth 15 years ago they've toured the length and breadth of Australia, entertaining thousands, in hundreds of venues. They've written great songs, won countless awards, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for children's charities, produced half a dozen quality albums and made lifetime friendships.
It is now a time for change. Perhaps the catalyst was their 2008 Tour of the Middle East for our troops, or maybe the loss of a loved one, but whatever the individual reasons, they have taken stock of their life situations and recognised how brief our time here really is. The passing of peers and parents and grandparents, as well as the arrival of the next generation, all contribute to the decision to no longer be part of the 'cat's in the cradle' syndrome. Darcy, Chris & John simply want to spend more time with their families.
Although the Wolves will no longer be touring, they have continuing commitments to Festivals, Special Events and Parties. For now, the Wolverines' book is still open..... so keep an eye on the Gig Guide.
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Darcy, Chris & John, and all of us here in the Wolves Den, wish you all a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
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Please join with all of us in 'The Wolves Den' in wishing our very good friend Annette, and her partner Graham, all the best for their future happiness together. As far as we know, this has been on the cards for the last 7 or 8 years, and finally the big wedding day has come. Good luck Netty, we will be thinking of you!
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Castle Hill RSL, Wednesday October the 8th, we entertained at a dinner held to raise money for the family of 4 year old cancer sufferer Oscar Buhagiar.
Thanks go to everyone who supported Oscar's Fight Against Cancer by buying tickets in the Fraser Motorcycles sponsored Harley / Ducati raffle. The winner was a guy from Padstow, who was absolutely thrilled to receive the phone call telling him he had won (he chose the Ducati.....)
We heard that the Bike Raffle, Show tickets, and auction conducted by Ray Hadley (best auctioneer ever!) raised over $150,000... We wish Oscar and his family all the best in the future.
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What can we say - Magnetic Island is a beautiful place to visit! We had awesome accommodation at Peppers 'Blue on Blue', got to see most of the Island, and the organisers, staff and friendly locals made our visit a great experience.
Over the five days of the regatta we did 3 gigs, two at the luxurious Peppers 'Blue on Blue' Restaurant, and one at the really popular 'Base' (the Backpackers Pub). We caught up with lots of our yachtie friends, from the Whitsunday Regattas, as well as some new faces. Special mention has to go to the New Zealand sailors, who performed the Haka, at our final gig. Fortunately they were better at the Haka then dodging whales or reefs!!! Good fun guys...
While John & Kim were racing on "Holy Cow", Darcy & Dawn, Chris & Kae and Terry, our sound guy, got to do some sightseeing. The Island has a high percentage of National Parks, which make it pretty magical. Terry even managed to get up close and personal with a couple of Koalas.
We would like to thank, Terry, Debbie, Stephanie and Julie from Sunferries, Denis Thompson and his team of volunteers, and the Townsville Yacht Club for a well run new regatta at Nelly Bay. Big thanks, to, all the yachties for their continual support..............
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A friend of ours, a brilliant natural actor, passed away recently. For those of you who have seen our video clip 'Trouble with a Capital "T"', well Hank was the black staffie on John's bike with him --- "I got a tough old dog that I called Hank, Rides up front with me on the tank, Bites like a tiger and barks like a train, You touch my bike Hank goes off his brain, He'll latch on to you you'll never get free, You take on Hank you gotta take on me, Cos I'm Trouble....." Well, Brett, his owner, reports that he was not like Hank in that respect. He was a good mate, and died at the ripe old age of 16. Hank, your memory will live on........ Darcy, Chris & John.
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2008 "MO" Award Winners!
You will be happy to know, that the 2008 "MO Award" for Country Music Group of the Year, was presented to us, last Tuesday night, at the 32nd Annual Australian Entertainment "MO" Awards.
We dedicated our Award to the troops that we met and entertained on our Middle East Tour de Force.
If you find it a bit difficult to recognise the guys in this photo, it is because they are all dressed up!! Don't they look handsome?
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Thursday the 24th May, we headed down south to Port Augusta. On Friday, we held a workshop for some of the local budding musicians to attend. It proved to be rewarding for the participants, along with being a rewarding experience for us as well. We provided the participants with an honest look into the business they are aiming to become a part of.
The venue for the festival shifted because of the unexpected rain during the Saturday night concert. The organisers and their team of helpers, should give themselves a big pat on the back... most organisers would have given up, but they all pulled off the impossible, and made a lot of people very happy. The locals who hadn't seen rain for a while were happy to say the least.
