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I'm Bud. Let me please tell you a bit about myself. My earliest memories are around my Nan's piano at Banksia Broadway Burleigh Heads, singing for hours and hours at family get-togethers. I loved music and relentlessly scoured my Mum's old LP records, playing everything over and over e.g Beatles, Frankie Lane, Neil Diamond, Kris Kristoffesson, Neil Young, The Seekers, etc etc. My life changed one day at the El Rancho Restaurant (later to become Bombay Rock) when I saw my first live band. I was hooked, I pleaded with Mum to take me with her to work at the Play Room – Gold Coast, the “Rock Central” at Tallebudgerra. She was married to the Manager so I got to see many famous old Aussie bands. Once at the tender age of ten, I was literally plucked from the dance floor onto the stage, I was given a Tamborine and made to sing. What a night, my fate was sealed. I can still remember the 1st song “Simple Simon Says” and the band was The Signs of Peace. If you guys are still around, give me