Tuesday Nov 8th 2022: Wayne Mason + Supports

17/11/202229/01/2023 admin

Wayne Mason has been part of the NZ music scene for the last 56 years .

He started his career in the iconic 60s band The Fourmyula and wrote their no 1, Silver Scroll Award winning hit " Nature ". In the 70s he was in the country rock band Rockinghorse and co wrote their well known song " Through the Southern Moonlight ". In 1986 he was a founding member of the country band The Warratahs and his song "Hands of my Heart" was their first successful single.

After leaving the group he formed his own group the Wayne Mason Band in 1994 touring round the country and doing 3 original CDs.

Since then he has been performing as a duo with bass player Clinton Brown , playing solo, the piano player in the Laura Collins Back Porch Blues Band, and also guesting in the Andrew London Trio.

He continues to write songs and perform.

Supports:

Sage
Ray Ahipene Mercer with Shinae Elise
Carl Evensen

Carl Evensen, born 1950, lived his first eleven years in Upper Hutt, behind the Maidstone Milkbar, which his parents managed. It stood where Mr. Bun is now, on Main Street. The tea room section, across the hall, from the family lounge, occupied a jukebox, a penny per song at that stage, and that’s how Carl began his obsession with pop music.

He formed his first band at college, and went on to become a member of The Fourmyula, the Upper Hutt band in the 60s, which did very well in New Zealand. He is the voice you hear on hits by The Fourmyula and Rockinghorse.

Now he works with a band called Rag Poets.

Greetings one and all.

How lovely to see so many of you and a full house for our October club night .

What an evening it was !

Phil Hope and Jo Sheffield kicked off the evening in style with Hope and the Hobo delighting us with their own catchy songs.

Annette Esquenet followed, voice of an angel, haunting melodies and her Weissenborn slide guitar.

Black Eyed Susie (Susan Colien Reed and Ramon Ozra) came over from the Kapiti Coast .They upped the tempo with their unique blend of Celtic, Blues,Funk and huge energies.

Our main act for the evening THE KIST (Pat Higgins, Rusty Tonz and Jude Madill) treated us to a concert with a wide selection of instruments, cello, flute, banjo, violin, guitar and even the sound of a sea shell! Music stretching from Ireland to America and a piece of Aotearoa included .

The November concert will be another spectacular evening ..

We are excited to invite WAYNE MASON back to our club.

He will be supported by fellow ex Fourmyula lead singer CARL EVENSEN,so a blast from the past, hearing them together again.

Shinae Elise will also be returning ,along with Ray Ahipene Mercer and Andreas Lepper.

Stalwarts to our club, Murray Kilpatrick and Sue Rose will be adding their touch of folksy ambience with their duo Sage

Looking forward to a fantastic night, See you there !

Cheers
Fiona

p.s :Our venue ,The Mayfair Cafe is currently undergoing a face lift and a paint job. I have been assured it will be all up and running and rearing to go for our club night .