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28 Feb 2010: Special thanks to the staff of the Holiday Inn at Suva in Fiji, who took all the guests to higher ground and looked after us when the Tsunami alert was sounded, following the tragic earthquake in Chile. After a couple of hours the all-clear sounded and fortunately the Pacific Princess finally came to shore and it was off to French Polynesia....
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 4 March 2010:
Congratulations to NICKI GILLIS, winner of the 2009 Frank Ifield International Spur Award, for hitting the No. 1 spot on the Hotdisc chart in the U.K. and staying at the top for a third week with her own composition Be A Star from her album Lucy's Daughter! A great prelude to her second tour of the U.K. coming up in June and July 2010.
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Saturday 27 February 2010:
John Nutting will step behind the microphone for the last time and present a special edition of Saturday Night Country with new host Felicity Urquhart. They will look back at program highlights since 1993 and play tributes from the characters and guests who have contributed to the show. The program can be heard from 10pm Saturday to 2am Sunday AEST on ABC Local Radio and on ABC Country through Digital Radio in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
 L to R: Toby Nutting, Felicity Urquhart, John Nutting, Bob Howe
Bob is proud to have been a part of John's show, relayed across 60 stations nationally, plus the world via the Web and Radio Australia, presenting the 'Gig Guide' live every Saturday night for 7 years (and becoming known as 'Big Bob from Bondi' in the process). Bob also co-hosted on numerous occasions from the Sydney, Tamworth and Mildura studios, reported in from the USA in 2004 and 2008, and performed live music on the air. Some of those highlights are here...
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 Bob talked to Barbara Morison on All Kinds Of Country,
Sat 6th Feb 2010 on 2SER 107.3 FM about that month's Cowboys In Cyberspace column plus the Canterbury Country show and more...
*** LISTEN HERE - MP3 ***
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL !
2010 is already shaping up to be an exciting year.
The TAMWORTH COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL was huge fun as always...
Jan 16th: Bob began his Festival at the TAMWORTH TOWN HALL as Music Director for the Australian Country Music Hall Of Fame -
Tribute To The Pioneering Ladies Concert
with Anne Kirkpatrick, Dianne Lindsay, Wayne Horsburgh, Clelia Adams, Lily Conners,
Jodie Crosby and Steve Newton, Peter Pratt, Tracy Killeen, Lou Bradley, Paul Wilson, Geoff Mack and Sue Archer.
Pictured left:
Bob & ANNE KIRKPATRICK at Tamworth Town Hall.
"...We did our first gig together in 1976! Always great to work with her again. Congrats to Anne on making it to The Australian CM Roll of Renown this year." Anne is wearing one of Joy McKean's (her Mum) vintage stage outfits.
Later that night was the COUNTRY FOR LIFELINE 2010 CONCERT starring Chad Morgan, The Bushwackers, Wayne Horsburgh, Brewster Bros, Allan Caswell, Deniese Morrison, McAlister Kemp, Tracy Killeen, Ronni Rae Rivers, Ryan Sampson and more...
 The Hall of Fame Orchestra: (L to R:) Gary Brown, Mike Kerin, Terry Phillpot, Rusty Cochrane, Bob Howe (Photos by Karen V.)
 Jan 20: A standing ovation for FRANK IFIELD's
International Spur Award Show at the Tamworth Town Hall,
starring NICKI GILLIS, JOHANNA HEMARA, MIKE CARR and DONNA BOYD
with Bob Howe & the Hillbilly Heaven band
and a surprise appearance from Darren Carr. (Photo by Peter Versace)
 Later that night at the Family Hotel, bluegrass champion TREV WARNER makes a surprise appearance and Bob tries to steal his licks on stage...   Bob and Trev... Nicki Gillis came to duet as well...  HONKY-TONK NIGHTS were back each night at the FAMILY HOTEL The Band (L to R: front) Jo Ellis (fiddle), Bryen Willems (acc. guitar), Kirk Steele (keys), Rusty Cochrane (bass), (back) Bob Howe (elec. guitar), Terry Phillpot (drums), Gary Brown (steels & dobro) (Photos by Karen V.)
 Gary Brown, Bob Howe, Terry Phillpot, Allan Tomkins, Warren Neilsen
Jan 20:
The TOMKINS GUITAR SHOWCASE - a full house at Blazes (Wests Leagues) and dozens of guests including Beccy Cole, Travis Collins, John Stone (USA) and The Heartleys (NZ). Bob was joined this year by co-host NICKI GILLIS, now also the proud owner of a Tomkins Guitar (see photo below).
(Photos by Peter Versace)
More photos here...
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Latest Australian review in for Collaboration was written by Martin Jones in the January 2010 issue of Rhythms magazine: "...a very gentle, enjoyable experience..."
2009 News Archive...
Merry Christmas video from Canterbury Country, CD reviews in Country Routes, Up Country, Maverick and Capital News, Classic Twang! live in concert, Chart action - It Doesn't Matter Anymore # 6, Chasing Cars # 3, A.C.E. AWARDS nominations, Brisbane Water Oyster Festival, TV with Jimmy Little, The Debonairs, Canberra Country Music Festival, Maui, NICKI GILLIS + BOB HOWE = collaboration CD, U.K. tour, Saturday Night Country Presents TRACKS OF TRAGEDY, Deniese Morrison No Charge, BlakHatz Too Pretty For Pop and The ABC Book of Australian Country Music, Emma Hannah, Bob and Nicki live on Saturday Night Country with Amber Lawrence, 'MO' Award nominations, FRANK IFIELD OAM, Canterbury Country 9TH Birthday, Felicity Urquhart, Hungry Man's Army, Tania Kernaghan, Papua New Guinea, John Nutting's Saturday Night Country - 15th Anniversary Edition, 2009 Tamworth Country Music Festival, Roll of Renown concert, The Country for Lifeline, Allan Caswell, Tomkins Guitar Showcase, the Travis List Band, Honky Tonk Nights and more...