Was good to see Wally Sparrow at the workshop... He and his friend Merilyn from KIX FM Kangaroo Island, travelled down to learn some Wolves secrets. Also a special hello to our very loyal supporter Scott, and his lovely wife Pam. Great to see you again, and, in your neck of the woods!!!
To Gordon and Marie, and all your commitee, thank you for a wonderful weekend. We would also like to say a special thank you to Matt and his production crew. Well done!!! |
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Minutes back from the Middle East, and we head down south for gigs at the Shellharbour Workers Club, Batemans Bay Soldiers Club and St Georges Basin Country Club. Feeling a little jet lagged and a lot tired, we managed to get through the weekend....
Was good to see some familiar faces, Billy Brown, one of our Tamworth doorman, turned up at Shellharbour, and Bateman's Bay... the other Tamworth Doorman, Big John and his lovely wife Pam travelled down from Warragamba to say g'day. Guess they must have missed us while we were away!! Also great to see Lyn and Greg at Batemans as well.
We would like to thank the clubs for their hospitality, and you guys who came along to the shows.
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Update 4:
We're back!!! Seventeen days after departure and we're back in Australia with 12 shows and a million memories behind us. The Australian Defence Force is involved in 2 operations in the Middle East. Troops in Operation Catalyst (Afghanistan) and Operation Slipper (Iraq) are stationed at major military bases in Tarin Kowt, Kabul, Kandahar, Baghdad and Tallil and we entertained most of our Australian guys & girls, along with our American, British & Dutch coalition partners, at all of these bases. We cannot say enough positive things about our soldiers over there. They are doing a great job and are very well respected by everyone that they come in contact with…… including the guys on the other side!!!
We discovered a new standard in transport when we boarded the Hercules that transported us from base to base. This was “cargo” class…. no flight attendants; no drink or food service; no seat numbers, in fact not really any seats- we were squashed in like sardines with all the pallets of band gear and baggage…. And because we were frequently in active war zones we mostly wore our body armour & helmets, with gas masks, balaclavas & flash goggles at the ready….. Not comfortable for a six hour trip! Despite the discomfort, we were very aware of what an amazing job the aircrews and loaders did just to deliver us safely. Thanks guys….well dodged!
Even though our soldiers are under pressure, and working in terrible conditions, the Australian sense of humour always manages to surface... These guys (below) brought along their own grandstand for the show! Queenslanders by any chance??? 
Hey, and don't be fooled by the XXXX signs.... There was no alcohol to be had anywhere.... just stuff they call "near beer" which is simply beer with NO alcohol. We thought we would dehydrate until we discovered there were pallets of bottled water everywhere we went.... and of course there were lots of Porta Loos too.
We went to entertain the troops, not expecting anything in return, but we got back more than money could ever buy…..
** an insight into our soldiers life and world in a war zone ** the experience, first hand, of the professionalism of our Australian Soldiers ** the privilege of a glimpse into the cradle of civilisation dating back 4000 years at the City of Ur ** seeing the fast disappearing relics of the world of Saddam Hussein ** insights into cultures very different from our own ** the reward of putting a smile on the faces of our troops
Darcy, Chris & John in Saddam's Chair!
Outside one of Saddam's seven palaces.
Thanks to everyone for their interest & support.
Regards,
Darcy, Chris & John.
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Update 3:
Well, the guys have completed all their shows in the Middle East ! Darcy, Chris & John are physically & emotionally drained- none of them had any real idea of how important this Middle East Tour de Force would be for so many people…and we won't hear the real stories until they are back on home soil.
We've had some very cool emails, here are a few snippets:
Email 1: “….my husband is currently deployed to iraq with the australian army. he called me today after seeing the tour de force show. he really enjoyed the show. it was great to hear him so animated and excited about going back again tonight. The fact that you guys are there supporting the troops really made a difference to him.”
Email 2: “Full marks to you for what you are doing. Take care and stay safe.”
Email 3: “Great to hear from you guys - and pretty mindblowing that the boys are over in ME. Wow! Suppose they'll be mistaken for locals?? Naaaaaahhh. Huh.”
Email 4: I hope they have a great time and don't scare the locals too much.”
Email 5: ”Very cool - thanks for the news - keep em coming! I just heard John speaking to "Maca" on the ABC roughly @ 6.20 am - hope you had prior warning so you were up & listening. Excellent interview. They are doing a great job for the troops & Australia.”
