ABOUT
Don (guitar - vocals)
Began career - Guest appearances at country music venues.
Influences - Merle Haggard, - Johnny Cash, - Alan Jackson.
Bands played in - Country Dreams - Country Collection,- Essence,- Phoenix.
Career highlight - Winning the amateur section of the Esperence Country Music Festival in 1984.
Ian (guitar - vocals)
Began career - In England playing in a variety of venues.
Influences - Merle Travis, Chet Atkins.
Bands played in - Southern Sounds, - Tennessee Rain, - Bourbon Cowboys -
Country Dreams - Country Collection - Essence - Phoenix.
Career highlight - Playing with Slim Whitman and his Band at Burswood
when they played in Perth, played in Tennessee Rain as
support band for Dr. Hook in Perth.
RICK (bass - vocals)
Began career - Hamilton New Zealand
First gig - Local dance hall in Hamilton NZ
Influences - Folk - folk rock, - country - country-rock
Bands played in - Colorado - Two Dogs - El Paso - Flash Jack Bush Band
Mazlin's Mill Bush Band - Mucky Duck Bush Band -
Freshwater - Rhythm Rockers - Phoenix
Career highlight - All of it.
JOE (drums - vocals)
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Phoenix, a Perth-based band, has been around now for a number of years and is well-experienced in performing a variety of music to suit most tastes ranging through rock 'n' roll, pop, rock, country and country rock.
Phoenix has performed at outdoor events, sporting and recreational clubs, private functions (parties, weddings, etc.), taverns and lifestyle villages and is regularly invited to perform at a charity event, (Royal Flying Doctor Service), held at a farm venue each year in the Hyden area south of Perth.
If you have further enquiries or wish to book the band for any upcoming function or event, please do not hesitate to contact us or come along to one of our gigs for a first-hand experience and a chat with the band members.
We look forward to hearing from you or, better still, meeting you in person