KEVIN HEWITT ONE MAN BIG BAND

Why shoot the piano player when you can shoot for the whole band?

Kevin Hewitt’s One Man BIG Band and vocals will have your crowd up dancing, singing and laughing from the get-go.

Everybody’s favourite music from the Forties to the Noughties! From peaceful background music to the best of in-your-face RockNRoll.

Speciality shows from a Cloudland Tribute, through the years of Sir Cliff Richard and The Shadows, to hours of Non-Stop Karaoke. Or just plain good ol’ hit songs from ABBA to Zeppelin, Stones to Sinatra, Elvis to Elton, Creedence to Country, Satchmo to J-Lo - Kevin does it all with style.

Live, authentic music from the latest keyboard, recreating the original hit sounds.

Reliable, insured, punctual and polished, Kevin has been playing to please since he was 6! Baby Booming has never sounded so good!

BIO: Kevin Hewitt was born in Australia in 1942, into a family who loved music. His father sang and played button accordion, saw and gumleaf and both his brother and sister sang well. When he was old enough to know what t was, he wanted to learn piano. A neighbour gave him lessons for a year or so but he quickly found a talent for playing popular songs by ear.

He started playing for private parties, dances and talent quests while still very young and he also did a mean Al Jolson impersonation. Throughout his youth, Kevin played for weddings, parties, anything, as a solo pianist, and as part of local dance and rock bands. He also joined the local town brass band and played trumpet, bugle, tuba, trombone, saxophone and button and piano accordions.

Eventually, his early career as a radio disc jockey got in the way and Kevin’s playing became a hobby. He has owned numerous organs and electronic keyboards and music has always been an integral part of his life. Now, having retired from work, he has again gone public with his broad tastes in music, and his talent with the latest of keyboards, playing for parties and over 50's.

His pleasant crooners’ voice is flexible enough to allow him to perform most genres of popular music. After 60 years of playing to please, Kevin brings experience, reliability, professionalism, polish and a ready rapport to all audiences who have survived the heavy rock eras.

SONG LIST: Kevin plays from a huge repertoire music from the 40s through to today’s sweeter sounds. From rockabilly to ballroom to ballads and rock and roll. His Karaoke book has several thousand songs for all tastes, all played live with the help of today’s technology and with easy-to-read lyrics on-screen. His dance book has thousands of titles from bush dancing to techno. He also performs tribute shows to the music of the famous Brisbane iconic Cloudland Ballroom and Festival Hall, Sir Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Frank Sinatra and more. A few example titles are:

• PRETTY WOMAN-Roy Orbison
• GOOD LUCK CHARM-Elvis Presley
• RIKKI DONT LOSE THAT NUMBER-Steely Dan
• HOTEL CALIFORNIA-The Eagles
• WE BUILT THIS CITY-Starship
• ROXANNE-The Police
• WE DON’T TALK ANYMORE-Cliff Richard
• FUN FUN FUN-Beach Boys
• PENNY LANE-The Beatles
• NEW YORK, NEW YORK- Frank Sinatra
• THE RIVER OF DREAMS-Billy Joel
• CROCODILE ROCK-Elton John
• HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN-Creedence Clearwater Revival
• GIMMIE SOME LOVIN-Spencer Davis Group
• YMCA-Village People
• DANCING QUEEN-ABBA
• THE GAMBLER-Kenny Rogers
• FROM A DISTANCE-Bette Midler
• BAD-Michael Jackson
• DREAMS-Stevie Nicks
• FOOL IF YOU THINK IT’S OVER-Chris Rea
• PHYSICAL-Olivia Newton John
• OH CAROL-Neil Diamond