The guys will be back on deck this weekend, with a gig on Friday at Shellharbour Workers Club, Saturday at Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, and Sunday at St Georges Basin Country Club. We are thinking that they will be full of stories at these gigs! - all fingers crossed that they get home in time!!!
From all of us here in the Wolves Den, we have missed them, and it will be great to have them back home safe and sound.
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Soldiers from Australian & Netherlands Depence Force gather to see a show at Camp Holland, Tarin Kowt - Afghanistan.
The Wolves perform a song which puts a smile on the face of the guitarist in the RAN Band. Wonder what song Darcy is singing?
John performs a song - Maybe it's 'Don't Look Now'.
Hmmm - 'Don't Look Now' Chris is about to hang his boobs out! Looks as if the guys are really enjoying this.- Check out the dust on the boots!
Darcy & John on stage.
Photos - Courtesy of the Royal Australian Defence Department.
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Update 2:
The Wolves are well and truly into their Tour now - they did a gig back in Kuwait last night (Wednesday)..... All the shows in Afghanistan are finished and it seems security is not so tight now that they are out of there. You will be happy to know that their shows are being well received.
The trip from Afghanistan was long and probably stressful
(definitely not First Class seats) but they sound relaxed & relieved to be back in Kuwait.
Most of their luggage was left at Kuwait when they first arrived, and they just took a backpack each of clothes & personal stuff into Afghanistan, so the opportunity to get some fresh clothes would be a plus.... according to Darcy you don't perspire in that climate so you can keep wearing things….. We're not so sure! Other stories heard were that their uniforms are the same colour as the dust, so you don't notice if their dirty!!!! Hmmm!
Somewhere along the way they got to play some boys' games - target practise, obviously a highlight for them! They have all talked about it - apparently, John scored 97/100...& was told he should join up!!! Darcy and Chris haven't told us what they scored yet. But yes, we can just imagine 'Major John', sounds good John! What we really want to know is who they got to be the target to encourage John to be so accurate?
On a more serious note, they are just blown away by the Australian's over there - the job they are doing; the sacrifices they are making; the conditions they cope with.... and on top of that how popular they are with the other nationalities.... the guys are sounding very “Proud to be Australian”!!!! It's ironic that John & Darcy were finally prompted to take out Australian Citizenship to do this tour.
Keep checking for our 3rd update, meanwhile at around 12.15 tomorrow (Friday 11th April) John should be talking to Ray Hadley on 2GB, so we may find out more then.
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Update 1:
The Wolves are doing well in the Middle East , but we aren't going to hear too many details until they return……They have been able to phone home frequently and occasionally use their mobiles, but for security reasons, their reports are very short on detail! Most significant moments of the trip over seem to have been, 1 lost boarding pass, 1 passport left at the customs desk and a case of CDs found, 2 days later, in the Darwin International Terminal (we won't mention which Wolverine…) and that was all before they left Australia! Initially they seemed more concerned with their personal comfort (or lack of…), apparently a Hercules ride in full armour and helmet isn't very comfortable…. and the beds aren't quite like home! We have heard some stories about one Wolverine hogging 3 pillows, while the other 2 have none!!
But now, four shows into the tour, they are talking enthusiastically about the performances and how receptive their audiences have been. They have played to less than a 100 somewhere remote and to a huge multicultural crowd somewhere big…. sounds like they were quite surprised at how much the, to mention a few, Dutch, French, Turkish concert goers enjoyed their part of the show.
They have been lucky enough to visit a few interesting places. They went to a Bazaar one day and got to buy a few nick knacks as souvenirs. Each of them were accompanied by an armed guard, and if they strayed from the guard, they would have been arrested. Hopefully they will explain this a little more when they get back, but it sounds as if they are being well cared for.
Having packed for heat & sun in the desert, they've found themselves in less than 10 degrees with snow on the surrounding hills (hills within rocket range). One particularly hairy Wolverine is not letting his leather jacket out of his sight or off his back….. good thing he took his wife's advice when he was packing! One other Wolverine, left his jacket in Kuwait, so guess what he bought at the Bazaar?
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Well as we write this news item, Darcy, Chris & John are somewhere in the Middle East. Their mission is to entertain the Aussie Troops. We hope that they travel safely, and we wish them well.
Keep checking this page for regular updates.
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Tamworth 2008
Yes, another Tamworth Festival over, and it was great to see heaps of our friends turn up at our concerts. This year we seemed to see a lot of new faces as well, and at this point it would seem appropriate to mention the crowds of new friends from West Australia who came in droves. Thank you all!! 17 gigs in 10 days, is a pretty tough call, but we and the crowd's pulled through it fine.