2008 News Archive...
The Tomkins Guitar Showcase in Nashville, Tennessee, CD reviews from France, recording sessions for Allan Caswell and more, Reg Lindsay tribute, CLASSIC TWANG 'live show' debuts, 'I LISTEN TO MY HEART' added to playlists world-wide, 3 'MO' Awards Nominations, Bob produces new CD for Wayne Horsburgh, plus photos - Miss Connie Smith, Jerry Arhelger, Leo Sayer, Audrey Auld, Travis List, Amber Lawrence, Saturday Night Country with John Nutting in Tamworth plus Lee Kernaghan, The McClymonts, Adam Brand, Sharnee Fenwick and Makaylie Foodey, Geoff and Tabbi Mack, Nicki Gillis, Glen Campbell, Tracy Killeen, Donna Boyd on radio 2CCR, The Howie Brothers at the Smoky Dawson tribute concert, Little Pattie, Frank Ifield, Normie Rowe, Canterbury Country 8th Birthday with The Harmonators, Peter Pratt, Camille Te Nahu and Stuie French, Santa makes a new Tomkins guitar for Bob who's been good all year, Christmas Back To The Tivoli show and more...
2007 News Archive...
BOB WINS 2007 AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY MUSIC PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS - MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR, plus photos with Barry Crocker, Louie Shelton, Little Pattie, Judy Stone, Lucky Starr, Ian Turpie, Warren Williams, Sara Storer, Lee Kernaghan, Felicity Urquhart, Amber Lawrence, Jim Haynes, Albert Lee, Gina Jeffreys and Adam Brand, Canterbury Country photos and videos, Bob releases new instrumental album CLASSIC TWANG, produces FRANK IFIELD E.P. and WAYNE HORSBURGH album tracks, cruises New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Far East, co-hosts John Nutting's Saturday Night Country and sings live on ABC Radio, nominated for MO Award, presents ACE Awards, appears at Tomkins Guitar Showcase, plays on Lifeline EP and more...
2006 News Archive...
BOB WINS MO AWARD, releases solo instrumental album - GO WEST, photos in Where Country Is book, live radio with LEE KERNAGHAN, Felicity Urquhart, Bill Chambers and John McEuen, Nokia Music Recommenders, Tomkins Guitar Showcase, ACRA Awards with SWEENEYKILLEEN, interviews with Barbara Morison, Lennon reunion, Hank Williams Birthday Bash, Karen Beckett, Tivoli show tours Queensland, Tony Pantano, Saturday Night Country with John Nutting and Melinda Schneider, reviews for GO WEST, GO WEST festival on OXFORD ST WEST Bondi Junction, Helen Kay Show interview, Sunday TV cover story - Remembering Frank Ifield, Capital News magazine article 'Gone West', EMMA HANNAH new album, Go Hannah Presents Donna Boyd In Concert, 30 year recording anniversary, Don Spencer and BABY KARAOKE, Patti and Bert Newton, Desmond de Silva, Saturday Night Country Hottest Hits - Vol 2, REDD VOLKAERT and more...
2005 News Archive...
Saturday Night Country hottest 100 voting, Mark Lucas and The Dead Setters CD cover photo, Mildura Country Music Festival, Session Work (COL ELLIOTT and ALLAN CASWELL, ALEX WATT, CRAIG GILES, Bob's remix of FRANK IFIELD's I Remember You, DONNA BOYD releases new album and E.P., WAYNE HORSBURGH releases two albums, Chan Romero tours, 'This Train Terminates at Redfern' theatre production, Crows Nest Country Music Street Fair, interviews with Barbara Morison, Saturday Night Country live broadcasts with REBECCA LEE NYE - ALEYCE SIMMONDS - Trev (T-Bird) Warner - Lex Marinos - John Nutting and Jim Haynes, FRANK IFIELD Autobiography Volume One, Tomkins Guitar Showcase, Love That Country Music show, Telstra Road to Tamworth, Jimmie Crawford R.I.P., Tamworth Tonight with Bushfaery, Pandora Box and Normie Rowe and more...
2004 News Archive...
BBC 2004 Bondi Band Compilation CD, Mildura Country Music Festival, DONNA BOYD, BBC Radio Shetland, Barbara Morison, Donna Fisk and Michael Cristian, Songwriters: Up Close & Personal, Sydney Country Music Week, Judge Bob, ALBERT LEE, The First World Guitar Congress, The Charlie Lamb Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism, 21st Annual International Country Music Conference, Brenda Lee, Nashville - Tennessee, John Nutting, The Rotary Club of Galston Community Service Award, LITTLE PATTIE, Tamworth Festival, JESSICA MAUBOY and more...
2003 News Archive...
THE MIGHTY GUYS, SLIM DUSTY, JIMMY LITTLE, RE'AL CROCHE Festival de Musique Nord-Américaine, KEITH GLASS, Barbara Morison, Canterbury Country 3rd Birthday, Belinda Miller, crusing from India to the Maldives, Finalist for 3 Country Music Awards, John Nutting, Metro Magazine and more...
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