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==Releases== | ==Releases== | ||
Revision as of 08:02, 27 March 2014
Formed in 1967 by Hamilton and Auckland musicians, the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band were initially Dave Calder (mandolin, guitar, vocals), Paul Trenwith (banjo, vocals), Alan Rhodes (guitar, banjo, mandolin, vocals), Colleen Bain (fiddle), Len Cohen (bass), Sandy McMillin (string bass) and Lindsay Bedogni (guitar, vocals). They played mainly folk and bluegrass music. The band had a two year residency on the television program Country Touch.
An extended history of the band can be found at sergent.com.au: [[1]]
Members
- Dave Calder (mandolin, guitar, vocals): 1967-c.1972, 1994-2001+
- Paul Trenwith (banjo, vocals): 1967-1975, 1994-2001+
- Alan Rhodes (guitar, banjo, mandolin, vocals): 1967-c.1974, 1994-2001+
- Colleen Bain (fiddle): 1967-1975, 1994-2001+
- Lindsay Bedogni (guitar, vocals): 1967-1970
- Sandy McMillin (string bass): 1967-1968
- Len Cohen (bass): 1968-1970
- Miles Reay (bass): 1970-c.1974
- Graham Lovejoy (mandolin): c.1972-1975
- Anne Kirkpatrick (bass): 1974-1975
- Colin Watson (guitar): 1974-1975
- Jeremy Trenwith: 1994-2006
- Tim Trenwith: 2001+
- Victoria Trenwith: 2014+
Releases
- Hamilton County Bluegrass Band (album), 1967
- Barefoot Nellie single, 1968
- Recorded Live at Poles Apart album, 1968
- Sally (Let Your Bangs Hang Down) single, 1968
- The Country Touch album, 1968
- Yesterday's Gone album, 1969
- Two Shades of Bluegrass album, 1969 (by Bill Clifton and the HCBB)
- Orange Blossom Special (single), 1969
- Square Dances EP, 1969
- The Hip Hi Theme single
- Carolina on my Mind single, 1970
- Fifth Season album, 1970
- Fox on the Run single, 1970
- Nobody Knows single, 1970
- Irma Jackson single, 1970
- Hey Boys single, 1971
- Live at the Wynyard Tavern album, 1971
- For You album, 1971
- You single, 1971
- Live at Tamworth EP, 1971
- Mercedes Benz single, 1972
- Kersbrook Cottage album, 1972
- Country Road album, 1974
- Orange Blossom Special album, 1978
- 1968 to 1973 album, 1993
- Encore album, 1997
- Very Best of Hamilton County Bluegrass Band album, 2002
- The Tavern Revisited album, 2008
- Way Down South album, 2008
- Four songs appear on the 1968 compilation An Evening at Poles Apart
- Four songs appear on the 1968 compilation The National Banjo Pickers Convention 1968
- Salty Dog appears on the 1968 compilation Country Touch
- Three songs appear on the 1969 compilation The National Banjo Pickers Convention 1969
- Four songs appear on the 1969 compilation Goodtime Country Music
- Five songs appear on the 1970 compilation The National Banjo Pickers Convention 1970
- Carolina On My Mind appears on 1970 compilation Loxene Golden Disc 1970
- Never See My Home Again and There is a Time appear on 1970 compilation Country Touch Volume 2
- Carolina On My Mind appears on 1970 compilation HMV Solid Gold Hits
- Hey Boys appears on 1971 compilation Loxene Golden Disc 1971
- Two songs appear on the 1972 compilation Southern Country Folk
- Carolina on my Mind and 'Fox on the Run appear on the 1980 compilation Twenty New Zealand Country Hits
- Nine songs appear on the 1990 compilation Christchurch Arts Folk Festival Concert
- Gotta Travel On, Reunion and Heading Out appear on 1991 compilation Legends Alive
- Carolina on my Mind and Bluegrass Express appear on 2001 compilation The Very Best of Kiwi Country
- God Clean Fun (live) appears on 2005 compilation The Kiwi Folk Scene 1965 - 1971
- Four songs appear on the 2006 compilation Highway Of Legends II
- Hip Hi Panty Hose appears on 2004 compilation Top Of The Dial
- The Pigs Ate Grandpa appears on 2009 compilation Top Of The Dial - Volume 2
