Lineup for the 2019 Hank Williams Birthday Tribute - 19th Sept. 2019 - City Memorial Bowls Club

Time             Act              Stage number

7.15 - 7.25 -- Wank Hilliams 1 (California Zephyr, I'll never get out of this world alive)

7.27 - 7.37 -- Garry McColl  1 - ("I can't help it if I'm Still in love with you", "Your cheatin heart", “Cool Water”)

7.39 - 7.49 -- Tracey Jenkinson 2 (Cold cold heart, Fire in hull, I'll be ok)

7.51 - 8.01-- Russ Goodear 1 (Why don't you love, New Train, That Moon song)

8.03 - 8.13 -- Trevor Keilar 2 (The night Hank Williams came to town)

8.15 - 8.25 – Lee Morgan 1 

8.27 - 8.37 —Brendan Mitchell band - 2 ("Howlin at the moon", "Hey Good Lookin", “I won’t be home no more”)

8.39 - 8.49 -- Streamline -1 (Kawliga, Wearin’ out my walkin’ shoes, She ain’t goin nowhere)

 8.51 -- 9.01 -- The Hack and the Thoroughbreds 2 - (Crazy Heart   -- Can't get you off my mind --Honky Tonk Blues  -- Honking out some Hank)

 9.03 -9.13-- Rodger Delfos 1 (My Bucket's got a hole in it, Lost Highway)

 9.15 - 9.25-- Texas Tom 2 (Ramblin Man, Fool About You, Lost Highway/Mind Your Own Business)

 9.27 - 9.37 -- Eddy Boyle and the Silver Spurs 1

 9.39 - 9.49 -- Louie and the Melways 2 - (Ode to Billy Joe, Lovesick Blues, The Night they drove Old Dixie Down )

9.51 - 10.01 -- Peter Struth 1 (My bucket's got a hole in it)

10.03 -- 10.13 – Trevor and Mel  (20 years, Cold Cold Heart, I saw the Light) -2

10.15 -- 10.25-- Loose Cannons 1 (Take these chains from my heart, Move it on over, I'm so lonesome I could cry, Long gone daddy)

10.27 -10.37  -- Bidge Boyd 1 (I saw the light, Setting the woods on fire, Half as much)

10.39-11.00 pm   -- All Star Band 1

Boyd, Ian "Bidge"

 Ian "Bidge" Boyd is a South West entertainer who has travelled the breadth of the country thrilling audiences with his own brand of country. His authenticity is enhanced by being one of a select band of locals who have visited the Hank Williams' Museum in Montgomery Alabama. This year he has enlisted "Loose Cannons" as his backing band - a union that will only add to the occasion. Check him out on youtube

Songs: I saw the light, Setting the woods on fire, Half as much

Boyle, Eddy and the Silver Spurs

Eddy Boyle, Western Victoria's premier harmonica player and Hank Williams aficionado, brings his band of talented musicians to the 2019 event. Eddy first performed at a 3WAY Hank night at the tender age of 16 and has only grown in stature since then. Recent performances have included guest spots with Joe Camilleri and the Black Sorrows and Bill Chambers. See him on youtube.

Delfos, Rodger

Melbourne based Rodger  boasts a musical legacy over five decades and currently heads up two projects - "The Beatriders" and "The Shed". His past includes membership of various bands including "One Armed Bandit", "The Dead Livers", "Broken Spoke" and "The Vic State Opry". Festival credits include Tamworth, Port Fairy and the Pub with no beer festival in Taylors Arm NSW. Always accompanied by accomplished musicians, we can expect exciting things. Check him out on youtube

Songs: My Bucket's got a hole in it, Lost Highway

Goodear, Russ

Russ has long been a supporter of 3WAY's Hank night, either as a member of Louie and the Rustlers, The Bucks or some other configuration. This year may be a solo performance, but no doubt we can look forward to his take on some Hank classic.

Grigg, Danny (pictured centre)

A local guitar hero who appeared at the first Hank night 20 years ago alongside his father Tommy. He also appeared multiple times at further events at the Royal Hotel etc. and we look forward to his return.

