Well that was a show with Sir Mick strutting and pouting on stage while Keefy was doing the splits and all sorts of acrobatics - great show, great music and great memories of tunes I grew up with in the 60's and 70's. So many great songs from all those years ago with my particular favourite being "Sympathy for the Devil". Catch these guys when they come your way, you won't be sorry.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and 18-105mm f4 G lens and a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2018 Dani Katz

Around 1800 people at Friday night's fun time party at the Pan Pacific Masters Games​ here on the Gold Coast were entertained by the incomparable sounds of Lisa Hunt. From the first song, Lisa had the audience captivated by her voice and she certainly got them involved both on the dance floor and on stage with her. Great night had by all.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and 18-105mm f4 G lens.

Photos: © 2018 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Here are a bunch of pics my wife Evelyn took Saturday night at Greg Andrew's "The Elton John Experience" show.

It's great having Evelyn shooting in the larger auditoriums, she is able to shoot from the back of the hall and get angles I am unable to cover when I am up front and close to the stage so this way we can cover most aspects on the night.

Photos taken with a Sony SLT a77ii and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz & © 2019 Evelyn Katz

Opening for Steve Cummins and his Neil Diamond Superhits Show last night was this young lady, India Dupriez.

Accompanying India on keyboards was master musician Mark Watson.

At the young age of only 13, India showed all those present with her incredible voice that she indeed has a huge future ahead of her. It was indeed a privilege being able to take these photos.

Photos taken with:

Sony SLT a77ii with a Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens and a

Sony a6000 with a Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens

Well that was a show with Sir Mick strutting and pouting on stage while Keefy was doing the splits and all sorts of acrobatics - great show, great music and great memories of tunes I grew up with in the 60's and 70's. So many great songs from all those years ago with my particular favourite being "Sympathy for the Devil". Catch these guys when they come your way, you won't be sorry.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and 18-105mm f4 G lens and a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Went down to South Tweed Sports club to see Wayne Vitale in his new "The David Bowie Show". Supported by the musicians from The Killer Queen band, Wayne was smoking hot with his performance, and he had the audience dancing along in front of the stage - would be fair to say the crowd took the hint when Wayne played the song "Let's Dance".

This was a terrific show and Wayne did a superb job as Bowie.

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At Tweed Heads Bowls Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a7iii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2020 Dani Katz

Rebecca O'Connor​ as Tina Turner is SIMPLY THE BEST. There are not enough superlatives to describe this show. If Tina Turner had a twin sister her name would be Rebecca O'Connor.

This was a show that had everything - great music, lots of energy, full-on audience participation - BUT, if you didn't know better you would have thought you were watching Tina Turner on stage.

Endorsed by both Tina Turner and Mick Fleetwood, you very quickly understand why this is so the moment Rebecca takes the stage.

Check out Rebecca's Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/rebeccaoconnorastinaturner/

Photos taken with:

Sony SLT a77ii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens and a

Sony a6000 with a Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens

Went down to South Tweed Sports club to see Wayne Vitale in his new "The David Bowie Show". Supported by the musicians from The Killer Queen band, Wayne was smoking hot with his performance, and he had the audience dancing along in front of the stage - would be fair to say the crowd took the hint when Wayne played the song "Let's Dance".

This was a terrific show and Wayne did a superb job as Bowie.

Fun night of music, fun and laughter at the "Tom Jones & The Divas Show". How good was it listening to the great music of Tom Jones and his friends Liza Minelli, Dusty Springfield Shania Twain and Tina Turner as presented by Joey Ace and Susie Jay. A show not to be missed when it comes to your part of town.

At Gold Coast Italo-Australian Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens and Sony a77ii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

"Three of the world’s biggest country rock tribute acts came together for one night only, performing their HALL OF FAME ICONS show at RSL Club Southport on Saturday 16th March 2019.

The Internationally Acclaimed Australian Eagles Show teamed up with the Linda Ronstadt Show and The Ultimate Creedence & John Fogerty Revival and played all the hits from 3 of the world’s biggest selling artists in contemporary music history!

