Mt Maunganui RSA, Tauranga, 7.30pm
Don Burnham and the Fern Frond Boogie Boys tour Aotearoa in 2013, bringing their contemporary and classic Western Swing songs and tunes to New Zealand audiences.
Burnham is an inductee in the Western Swing Hall of Fame, and with his Kiwi wife Sarah Duckworth, vocals, plus ace musos Scott Lawrence, piano, and Jon 'Doc' Stein, steel guitar, the band will swing around New Zealand, featuring Don's song/ode to Aotearoa - the Fern Frond Boogie.
Best known as founder and leader of the all-star Lost Weekend Western Swing Band (since 1985) www.lostweekend.ws. Burnham has 3 CDs to his credit with Lost Weekend; his latest CD 'I Dreamed Count Basie Was A Cowboy' charted in the top 5 Western Swing albums of 2011-2012.