Hack and Thoroughbreds

This Combo has been entertaining audiences at the annual Hank nights for a decade. The brainchild of Ray Smith and Joe Musico, this act often brings obscure Hank Williams' songs to the forefront in an innovative way. This year promises more of the same.

Songs: Crazy Heart , Can't get you off my mind, Honky Tonk Blues, Honking out some Hank

Jenkinson, Tracey

Tracey Jenkinson is a singer songwriter from Glenthompson in Western Victoria. She debuted at the 2018 Hank night, where she showcased "I'm so lonesome I could cry".  She primarily concentrates on original songs -  check her out here on youtube.

Songs: Cold cold heart, Fire in hull . I'll be ok

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Keilar, Trevor 

For more than a decade Trevor Keilar has proved to be one of the most popular and enduring country music acts in South West Victoria and beyond, producing multiple CDs in that time. He has consistently supported 3WAY-FM and is renowned for his Johnny Cash tributes. His rendition of the song "The night Hank Williams came to town" (an evocative description of a small town Hank Williams performance in 1951, written in 1987 by Bobby Braddock and Charlie Williams, and memorably recorded by Johnny Cash) is a crowd pleaser.

Check him out on youtube

Loose Cannons

Popular Warrnambool cover band spearheaded by the illustrious Prof Walters and ably supported by pre-eminent guitarist Johnny Maroniti, together with Chris Shanley and Graeme Saunders. Both Prof and Johnny performed in a re-united Granny's Grave at the first 3WAY Hank birthday night in September 1999 and haven't aged in 20 years. 

Songs: Take these chains from my heart, Move it on over, I'm so lonsesome I could cry, Long gone daddy

Louie and the Melways

promise to give us another great rendition of "Lovesick Blues". Louise Clancey has fronted several band configurations in the last 18 years and performed at the Tamworth Country Music Festival and the Port Fairy Folk Festival. In 2004 she was a nominee in the "Best Female Country artist" category of the Victorian Country Music Awards  presented at the Whittlesea Country Music Festival.

Songs: Lovesick blues, The night they drove old Dixie down

McColl, Garry & the GT Band

Garry McColl and the GT band have been entertaining audiences at Rafferty's Tavern and the Warrnambool Bowls Club for a couple of years and promise the same at the Hank night. Garry specialises in Elvis songs but does a fine Hank as well.

Songs: Your Cheatin' Heart, I can't help it if I'm still in love with you, Cool water

Mitchell, Brendan

Pedal steel player Brendan Mitchell has an impressive pedigree including the Dead Livers, the AP Johnson Band and the stage show "The best little whorehouse in Texas".

Morgan, Lee

Lee is an acclaimed guitarist, singer and songwriter who displays excellence each time he plays (either as a soloist or band member).

Streamline

A South West band which has consistently provided entertaining sets at the annual Hank Williams tribute nights. Lead guitarist Arty Hoey co-ordinates a monthly country music club backing band and Streamline is regularly in demand from Port Fairy to Mount Gambier.

Songs: Kawliga

Struth, Peter

Peter "Billy" Struth, presenter of 3WAY's Party on the Patio, is to revive his rendition of "my bucket's got a whole in it" after an 18 year hiatus

Song: My bucket's got a hole in it

Texas Tom

Texas Tom (Burgess) has been traversing the trail from Melbourne to Warrnambool for many years now to entertain us on these nights. A multi-instrumentalist and one time front man for Melbourne band "The Waylon Joes", Tom is also an expert Texas two-stepper. He regularly wows crowds at the wind down session of the Yackandandah folk festival. Check him out on youtube.

Songs: Ramblin Man, Fool About You, Lost Highway/Mind Your Own Business

Trevor and Mel are 2/5's of "Lost in Suburbia". Whilst the full band is not available this year, this twosome promises carefully crafted Americana in the true Hank Williams tradition. Trevor has performed one way or another at nearly all the Hank nights in the last 20 years, and the duo has impressed audiences in the last couple of years. Check out Lost in Suburbia on youtube