From Hotel California to Blue Bayou and Bad Moon Rising the HALL OF FAME ICONS will send you on a musical journey that only this era of music could deliver."

At RSL Club Southport.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Great show last night at RSL Club Southport, The Kings of Country Rock had the full house rocking the building to the tunes of the Eagles and Creedence Clearwater.

The dance floor was packed as were the aisles and the back the auditorium where people danced the night away to familiar tunes made famous all those years ago by two of the most popular bands of the 20th century.

At RSL Club Southport..

Photos taken with a Sony SLT a77ii + Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens and a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens.

Photos from the Blues Brothers 21Cats and Soul Sisters show at Eddie's Bandroom in Moorabbin. This was our first show for 2022, and what a way to kick off the new year with a very powerful and well orchestrated group of musicians recreating the music made famous by Jake and Elwood.

Three hours of great, Australian music by some really talented musicians.

Options Tavern at Helensvale was the venue of last night's Masters of Rock Show featuring the music of Michael Hutchence, Jimmy Barnes and Bon Scott in their Australia's Favourite Sons show. It had to be seen to believed. If you closed your eyes and drifted into the clouds, the sounds you were listening to you would have sworn were those of INXS, Cold Chisel and ACDC playing LIVE right there in front of you.

At Options Tavern Helensvale.

Photos taken with a Sony SLT a77ii and Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lenses.

What an incredible afternoon of live music at Nerang RSL with the incomparable Mental As Anything rocking the house of over 500+ punters. First saw this group back in 1976 in Sydney when I was completing my BA Dip Ed - and boy, did I get an education from these guys back then! And today, 43 years later, I was up there with the best of them moving to hypnotic sounds of Greedy Smith and his great band.

Opening for the Mentals was Gold Coast local Nick Waters who most certainly got the huge crowd into the mood for when Mental As Anything took to the stage.

"A popular urban myth concerns a group of art students who passed themselves off as a band in order to con the local publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. The deception worked better than intended, and the group came to be known as Mental as Anything. Nearly two decades later, they are still irritating the public with their highly listenable, idiosyncratic brand of garage pop. A self-explanatory single to reflect their success, The Nips Are Getting Bigger, rose through the charts as did their fundamental understanding of the old adage that 'for every action there is a reaction'. Ahead lay a very lengthy pub crawl which only the accomplished could survive."

A big shout out to Nerang RSL for a truly memorable afternoon of live music on the Gold Coast.

At Nerang RSL.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

What an incredible afternoon of live music at Nerang RSL with the incomparable Mental As Anything rocking the house of over 500+ punters. First saw this group back in 1976 in Sydney when I was completing my BA Dip Ed - and boy, did I get an education from these guys back then! And today, 43 years later, I was up there with the best of them moving to hypnotic sounds of Greedy Smith and his great band.

Opening for the Mentals was Gold Coast local Nick Waters who most certainly got the huge crowd into the mood for when Mental As Anything took to the stage.

"A popular urban myth concerns a group of art students who passed themselves off as a band in order to con the local publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. The deception worked better than intended, and the group came to be known as Mental as Anything. Nearly two decades later, they are still irritating the public with their highly listenable, idiosyncratic brand of garage pop. A self-explanatory single to reflect their success, The Nips Are Getting Bigger, rose through the charts as did their fundamental understanding of the old adage that 'for every action there is a reaction'. Ahead lay a very lengthy pub crawl which only the accomplished could survive."

A big shout out to Nerang RSL for a truly memorable afternoon of live music on the Gold Coast.

At Nerang RSL.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

What an incredible afternoon of live music at Nerang RSL with the incomparable Mental As Anything rocking the house of over 500+ punters. First saw this group back in 1976 in Sydney when I was completing my BA Dip Ed - and boy, did I get an education from these guys back then! And today, 43 years later, I was up there with the best of them moving to hypnotic sounds of Greedy Smith and his great band.

