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Sydney based Blues/Boogie/Rock band of the 80’s
Original lineup 1986 at Penrith Panthers Club. L-R: Terry Duffy, Rick Doolan, Larry Macmillan and Graeme Newton.
History
Started in 1986 by Larry Macmillan, Terry Duffy, Graeme Newtown and Rick Doolan. Disbanded in 1990
Members
- Larry Macmillan -Guitar and Vocals
- Terry Duffy - Bass
- Graeme Newton - Guitar
- Rick Doolan - Drums
- Mark Johnson - Guitar
- Mark Langfield - Drums
- Leo Occello - Vocals
- Mark Flack - Guitar
- Mark Wells - Bass
- Steve Edmonds - Guitar
- Bob Montgomery - Bass and Vocals
- Mark Blanchard - Guitar
- Steve Levidicus - Guitar
- Barry Gathercole - Guitar
- Jerry Hughes - Vocals
Recordings
- Bag Fulla Boogie - 1986
- Boogie Down Under - 1988
- Let the party begin
Technical Crew
- Mark Gibson - F.O.H.
- Brett Gibson - Monitors
- Brian Lawrence - Lights
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Hey Gibbo,
Wasn’t Steve Lavidicous(?) in Banndana for a time before Top Priority? BoB
Yeah Bob, he certainly was. Thanks for that. I’m not sure how to spell it either but I’ll add him in.
Nice to see you lurking about. I hope it’s a regular thing. Maybe you could be the Aussie Country Music editor?
Cheers, Gibbo.
L.E.V.I.D.I.C.U.S
Another little bit of Bandanna trivia. With Leo’s departure, a singer from Ireland named Jerry Hughes joined the ranks to take his place. in reharsals his voice was phenominal, but he crumbled under pressure at his first live gig with the band and was quickly dismissed. If memory serves, Leo rejoined again when the band began work on new original material. With 20/20 hindsight, the original material was a mistake and ultimately ended the bands run.
Yeah, I remember the Jerry “incident”. That was bizarre. Was that gig at The Cambridge Tavern at Fairfield? For some reason that sticks in my mind.
I’ll disagree with you slightly about the original material. I thought it was red-hot(most of it). I think I still have a live tape of some of it somewhere.
One more release needs to be added to that list.
“Let the party begin”
An Ep which included, Boys are back in town, “Statesborough Blues”, and I can’t remember the other couple of tracks.
Levidicus would know.
And just to add fuel to the fire. If the new originals were more in the vein of Dr Go Fast, it might have survived. Bandanna was blues boogie, not progressive funk. We messed with the formula and paid for it.
I’m not dirty on the originals. They just weren’t “Bandanna” songs. That’s all I’m saying. Barry was the only one to see it, and he bailed as a result.
What I’d like to know is….could Bandanna rise again?
I was thinking of a great time in my youth and remembered my guitar teacher,Mark Wells.I would love to get in touch with him and say hello.If anyone who knows him can tell him I am still alive that would be too cool.Dean.
Hi Dean, I’ll send your email to Mark Johnson (from the comment above). He’s still in touch with Wellsy.