This year, we released our new album ‘Occasional Course Language' and performed most of the songs on a nightly basis. We had fun and by the positive comments received, we think you guys did too. A special thank you to all the men who were good sports, lured to the stage to sit on John's V Rod, while we serenaded them with the ‘Dickhead' song. Hello to Peter from Telarah , NSW……. Did we see you up there twice Peter?
We would also like to thank all of you who came along to support Youth Insearch , at our gig at the TREC. Quite funny to see the ‘big kids on stage' entertaining the little kids in the audience. It wa a great day, and our auction raised some much needed funds for this great charity.
The annual Poker Run attracted a huge number of riders this year, even though the weather wasn't the best. Thanks for your support guys. We'd like to thank Frank from Bikes & Bits for organising this, and for all his help.
We would like to thank a few people who year after year, help us get through the 17 gigs and still have smiles on our faces. So, thank you to our great sound technician, Terry Galvin; Our wonderful video producer, Kim Cardow for supplying us with our opening number clip ‘Ballad of Young Bobby Dale; Gil Swann and Brooksy from the Services Club, for looking after us; Tjarne Russell and her friend Kelly, for handing out the pamphlets in the street. You girls looked great in your Wolves gear and we think you did a great job; Our dedicated merchandiser Dawn, and her helpers Kim and Kae ; The management and staff of the Quality Powerhouse, for putting up with us; Our two fantastic doormen, Bill Russell and Billy Brown. (Big John, we all missed you heaps. We hope that you and Pam might be able to make it next year. Tamworth is not the same without you).
We'll see you all in 2009.
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Occasional Course Language” is our first Party Album.... strange really, because from day one, way back in 1994, this is what people have been asking for...
We are seasoned party Wolves... from years at Harley gigs, B&S Balls, Rodeos, Sailing Regattas & the regular late night party crowds at places like the Gympie Crow Bar & the Dungeon.
Some of the songs are possibly not entirely politically correct; there is some occasional course language; there are some sexual references; but there is no violence!!!
So for all you Party Animals.....
HERE IT IS!!!
Darcy, John & Chris.
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• Chris's auctioneering skills have been given a good workout with 19 auctions at 19 shows……verdict - don't give up your night job Chris…..
• Great Western Hotel where the canvas print brought $4,000 at the Auction which will help put the Special School Bus back on the road.
• At Coffs Harbour one wrong button press caused a sensational domino effect …… instead of the lights changing during a song, the curtains began to close, the curtains collected the lighting trees on each side which then fell inwards, simultaneously one set of lights landed on Darcy's head as the other hit Chris. Oblivious, John sat in the middle on the drums asking why there wasn't any light on him! In the melee that followed Darcy's hat was hoisted back up with the lights and he was left running around the stage looking for it. Moral to the story – always wear a hat on stage …. Now who do you think pressed the wrong button? Well, Terry our sound guy was working at the sound desk. That only leaves Briza!!!
• John winning the onboard fishing comp (on numbers)- the Mac Tuna he caught somewhere north of Rockhampton was such a guts that it had a belly full of little fish taking JC's tally to five!!! Hmmm, wait till you hear the stories about the big ones that got away.
• The "obvious reason" that we got such good bids on the auctions, would have to be attributed to the modelling skills of Darcy. Night after night, he would strut the Ocean and Earth packs around, empty wallet and all. Good try Darcy, but may we suggest that you stick to singing and playing guitar. • Our talented production guys managed to get themselves, and the Wolves, out of trouble when they snapped a fan belt between Mackay and Gladstone…. After hitching a lift to the nearest town and then back to the truck armed with a new fan belt & arriving just in time for the gig, we would have to say that Terry and Briza are now our official Touring Bush Mechanics .
Many thanks to our support crew : Dawn, Kim, Kae, Greg and Lynne ……….and of course all of the Venues .
Our team at Artist Network Australia …… well done!
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Over $35,000 Raised!
Well, we have completed our Sail For Kids Tour and left over $35,000 behind with the communities in the towns where we played…. Along the way there have been some very sad & touching stories , like Jesse from Eumundi who at 15 has a life expectancy of just 2 more years, or the Rocky Special School which had its only bus smashed, and then in Gladstone there was the Bradley Wolf Brave Heart Foundation, and in Cairns, sisters who lost their Mum just before we arrived… We hope we have helped a little.
