Gordon Joll

Bio:

1974 1st proffessional band "HOT ASH" Tour the country on the "LION BREWERIES CIRCUIT" 1978 "ROCK CANDY" starts residency at ALLADINS CABERET under the civic,During this time I backed countless international and local acts THE YANDELL SISTERS;TINA CROSS;HAMMOND GAMBLE;VIOLA WILLS;KIM HART;RAY WOOLF;RAY COLUMBUS;THE COMMODORES;RENEE' GEYER;ROY PHILLIPS;etc etc Start recording" play on !*%ed if I can remember how many jingles but also played on No.1 single "E I PO" by PRINCE TUI TEKA" and many more local and international recordings 1982 Start working with the "NEOPHONIC ORCHESTRA"playing local TV PRODUCTIONS "RAY WOOLF SHOW":"BILLY T JAMES SHOW";12 BAR RHYTHM AND SHOES" NEWS STINGS; 1985 Get Bored with music scene, work at checker motors preparing performance V8s 1986 Join "SATELLITE SPIES"record two albums and tour the country 1988 Join "HERBS" tour extensively through new zealand,australia and the pacific islands.Support "UB40","WHITNEY HOUSTON",STEVIE RAY VAUGHN","NEIL YOUNG",JIMMY BUFFET" 1989 "JOE WALSH" produces Herbs Homegrown album. Tour with Joe, Joe asks me to come to the states with him but I decline because of my committment to Herbs,Record PARIHAKA with TIM FINN 1994 Form popular original duo"THE RAINMEN" with "ANDREW WHITE. Record and tour with "HELLO SAILOR. The Album" with successful singles "New tattoo"and "Never fade away" 1995 Start freelance drumming around auckland and teaching.Work with "GLEN MOFFATT","SHAYN WILLS","TOM SHARPLIN" 1998 Back nashville country stars"DALE WATSON" and "PAT GREEN",Pat asks me to join his band I decline due to family committments 1989 Start "SWAMP STUDIO" play,produce and record "SHAYN WILLS and the SWAMPDIGGERS","DARCY PERRY BAND" and many more local singer songwriters.Perform with The "PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA"at SYMPHONY UNDER THE STARS and the Christmas special 2000 Keep freelane drumming and production work 2004 Play in IBIZA for the 6 month summer season with "THE GRAIL" kiwi band playing irish music in spain?? 2005 "RAY CHARLES" tour with "RONNIE TAYLOR BIG BAND" 2006 Play on "HAMMOND GAMBLE" Recollection CD . Start doing more work in the country music scene 2007 Get invited and go to "TAMWORTH COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL" backing australian songwriter "STEVE PASSFIELD" Receive Scroll of honour from variety artists club for services to the music industry. Play drums on RED McKELVIE, RIDING ON TRAINS CD, PLAY ON MIDGE MARSDEN, LITTLE RAY on TRAVELLING IN TIME CD, 2008 Get invited and play at the TAMWORTH COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL with STEVE PASSFIELD AND THE HANDPICKED BAND Play on HAMMOND GAMBLE, NINETY MILE DAYS CD BLUFF TO THE NINETY MILE TOUR with HAMMOND GAMBLE AND MIDGE MARSDEN Back popular TV show MAORIOKE 08 on Maori TV 2009 Play in KIRI ERIWHATAS band at PRANA ECO FEST Back to TAMWORTH again

Member Since:

August 21, 2007

Record Label:

Unsigned