Inaugural 3WAY Hank Williams birthday tribute -- Sept. 17th 1999

This event was held at Proudfoots, Warrnambool, 17th Sept. 1999
Ken Smith
The opening act for the night was Ken Smith, local country music singer and latter day 3WAY-FM presenter with a legacy of a 1980s residency in the famed "Bull cutters arms" or "Last Chance Cafe" - the Commercial Hotel. Despite opening his set with a non-Hank Williams song ("Wild side of life") he settled into "Jambalaya" before heading off to have a beer with Lee Kernaghan.
Stuart Prince
One of the publicised highlights - the appearance of "a dog named Hank" - followed.  Safely cradled in Heather Martin-Trigg's arms, "Hank" was lulled into restfulness by  His Master's Voice as 3WAY rock trivia expert and "Cosmic cowboy"  Stuart Prince (accompanied by Michael Schack (guitar), Peter Bird (bass) and Mark Struth (drums)) rattled through "Hey Good Lookin'" and "Settin' the woods on fire".
Georgia Henderson
As Hank was taken away to a more suitable canine condominium, Georgia Henderson provided the first of several renditions of "I'm so lonesome I could cry", ably accompanied by herself on acoustic guitar and Ruben Shannon on double bass.
Hannah, Sophie and Wendy
Ruben stayed on stage for the following act - an innovative three piece harmony presentation of Hey Good Lookin' (with only bass accompaniment) by Wendy Goyen, Hannah Schack and Sophie Barratt.
Sarah and Danielle
Wendy's prowess as a singing teacher was again evident in the following act - Sarah Franzoni and Danielle Carey - which gave the night the second version of "I'm so lonesome I could cry". Trevor McKenzie added guitar to the girls voices.
Danny Grigg and the Hank Kerchiefs 

The sixth act for the night had the engaging name "The Hank Kerchiefs" and would have featured Gavin Steer (Monaros) on bass had he been there on time. As it was, Danny Grigg, Mark and Peter Struth grabbed a stand in bassist and Tony Beks on fiddle to launch into "Lovesick blues", "My bucket's got a hole in it" and others. At the end of their set Danny's father Tommy followed family tradition by joining the band to sing "Your cheatin' heart"

Granny's Grave
Granny's Grave - recently reformed with Peter "Prof" Walters, Eric Read, Tim Netherway and John Maroniti - gave the crowd an acoustic set which featured "I'm so lonesome I could cry" and "Jambalaya". They had special dispensation to include non-Hank songs and featured Tim on mandolin for the  Amazing Rhythm Aces's "Out in the snow"
Old Spice
Tim was not given much of a breather as he was required for the next act - "Old Spice" - which featured Netherway on guitar, Eion Cameron on drums, Michael Schack on bass, Garry McColl on guitar and was supplemented by Murray McDowall on pedal steel guitar and Marty Atchison ("Dead Livers") on a guest vocal spot. Songs included "Honky Tonk Blues", "Moanin the blues" and "I can't help it if I'm still in love with you"
Mark and Andy Alberts Andy and Mark Alberts, along with Peter Bird and Murray McDowall did a great set that included "I saw the light" and "There's a tear in my beer", along with the fourth version for the night of "Hey Good Lookin'". The various interpretations of repeated songs were providing interest rather repetitiveness, and this was no exception.
Peter Daffy presented some great solo versions of "Lovesick blues", "Ramblin man", and "Honky tonkin" and was acclaimed by many audience members to be among the best of the evening. Arty Hoey, from Port Fairy band "Streamline", followed with a song about Hank Williams. Local poet Mick Ferrier recited a poem about and Hank and former T-Bones/Emu Creek/Lost In Suburbia/Slap n the Cats drummer Rohan Keert sang an Australian song that spoke of Hank.
Duncan McKenzie
Duncan McKenzie's act grew from a duo to a full band as Tony Beks (fiddle), John Hudson (dobro), Heath Cameron (drums), Marty Atchison (backup vocals), Michael Schack (bass), Brendan Dowd (harmonica) were all joined by Kate and Steph from Tukan Sam for "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Half as much" and others. John Hudson stayed on for a great solo rendition of "Take these chains
from my heart" - accompanying himself on dobro.

Lost in Suburbia
Lost in Suburbia featuring Trevor McKenzie, Wendy Goyen, Rob Bevan, Peter Bird and Murray McDowall performed "I saw the light", "I'm so lonesome I could cry" and "Take these chains from my heart" before accompanying Tony Beks on his Cajun version of Jambalaya. Brendan Dowd joined the band for this song.
Granny's Grave's final set included some more Hank songs, as well as some aliens. Wally Edney fronted the band for their opening number - a blues oriented version of "Move it on over". The finale of the evening was a rousing version of "Mind your own business" during which all remaining musicians joined Granny's Grave on stage