The Honeysuckle Honeys were a feature of the early days of Honeysuckle Creek. The Honeys used to hold practice jam sessions in the Station basement during lunchtime. Their signature tune was Fats Waller’s Honeysuckle Rose. They also gave a good rendition of The Banana Boat Song – with appropriately modified words.
In these photos, they are perfoming at the staff
Christmas Party held at Canberra’s Coach House Motor Inn, December 1966.
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The Honeysuckle Honeys, December 1966. Left to right: Bill Waugh (holding a recorder), Aileen Hicks (holding a candle and some honeysuckle vine), Laurie Turner, Bryan Sullivan (on T-chest bass) and John Talbot (“our man from NASA”, on the 12 string guitar). From a slide of Bryan Sullivan’s, scanned by Colin Mackellar. |
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Words only With thanks to Bernard Smith for the words, and to Hamish Lindsay and John Saxon for the audio files. |
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Bryan Sullivan has also found this photo of all of The Honeysuckle Honeys at the 1966 staff Christmas Party. Left to right: Ron Hicks, Fred Hill, Bill Waugh, Laurie Turner, John Talbot and Bryan Sullivan. |
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The Honeysuckle Honeys at the 1966 staff Christmas Party. Shown in the picture is Bill Waugh (flute and fiddle), Laurie Turner (bongo drums and vocals) and Bryan Sullivan (tea chest bass). Other members of the group were Fred Hill (maracas), John Talbot (12-string guitar) and of course the leader, Ron Hicks (piano accordian). |