“Invercargill music fan Neil McDermott, a frequent visitor to the Civic Theatre, noticed that Suzanne Prentice was the last Southland performer added to the Civic Artists Corner in the early 1980’s. Many notable rock and roll artists from Southland had not been acknowledged.
He submitted a request for Jimmy Hill, Dave Kennedy and Chris Knox to be included in the Artists Corner and from this came the idea to honour the artists.
Southland musician and songwriter Dave Kennedy, who achieved national fame in 1973 with his bank Link and their single Only Time Could Let Us Know was the first to be honoured with a tribute show. It was held on Sunday, October 12, 2003 , at the Invercargill Workingmen’s Club with the help of Bill Somerville, Trevor Daley and Maaki Goodwillie. The show was a great success and future shows are planned.
The Stars of the Sixties show was held on September 11 2004 , with Bill Somerville, Peter Skerrett and Bob Daley. The reunited 1960s bands The Farthings, The Answer and The Drifters played at the sellout event.
In 2005 the show organisers joined forces with the Southland Musicians Club to run events. The Hall of Fame committee was formed with Neil McDermott convenor of the tribute committee and musicians club treasurer Brendan Burgess also enlisted."
The photo below shows the names of those Southland musicians previously inducted:
Dave Hogan
Glen Hayes
Yikes! Their names are already inscribed for posterity:
More Hall of Fame Induction photos
For 2011 the inductees into the Hall of Fame include:
Dave O’Connor
Stu CarrDave Hogan
Glen Hayes
Yikes! Their names are already inscribed for posterity:
More Hall of Fame Induction photos
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