On the sailing front conditions (and temperatures) slowly improved as we came north. From freezing cold on the NSW coast, we can now enjoy ideal conditions in the Whitsundays where we perform at Airlie Beach & Hamilton Island Race Weeks .
The Wolverines would like to thank everyone who rocked up to the concerts , especially those who dug deep to help the kids & Kids' Charities in each town.
Thanks Southern Cross Ten for all the help. 
Thankyou Ocean & Earth for all the packs we auctioned.
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WOLVERINES NAMED MO AWARD FINALISTS
PLUS $20,000 FOR KIDS SO FAR!!!!!!
Luck has followed our Sail For Kids tour, as we sail up the coast, we are named finalists in the 2007 Mo Awards, Slim Dusty Country Performer/s of the Year. We are the only group amongst an impressive field including Lee Kernaghan, Adam Harvey, Melinda Schneider, Felicity Urquhart and Adam Brand.
17 days into the Sail for Kids Tour and so far our auctions have raised $20,000 for Children's Charities…. The limited edition Wolverines prints have proved very popular, with some unsuccessful bidders even following the concerts up the coast in search of a win!
- Caloundra Power Boat Club- auction proceeds went to the Children's Ward, Nambour Hospital
- Hervey Bay Boat Club- Children's Ward
- Joe's Waterhole, Eumundi- Jesse Olah
- Brothers Sports Club, Bundaberg- Children's Ward
- Port Macquarie Panthers Oncology- Section, Children's Ward at the Base Hospital
- Coffs Harbour supported the Children's Ward at the Campus Hospital
- Pine Rivers –funds went to Smile for a Child
- Southport RSL benefited Little Souls - children with Autism
- Cruising Yacht Club of Australia - Youth Sailing Academy
- Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Newport - Stewart House
- Gosford RSL - Children's Ward, Gosford Hospital .
A big thankyou to: Southern Cross Ten, Ocean & Earth, the audiences and the venues.
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At the very begining of the Wolverines, Annette, who then lived in Tamworth, turned up at one of the very first Wolves concerts. 14 years later, 100's of concerts up her sleeve, a house full of memorabillia, and even a son named Darcy, guess who turns up at the Pine Rivers concert to bid on the canvas print? It took her 3 concerts to finally get one, but she was determined that she was going to have one to hang on her wall! You just have to look at the smile on her face, to see how happy she is. Good for you Netty!
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Poor John……. As you will see in this photo, not only does his lovely mum have a habit of having her boobs out, but sister Susan is following closely in her mum's foot steps. Gosh…… don't their boobs look similar!!!! Question is, can you pick which one is his mum?
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OVER $10,000 FOR KIDS SO FAR!!!!!!
Ten days into the Sail for Kids Tour and our auctions have raised over $10,000 for Children's' Charities…. The limited edition Wolverines prints have proved very popular, with some unsuccessful bidders even following the concerts up the coast in search of a win!
- Port Macquarie Panthers auction proceeds went to the Oncology Section of the children's ward at the Base Hospital
- Coffs Harbour supported the Children's Ward at the Campus Hospital
- Pine Rivers - funds went to Smile for a Child
- Southport RSL benefited Little Souls - children with Autism
We'd like to send a big thankyou to:
- Our major sponsors Southern Cross Ten
- Ocean & Earth for the travel packs for each of the auctions
- The audiences who have been so generous & so supportive
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Well our first three shows are behind us and the Wolverines Sail for Kids Tour is away to a great start.
Our send off party at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia went off with a bang with everyone having a great time... the best part of the night was raising $2620 for the Youth Sailing Academy by auctioning our limited edition Wolverines canvas print (thankyou to Doyle's Sails), an Ocean & Earth travel pack, a Kookaburra Harbour Sail and a dinner donated by L'eat, the Club's caterers.
The following night at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Newport was also a howling success, & again, a sell out . Thanks to some generous yachties we raised $1621 for Stewart House and our Sunday crowd at Gosford RSL managed to help us raise $1130 for the Children's Ward at Gosford Hospital .
At present we are sailing to Port Macquarie with an average 25kts from the SW..... we started out yesterday but 40+kts, 4.5m seas & heavy rain were a bit unpleasant so we waited for the wind & waves to abate before departing. One way or another we'll arrive in time for our show at Port Macquarie Panthers, where auction proceeds will go to the Oncology Section of the children's ward at the Port Macquarie Base Hospital . Following the Port Macquarie Concert we'll sail immediately for Coffs Harbour Ex-Services on Thursday 12th then another overnighter up to Queensland for the Brisbane & Southport gigs.