Opening for the Mentals was Gold Coast local Nick Waters who most certainly got the huge crowd into the mood for when Mental As Anything took to the stage.

"A popular urban myth concerns a group of art students who passed themselves off as a band in order to con the local publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. The deception worked better than intended, and the group came to be known as Mental as Anything. Nearly two decades later, they are still irritating the public with their highly listenable, idiosyncratic brand of garage pop. A self-explanatory single to reflect their success, The Nips Are Getting Bigger, rose through the charts as did their fundamental understanding of the old adage that 'for every action there is a reaction'. Ahead lay a very lengthy pub crawl which only the accomplished could survive."

A big shout out to Nerang RSL for a truly memorable afternoon of live music on the Gold Coast.

At Nerang RSL.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Here are a bunch of pics my wife Evelyn took Saturday night at Greg Andrew's "The Elton John Experience" show.

It's great having Evelyn shooting in the larger auditoriums, she is able to shoot from the back of the hall and get angles I am unable to cover when I am up front and close to the stage so this way we can cover most aspects on the night.

Photos taken with a Sony SLT a77ii and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz & © 2019 Evelyn Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At Tweed Heads Bowls Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a7iii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2020 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At Tweed Heads Bowls Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a7iii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2020 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At Tweed Heads Bowls Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a7iii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2020 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Rebecca O'Connor​ as Tina Turner is SIMPLY THE BEST. There are not enough superlatives to describe this show. If Tina Turner had a twin sister her name would be Rebecca O'Connor.

This was a show that had everything - great music, lots of energy, full-on audience participation - BUT, if you didn't know better you would have thought you were watching Tina Turner on stage.

Endorsed by both Tina Turner and Mick Fleetwood, you very quickly understand why this is so the moment Rebecca takes the stage.

Check out Rebecca's Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/rebeccaoconnorastinaturner/

Photos taken with:

Sony SLT a77ii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens and a

Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens

What a special night was that at RSL Club Southport last Saturday night where a FULL HOUSE of over 700 enjoyed The Ultimate Experience listening to the music of David Bowie, Elton John and Freddie Mercury as expertly presented by Wayne Vitale, Greg Andrew and John Blunt. It might only be the first month of the year but I have little doubt that show will prove to be THE SHOW of 2019. Was an honour and privilege being able to take photos last night.

In this album I have posted photos of Greg Andrew from the Elton John part of the show, I trust you will enjoy them

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Saturday night saw me down the road at Nerang Bowls Club to see The Dynamics​ featuring Izzy (Isobel Hall​) and Wazza (Warren Thomas​). This was the second time this year I have seen them and most certainly was not disappointed.

Thoroughly enjoyable night of music, great vocals, fine guitarmanship (is there such a word? well there is now!). Covering Aus Rock, Classic Rock, Country and Modern Rock, was really fun, bopping along to tunes I had grown up with and even singing along - sorry for mucking up some of the lyrics.

BUT, the extra special bonus last night was when Jonathan Everett-Jones took to the stage and joined in on some tunes with his legendary harp playing - the same Jonathan Everett-Jones who in years gone by played with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Joe Cocker, Alexis Korner and Supertramp amongst others.

Photos taken with a Sony a6000 and Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Well that was a show with Sir Mick strutting and pouting on stage while Keefy was doing the splits and all sorts of acrobatics - great show, great music and great memories of tunes I grew up with in the 60's and 70's. So many great songs from all those years ago with my particular favourite being "Sympathy for the Devil". Catch these guys when they come your way, you won't be sorry.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and 18-105mm f4 G lens and a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2018 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Three hours of great, Australian music by some really talented musicians.

Options Tavern at Helensvale was the venue of last night's Masters of Rock Show featuring the music of Michael Hutchence, Jimmy Barnes and Bon Scott in their Australia's Favourite Sons show. It had to be seen to believed. If you closed your eyes and drifted into the clouds, the sounds you were listening to you would have sworn were those of INXS, Cold Chisel and ACDC playing LIVE right there in front of you.

At Options Tavern Helensvale.

