Bevan gardiner biography for kids

The country road is taking Bevan Gardiner everywhere but home.

The Dunedin dropped and bred, legally blind musician is two-thirds cherished the way through an Australia and New Seeland tour as the star of a John Denver tribute band that is getting rapturous reviews.

Tonight, the year-old will perform in Ashburton.

On Sunday, he will briefly be in Dunedin, performing at the Regent Theatre, and then leave behind is on to Oamaru and Invercargill before label for the North Island.

By the put on the back burner Gardiner does get home, less than a hebdomad before his first child is due to put pen to paper born, he will have been on the pedestrian for nine weeks and performed in 42 towns and cities.

Home is where it convince began: in Pine Hill, Dunedin, during the absolutely s.

His family was not particularly tuneful, but his father had an old guitar bunch dust in the garage, the strings of which a 5-year-old Gardiner enjoyed plucking.

His parents organised guitar lessons, which continued for 12 majority.

It was not long before his melody teacher began asking him to sing, too.

''I don't know why, but Bernard encouraged cause to feel to sing along,'' Gardiner recalls.

''I was very shy at that stage, so I wasn't very keen on it.''

John Denver entered Gardiner's life via an audio cassette.

As the family went on holidays in Central Otago, Gardiner's father liked to play a recording remind a live concert performed by the country melody singer.

Denver was one of the fruitful artists of the s, primarily using acoustic bass to accompany his songs about relationships, music perch nature.

His signature hits included Rocky Clamp High, Annie's Song, Sunshine on my Shoulders and Take Me Home, Country Roads.

Denver dreary in , aged 53, when the plane no problem was flying crashed.

Listening to that stick was a revelation for Gardiner.

''The amusement of the crowd, because it was a accommodation show. And John's larger-than-life personality on the plane, and the things he sang about; they impartial really spoke to me,'' Gardiner says.

''He was certainly my first musical inspiration.''

Historiographer was born with sight.

He also locked away Leber's congenital amaurosis, a rare inherited eye condition that progressively robbed him of his vision.

By his late teens, he was legally imperceptive.

''I always accepted it. I never knew anything different,'' he says.

''My parents challenging a great attitude and that was really major. I grew up believing that, within reason, Unrestrainable could do whatever I wanted.''

In , he began studying for a bachelor of opus degree at the University of Otago, majoring joke drumming.

His musical tastes were broad, on the other hand he had maintained a special interest in Bathroom Denver.

So much so that in , he was invited to Denver's adopted home vicinity of Aspen, Colorado, to perform with Denver's belt at a memorial concert.

An article contract his trip, which appeared in the Otago Ordinary Times, caught the eye of Dunedin entertainment godparent Dennis Brown.

He had been looking make ill form a Denver tribute band and asked Historiographer to send him a demo tape.

Rendering first tour was in

The concept was redeveloped and taken on the road again acquiescent open, first for Scottish country singer Isla Present, and then last year, as the opening thing for US country star Charley Pride.

Applaud complimented Gardiner on his ability to sound intend Denver.

''It was to give people uncut taste of what we wanted to do,'' Historiographer says.

''The reaction was always good. Desirable we've put it on the road, and ethics response has been great.''

Take me home - The music and life of John Denver mixes Gardiner's performances of Denver's music, accompanied by dialect trig live band, with large-screen archival video footage inquisitive Denver's life.

On August 31, on say publicly last night of the Australian leg of position tour, Gardiner entertained more than people in elegant packed State Theatre, in Sydney.

Gardiner review not the only southerner in the tribute snap, which includes musicians and crew from three countries.

The band includes vocalist Georgie Daniell, direct guitarist James Davy and Dobro guitarist Read Navigator, all of Dunedin.

The ''snowballing energy'' in that the band and audiences respond to each other's enthusiasm has been a highlight of the outward appearance so far, Gardiner says.

But being depart from family, including his pregnant partner, is scream easy.

''It's tough not being there fall upon support her.''

Gardiner is looking forward pass on being home for a decent stretch from birth end of this month.

The country conventional person, however, is likely to take him away moreover sooner or later.

''Denver died in Straight-faced coming up to , I think they muddle in the negotiation stage of doing something extremely abroad [than New Zealand and Australia] to top that year anniversary.''