We'd like to send a big thankyou to:
- Our sponsors Southern Cross Ten and Ocean & Earth
- The audiences who have been so generous & supportive
- All the auction bidders who dug deep to help kids
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It is with much sadness that we have to write today on the passing recently of a wonderful lady, Gerry Hoare, who had so many stories to tell of her life as a truck driver in Victoria. Gerry shared some of her special funny moments with us, and it inspired us into writing a song about her which we will now endeavour to finish.
Gerry will be sadly missed by us all, and the long haul trucking industry, where she became an icon for all the women in the trucking industry today.
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| During July and August, we are heading up the East Coast, from Sydney to Cairns, on our 19 concert 'Sail for Kids' Tour. We have produced 19 limited edition, signed canvas prints which will be auctioned at each concert.
If you are interested in bidding for one of these photos, then please email us for a bid form. Bids start at $250. All proceeds will go to help disadvantaged kids.
Numbered canvas print - size 34"x24" ready to hang.
Remember, there are only ever going to be 19 of these prints available, and they will all be auctioned on this tour. Dig deep guys, this is a very worthwhile cause. We hope to hear from you soon. |
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| With a few detours because of the floods, we arrived at the Soldiers Point Bowling Club, where we performed for the Port Stevens Blue Water Country Music Festival.
The weekend was full of surprises. This club, was the only place in the whole area, to have power. (Thanks to the wonderful generator that the club had had installed). It was truly the light at the end of the dark tunnel...... and again, our gig happened. And what a good night. Congratulations to the organisers, you put on a great night for what we believe to have been your first festival.
Special thanks to the club...thanks for having power...and we hope to be back sometime.
Emails received:
Carole from Boat Harbour wrote: Great gig last night at Soldiers Point B. C. Can't wait to enjoy it all at Nelson Bay in October.
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| Good Luck and determination, got us to the gig at the 16Footers in Belmont. Driving up to Newcastle was a pretty scary experience, it was just so windy and the rain never let up at all. We had a few hiccups, like John's car got flooded out, outside the club, and like Darcy left the back window in the Volvo down, and his and Dawn's clothes all got wet, but, the gig still happened!!!
We would like to thank all the people who braved the weather and turned up to the gig. We sure hope that your houses we're okay when you got home. Also, thanks to Chris's son Evan, who turned up to watch the show, and ended up doing the lights. Brother Reece, turned up a bit later to keep him company. Good to see you boys.
We would also like to thank the Club, for their hospitality, and we hope that you survived okay as well. Hopefully, the next gig at the 16Footers will be on a nice warm dry night.
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| Last week we had the pleasure of shooting our new video clip, 'The Ballad of Young Bobby Dale', on board the mighty Kanimbla. This was a great experience for us all, and especially seeing first hand, what their Navy lives are like. We hope that you guys will love the clip, as much as we enjoyed making it.
Here is a photo of us standing on the bow of the HMAS Kanimbla.
Back row: John Jeffrey (camera) Lieutenant Commander Graeme Wong, Limo (Our Bobby Dale), and Jaydee (assistant).
Kim took this photo of us during the actual shooting of the video clip.
All of us here in the Wolverines Den, would like to thank the crew of the HMAS Kanimbla and especially Lieutenant Commander Graeme Wong, and Leading Seaman Julian Limozin - (our Young Bobby Dale).
We will let you know when this clip first goes to air. It will be worth seeing.
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| Well we made it! We rushed back from Undara in Far North Queensland, with only minutes to set up and start playing at the Dubbo Show. We had some fun though, and we managed to catch up with a few friends we haven't seen for a while. This is the second time we have worked at the show, and hopefully we will be back again.
We would like to thank the organisers for their hospitality, and to all of you for your support.
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| Another good night at Bathurst. This is a really friendly venue and the people are good fun. Can you believe this, Bruce & Leigh from Beenleigh in Queensland, came all the way to Bathurst, just to see us!!!! They reckon they are going to Dubbo for the show tomorrow as well. Geez, our heads will start to swell if this happens too often.
Thank you to the management and staff for their hospitality, and to all of you who came along for a night with the Wolverines.
Emails received: Liiz from Bathurst wrote: I was at your concert last night and as usual, it was fantastic. Thanks for a great night.