Photos taken with a Sony SLT a77ii and Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lenses.

Terrific evening listening to hits made famous by the legendary Stevie Nicks being performed by Lisa West and her band. Cabarita Beach Sports Club might be a small club but Lisa and the guys had the audience up and out of their seats dancing and singing along so some of the greatest tunes of our time. Look forward to catching this show again soon.

Check out their Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/Nicksthesoundsofstevie/

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Terrific evening listening to hits made famous by the legendary Stevie Nicks being performed by Lisa West and her band. Cabarita Beach Sports Club might be a small club but Lisa and the guys had the audience up and out of their seats dancing and singing along so some of the greatest tunes of our time. Look forward to catching this show again soon.

Check out their Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/Nicksthesoundsofstevie/

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Well that was a show with Sir Mick strutting and pouting on stage while Keefy was doing the splits and all sorts of acrobatics - great show, great music and great memories of tunes I grew up with in the 60's and 70's. So many great songs from all those years ago with my particular favourite being "Sympathy for the Devil". Catch these guys when they come your way, you won't be sorry.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and 18-105mm f4 G lens and a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2018 Dani Katz

Went down to see Paul Hayman present his '50 Years of Legends' show and boy, what a show this is - great songs from yesteryear performed by a great singer who is more than ably supported by Kylie Wall with some astounding dance moves. The audience of 600+ were well and truly entertained listening to Paul's great voice recreate the music of Bill Hayley, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Dean Martin, Johnny Cash and Sammy Davis Jnr to name but a few.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii camera with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6000 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Went down to South Tweed Sports club to see Wayne Vitale in his new "The David Bowie Show". Supported by the musicians from The Killer Queen band, Wayne was smoking hot with his performance, and he had the audience dancing along in front of the stage - would be fair to say the crowd took the hint when Wayne played the song "Let's Dance".

This was a terrific show and Wayne did a superb job as Bowie.

Went down to South Tweed Sports club to see Wayne Vitale in his new "The David Bowie Show". Supported by the musicians from The Killer Queen band, Wayne was smoking hot with his performance, and he had the audience dancing along in front of the stage - would be fair to say the crowd took the hint when Wayne played the song "Let's Dance".

This was a terrific show and Wayne did a superb job as Bowie.

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Great night with Brody Finlay bringing to the stage Elvis Presley's early music from his start at Sun Records until he joins the Army in 1958. Brody had the audience eating out of his hands from the first strum on the guitar - a terrific two hour musical journey in a great night of memories and music which also featured the sounds of the Blue Moon Boys and the Jordanaires who backed Elvis in those early days.

At Gold Coast Italo-Australian Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens, a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens and a Sony a6000 with a Sony E50mm f1.8 lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Saturday night saw my wife and I hop on down to Surfers Paradise RSL to catch "The Dynamics​" featuring Izzy (Isobel Hall​) and Wazza (Warren Thomas​). Was great being able to catch them performing in a club that actually had lighting which really made a difference when it came to taking photos - I counted ten spots.

Thoroughly enjoyable night of music, great vocals, fine guitarmanship (is there such a word? well there is now!). Covering Aus Rock, Classic Rock, Country and Modern Rock, was really fun, bopping along to tunes we had grown up with.

A bonus on the night was when Jonathan Everett-Jones took to the stage and joined in on some tunes with his legendary harp playing - the same Jonathan Everett-Jones who in years gone by played with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Alexis Korner and Supertramp amongst others including Joe Cocker and his Grease Band back in the 60's.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Great show last night with The Beatlegs at CSI Club Southport. These guys are the real deal, full of life and laughter on stage - and they had the full house on the dance floor from the first strum of the first song.

Listening to songs like "Hey Jude" and "She Loves You, Yea, Yea Yea" was great but the standout song for me again was "A Day In The Life".

This was the third time I have seen this group in the past three years and definitely look forward to seeing them again when next they are in town.

Photos taken with a Sony a6000 + Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens and a Sony SLT a77ii + Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens.

