"The Open Road" - The DeSotos & Al Wilkinson Band
Schedule
Thu, 27 Feb, 2025 at 07:30 pm
UTC+13:00Location
Harmony Hall Devonport | Auckland, AU
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** The Open Road **An evening featuring The DeSotos together with the Al Wilkinson Band at Harmony Hall, 4 Wynyard Street, Devonport. on Thursday 27 February.
Tickets: $20 on UTR or $25 Cash at the door.
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Doors at: 7:30pm. Music at 8pm.
Auckland Americana country blues band, The DeSotos are performing a collaborative show with the Al Wilkinson Band.
The DeSotos’ debut album Cross Your Heart released in 2008 became the soundtrack to the Marcus Lush TVNZ series ‘South’ and was selected as National Radio’s New Zealand album of that year. Their sophomore album ‘Your Highway for Tonight’ followed in 2011 and also featured on the subsequent ‘North’ TV show.
Their music has also appeared in Brokenwood Mysteries and Shortland Street.
Lead vocalist and guitarist Paul Gurney has since produced two solo albums - ‘Shadow of Love’ (2017) and the recent ‘Blue Horizon’ which received extensive airplay on US radio and led to Paul performing a showcase at Americanafest in Nashville in September of 2023.
During 2024 the band were at the Lab Recording Studio working on a brand new album. The full length album will be released later in 2025.
Their influences range from Neil Young and Tom Petty through to the Allman Brothers Band and New Orleans jazz and funk, and they have performed in Devonport a number of times previously during the days of the Devonport Wine & Food Festival.
Sharing the bill is the Al Wilkinson Band.
Al Wilkinson, is a singer/songwriter from Auckland who, in the 70’s and 80’s performed extensively in the Sydney Pub, Wine Bar and Club circuit both with his band of the time and as part of an acoustic duo. His passion for song-writing recently found renewed expression, penning the material for his “Rolling Wheels” EP in 2020 and in 2022 his Full Album “Thirty-Nine South”. They have a strong melodic quality in the tradition and influence of country-folk-rock, definitely worth a listen!!
The DeSotos are;
Paul Gurney – lead vocals, guitars & blues harp
Stuart McIntyre – bass & vocals
Ron Stevens – Hammond, keyboards & vocals
Greg Tell – drums & percussion
Al Wilkinson Band are;
Al Wilkinson - Vocal and Guitar
John Olding - Guitars, Background Vocal
Alastair Dougal - Bass
Scotty Pearson - Drums
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Where is it happening?
Harmony Hall Devonport, 4 Wynyard St, Devonport, Auckland 0624, New Zealand,Auckland, New ZealandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