Now, we all got to meet this Liz, and it is nice to put a face to an email address!! Good luck with the baby Liz and please let us know when this happy event happens. |
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| Getting from Amby to Pioneer Village, at Petrie, for a 2pm show, was quite a challenge. Some of us who travel in Volvo's, got a bit lost, and turned up just in time, well, with a half hour or so to spare. Wow, all you people from the Brisbane area came out in full force to see us that day. It was a great gig, and we would like to thank you all for your continued support. Hey, and what a great venue. We had fun and we hope you all did too. Good to see you again, Annette. We knew you would love the Cow Print Tees!! Also it is always nice to see little dancing Amy, and of course her Mummy too!!
Thanks also to the organisers..... What a great bunch of people you all are. Keep up the good work. Now last but not least, our sound guys, Terry & Riser, had to leave Amby and head straight to Petrie. Yes they looked a bit tired, but what a great effort. Thanks guys.
Also, a special thank you to all the many people who sent us emails after the show. There were just too many for us to list, so we have chosen a few, just to give you an idea.
Ivy from Brisbane wrote: Have just had the best afternoon watching your show at Pine Rivers. Many thanks for the enjoyment.
Graham from Brisbane wrote: Caught you at Pioneer Village yesterday. I'm telling everyone who will bother to listen that they need to go see you. Looking forward to catching up again soon.
Julie from Kingston wrote: We think you are great. My husband and I, and my brother had seen your show for the first time on April 15th at the Pioneer Village Club. We had a great time. Thankyou.
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| Saturday, we headed across country to Amby. This was our second gig at Amby, having worked there a couple of years ago. Again we worked out under the stars, on a semi trailer. A great gig and great people. Thank you all for coming along again.
Now, we have got to know the publicans, Julie & Fletch, rather well over our couple of visits, and we know that they moved out of the pub last Wednesday. We will miss you guys, but we wish you all the best in your new exciting venture. Hopefully, we will see you somewhere around Australia - sometime. Good Luck!!!
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| Even the rain didn't stop everyone from having a good time here. Well it was almost raining a couple of times, but you know Queensland - it is beautiful one day and perfect the next! Theebine is north of Gympie and the Hotel is a great place to be. We caught up with some of our friends who had been to the Ulysses gig at Mudgee a few years back. It was great to catch up with you all, and hopefully we will see all you guys again at Cooyar.
A special thank you to the management and staff for looking after us so well. Hopefully we will be back again sometime. |
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| Following the great success of our 2003 Sail for CF Kids Tour, we have decided to, once again, sail north from Sydney to Far North Queensland, to raise money for Kids in Need. This tour will start on the 6th of July at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Rushcutters Bay. We will stop and do concerts at 18 ports along the way and end on the 5th of August at Silkwood, North Queensland. We would like to raise a ton of money for these kids, so we ask you to please come to a concert, and help us acheive our goal along the way. It will be fun.......
These concerts are now all listed on our Gig Guide. Have a look and plan ahead for those that you are going to attend. We'll see you there!!! |
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| A special thank you to all our friends who turned up to support us at the 'Gold Guitar Winners Concert', held at Penrith Panthers Club, last Friday. We could tell you were there by all the cheers and clapping. Hope you enjoyed our performance.
Please keep checking our Gig Guide.... We now have a new agent, who is busy booking us up with gigs, hopefully one in a town near you. Within a few days, there will be a lot of additions to our Gig Guide. You can always let us know if you would like us to come to your town. Go to 'Contact Us' and Feedback. Send us an email and tell us where you are. Finally,
We wish you all a very Happy Easter. Now don't eat too many Chocolate eggs!
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| Yes Sir!!! Country music sure is alive and kickin' on the Central Coast. Last Saturday night we played at the Wyong Leagues Club for the annual Central Coast Country Music Festival. A large crowd turned up to join in the festivities.
For us it was a special night. All three Wolves, not to be out done by 1, had relatives present at the gig. Darcy's wife Dawn's sister Pat and hubby Kevin, visiting from New Zealand, John's brother Michael and partner Mia, also visiting from the 'Land of the Long White Cloud', and Chris's dad, Alan (82) from New Lambton, also made the effort to come along and watch the show. They all had a ball, (of course we had to explain all the jokes to the Kiwis)!!
A special thank you to the club for their hospitality. Sorry, we made you guys work harder having to bring out all the extra tables and chairs. This was the first time we played at the club, and hopefully, we will be back!
Emails received:
Judith from The Entrance wrote: When are you coming back to the Central Coast? That was the first time I went to a Wolverines Concert, and it won't be the last. We had a ball!