Saturday night saw me down the road at Nerang Bowls Club to see The Dynamics​ featuring Izzy (Isobel Hall​) and Wazza (Warren Thomas​). This was the second time this year I have seen them and most certainly was not disappointed.

Thoroughly enjoyable night of music, great vocals, fine guitarmanship (is there such a word? well there is now!). Covering Aus Rock, Classic Rock, Country and Modern Rock, was really fun, bopping along to tunes I had grown up with and even singing along - sorry for mucking up some of the lyrics.

BUT, the extra special bonus last night was when Jonathan Everett-Jones took to the stage and joined in on some tunes with his legendary harp playing - the same Jonathan Everett-Jones who in years gone by played with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Joe Cocker, Alexis Korner and Supertramp amongst others.

Photos taken with a Sony a6000 and Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

What an incredible afternoon of live music at Nerang RSL with the incomparable Mental As Anything rocking the house of over 500+ punters. First saw this group back in 1976 in Sydney when I was completing my BA Dip Ed - and boy, did I get an education from these guys back then! And today, 43 years later, I was up there with the best of them moving to hypnotic sounds of Greedy Smith and his great band.

Opening for the Mentals was Gold Coast local Nick Waters who most certainly got the huge crowd into the mood for when Mental As Anything took to the stage.

"A popular urban myth concerns a group of art students who passed themselves off as a band in order to con the local publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. The deception worked better than intended, and the group came to be known as Mental as Anything. Nearly two decades later, they are still irritating the public with their highly listenable, idiosyncratic brand of garage pop. A self-explanatory single to reflect their success, The Nips Are Getting Bigger, rose through the charts as did their fundamental understanding of the old adage that 'for every action there is a reaction'. Ahead lay a very lengthy pub crawl which only the accomplished could survive."

A big shout out to Nerang RSL for a truly memorable afternoon of live music on the Gold Coast.

At Nerang RSL.

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 + Sony 18-105mm.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Some photos from Thursday night's fun time party at the Pan Pacific Masters Games​ here on the Gold Coast where the Hot Potato Band​ provided the entertainment. I first saw these guys in early 2016 at Surfers Live and was impressed then but last night I was totally blown away by their sound and performance - they were fantastic. And they know how to involve the audience and make them part of the show.

"Although difficult to describe their genre, HPB continues to compile their arsenal of songs inspired by Pop, Funk, Ska, Reggae and bound by the classic sounds of New Orleans brass bands.

The bands unique sound is built on the backs of three drummers and a sousaphone, along with an array of horns covering catchy chorus lines and providing a layered harmonic cloud for Ben (vocalist) to float above. They are a band never to shy from a good time."

Photos taken with a Sony a6300 and 18-105mm f4 G lens.

Photos: © 2018 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At Tweed Heads Bowls Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a7iii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens.

Photos: © 2020 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Now this show took me back to my surfing days at Bondi Beach and the music I grew up with. Great show put on by The Beach Boyz at South Tweed Sports Club. The first strum on the guitar had hardly been struck and the dance floor in front of the stage was full - and they were doing the twist, mashed potato, the swim, the monkey, the watusi to name just some of the old dance moves on display.

Great night, highly recommend, will certainly catch these guys again in the not too distant future

At South Tweed Sports Club.

Photos taken with a Sony a77ii with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 lens and with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens.

Photos: © 2019 Dani Katz

Rebecca O'Connor​ as Tina Turner is SIMPLY THE BEST. There are not enough superlatives to describe this show. If Tina Turner had a twin sister her name would be Rebecca O'Connor.

This was a show that had everything - great music, lots of energy, full-on audience participation - BUT, if you didn't know better you would have thought you were watching Tina Turner on stage.

Endorsed by both Tina Turner and Mick Fleetwood, you very quickly understand why this is so the moment Rebecca takes the stage.

Check out Rebecca's Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/rebeccaoconnorastinaturner/

Photos taken with:

Sony SLT a77ii with a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens and a

Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm f4 G lens