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Sydney Steve · 05-12-2006, 05:03 AM

This is off topic really -( don't send out the hounds! ) but I love Roger Whittaker's work. So does a certain Talbot10 who has met and can regale with personal tales of their meeting(s). (Don't be annoyed at me Bill for talking out of school!)
I have only seen him play once. At the Sydney Opera Hose in about 1984. I insisted on taking my wife along -(she was reticent) and he was wonderful if somewhat unusual as he broke up his concert with a slide show based on his home country of Kenya ! It was like a travelogue /tourist promo...I think it was about a week after we saw U2 hammer the Sydney Entertainment Centre with the opening concert of their "Under A Blood Red Sky" tour. ( the "Red Rocks "concert )

But I digress. The Last Farewell is one of those songs that has stood the test of time and will continue to do it.

PS If you want to hear someone who can whistle, fair dinkum like a piccolo or a real musical instrument , then Roger Whittaker is your man - try the track called "Mexican Whistler" for those who can access and download the tune if you doubt the truth of it.... Astonishing.

05-12-2006, 05:03 AM	#52
Sydney Steve Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sydney NSW Australia Posts: 300	This is off topic really -( don't send out the hounds! ) but I love Roger Whittaker's work. So does a certain Talbot10 who has met and can regale with personal tales of their meeting(s). (Don't be annoyed at me Bill for talking out of school!) I have only seen him play once. At the Sydney Opera Hose in about 1984. I insisted on taking my wife along -(she was reticent) and he was wonderful if somewhat unusual as he broke up his concert with a slide show based on his home country of Kenya ! It was like a travelogue /tourist promo...I think it was about a week after we saw U2 hammer the Sydney Entertainment Centre with the opening concert of their "Under A Blood Red Sky" tour. ( the "Red Rocks "concert ) But I digress. The Last Farewell is one of those songs that has stood the test of time and will continue to do it. PS If you want to hear someone who can whistle, fair dinkum like a piccolo or a real musical instrument , then Roger Whittaker is your man - try the track called "Mexican Whistler" for those who can access and download the tune if you doubt the truth of it.... Astonishing. __________________ Inventor and highly successful user of the " Reverse Polarity Chick Magnet" ! Female Repulsion Proven for 50 + years !