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| Well Tamworth is over for another year, and here we are back home with another two Peoples Choice Trophies to add to our collection. If you haven't heard as yet, we won the Peoples Choice for the “Best Album” – ‘Good Times', and the “Best Song”, for Angel Eyes. We thank you all for voting for us and making us feel very special. We would also like to thank Bob Kirchner and his crew for giving us the opportunity.
Chris, Louie Shelton ('Good Times' Producer), John & Darcy with the 2 Peoples Choice Awards.
Our all new show at Tamworth featured our video's on a big screen behind us. Our audience got to watch some clips from our DVD, and some footage put together by Kim Cardow, our very talented video producer. A couple of tear jerker's as the crowds watched our father's on the screen while Darcy sung ‘The Man I Used to See', and when Chris sung ‘The Ballad of Young Bobby Dale' where we got to see the Kanimbla and the Anzac marches etc. Very touching.
Guest artists, husband and wife duo, Lyndsay Hammond and Trevor Courtney, added pizzazz to the show. Lyndsay took no shit from the guys in fact she very quickly learned how to give it back. One of the shows highlights was hearing Lyndsay and Darcy sing ‘You Say it Best, When you Say Nothing At All'. Great show Lyndsay, Thank you!!
Now Trevor, well he is a bit of a drummer, come keyboard player. Rumour has it that many, many, many, years ago John and Trevor actually went to school together. Well it seems that Trevor learnt well. Dressed up as a John look alike he approached the stage, sat at John's drums, and started drumming. We don't think anybody noticed that he was an imposter until the real John went up to the stage. Well anyway, these two did a couple of drum solos together and it was great stuff. (Bet nobody has ever heard ‘Wipe Out' or ‘Tequila' played at the Tamworth Festival by two ace drummers before).
End of night…………. To the crowds delight, John kidnaps Lyndsay, throws her on the back of his Harley, and hi tails it out of the Dungeon, to the tune of ‘Gonna Ride All Night Long'.
Photo supplied by Marianne Cox.
As per usual, Darcy, Chris & John got up to some unusual antics to raise money for kids charities while in Tamworth. Firstly, the annual Wolverines Poker Run on the first Sunday attracted over 250 bikes and raised over $6000 for local kids charities. A special thank you to Frank Henry from ‘Bikes and Bits' for putting on the best Wolverines Poker Run to date. This can only get better. Later in the week they hosted a luncheon at the Quality Powerhouse to raise money for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. They were the Guest Speakers.... Can you imagine! Well, please don't tell them, but they did a pretty good job. This raised over $3000 and looks like becoming an annual event as well.
Kids and the Wolverines go hand in hand... A group of kids gathered at the Tamworth Library to hear the guys read them stories. This caused a bit of a problem, because they don't read much. So Chris did the reading, and Darcy and John acted out the stories. To the delight of the kids, they turned up on the Harley's. The mums and dads were kind of enjoying it as well.
The end of a Tamworth to the Wolverines after 16 hectic shows, is always welcomed. We cannot go past this point without thanking the wonderful crew of volunteers, who year after year turn up to lend us a hand. Without these people, the show could not go on. Our three Orange Clad doormen, Big John Haensel, Billy Brown and Bill Russell. Our girls behind the merchandise table, Kim, Kae and Dawn. (Pam, we really missed you this year and hope that you can make it next year). We would also like to thank the many ladies who participated in the Mamma's Boobs act.
Also, a special thanks to our brilliant sound guy, Terry Galvin, John's wife Kim, for the video footage and production at the shows. Our guest artists, Lyndsay Hammond and Trevor Courtney. Gil Swann and Brooksy from the Services Club for looking after us. The management and staff of the Quality Powerhouse for providing the best accommodation and 'Margaritas', Brodie & Natasha, for handing out the pamphlets in the street, and last but not least, all of you who came to our shows. Thank you all!! AaaHhhhOOooo!!
Some of the many comments received via email about Tamworth:
Peter, Colyton – Saw you at Tamworth . Best show of the weekend .
Shelly, Newcastle - Saw the Wolverines at Tamworth . Wow don't know why I waited so long to see them. I would have to say that would have been the best show I have been too. Keep up the good work.
Ligia, Victoria - My husband & I saw you in Tamworth & you were the best act there !!
Mike, Cairns - I saw two of your shows at the Tamworth Services Club a week ago. I am blown away - I had heard of the Wolverines but I just had no idea how fantastic you guys are.
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