CLAYMORE

With a mixture of traditional Scottish and Irish music and modern self penned celtic rock the band represents the best of new age Folk Music

Claymore’s reputation as outstanding entertainers has led them to perform at many local and international festivals, they have performed in New York, Scotland, France at the" Festival Interceltique", the largest Celtic festival in the world many times, New Zealand, Sydney, Melbourne, Launceston Tasmania, National Celtic Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, QueensCliff Music Festival, Big Blues Day Out, Perth International Arts Festival, Brunswick Music Festival and many more. The band has played many live radio and television performances in Australia and overseas. Through a diverse and unique mix of sound’s featuring guitar, mandolin, fiddle, military snare, the highland bagpipes and even a didgeridoo, it is little wonder Claymore are one of Australia’s most popular festival acts. A not to be missed extravaganza. ... Continue Reading

SAL KIMBER & THE ROLLIN' WHEEL

Sal Kimber is one of Australia’s most exciting emerging singer-songwriters. Special Guests THE STETSON FAMILY

Based in inner Melbourne, Kimber has been quietly stealing hearts on the city’s live music scene for the past five years. But it was in 2008 that she really found her niche by forming alt-country band Sal Kimber & The Rollin’ Wheel (with older sister Beth Kimber, Jacob Cole, Cat Leahy and Trent McKenzie). The band’s highly anticipated self-titled album was released on October 14 and was produced by Shane O’Mara (Tim Rogers, The Audreys) at his studio, yikesville. The 13-song collection showcases the band’s diversity with debut single ‘Beat Gets Louder’ leading the charge with its sexy jazz undertones followed by the pop-hook laced second single ‘Do Right’. Sparse, quietly emotional ballads (‘Your Town’, ‘Got You’) sit perfectly alongside classic alt-country rock-outs (‘Fast Train’, ‘Be Alright’) as the Rollin’ Wheel twists and turns but never strays off course – much like the rivers and roads Kimber often writes about. ... Continue Reading

CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN' RACKETTES

With Special Guest STELLA ANGELICO

From their name alone, Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes demand your undivided attention. They get it, too. I’ve been in rooms where people have been paid in bags of gold and doubloons to stop watching the Melbourne soul-jazz revue but to no avail. Okay, a minor exaggeration, but there really is nothing out there in this crazy world that I have seen quite like Clairy Browne, her magic band of musos and her Bangin’ Rackettes back-up singers and dazzling dancers. A CB&BR show, with Miss Browne herself at the glorious helm, is an uncontained carnivalè of sweet, sweet soul Photo TIM CHUMA

EUCALYPSO Feat GLENY RAE

With Very Special Guests THE JUNES

FUN BOMB TO ROCK THE CARAVAN An explosion of vibrant music will hit the Caravan Music Club on Friday 10th February when Gleny Rae’s Eucalypso debuts their Caribbean big band sound. Gleny Rae had a big year in 2011, occupying the “lefty” seat on the hugely successful SBS social experiment Go Back To Where You Came From, as well as touring southern USA with her western swing trio. She has also been developing a solid following at home in Newcastle with an 8 piece Calypso/ska band Eucalypso, featuring a three piece horn section and her regular band maestros Dougie Bull and Roy Payne. The result is pure unadulterated danceable joy, featuring traditional songs from calypsonians Lord Kitchener, Harry Belafonte, Mighty Sparrow and the Roaring Lion. The horns dance and tease over the cheeky congas, while the lyrics play with subversive political commentary and sexual innuendo. ... Continue Reading

JORDIE LANE & BAND

Jordie Lane will be playing a very special farewell band show at the Caravan in February before heading off to the US to tour and record album number 3. Very Special Guests SWEET JEAN (Sime Nugent & Alice Keath) & LUKE BRENNAN

Since releasing his second album Blood Thinner in July this year to wide acclaim, (including a nomination for Best Blues and Roots Album at the Jagermeister Independent Music Awards), Jordie Lane has not stopped his relentless touring. Over the past 12 months he has toured with likes of Joe Pug(USA), Wagons, Jeff Lang, and UK Legends The Moody Blues. Jordie is currently releasing his album in New Zealand and on a 13 date tour there, but you can catch him this Feb (for the first time since his famous shirt burning album launch earlier this year), for one show only accompanied by his band and some very special surprise guests. “An intimate, beautifully somber record that shimmers in the glow of earthy Americana and country-soaked laments”. Rolling Stone “Channeling Parsons, Springsteen and Van Zandt, Lane is an exceptional talent. ... Continue Reading

SINGALONG SOCIETY WITH REBECCA BARNARD

EVERY WED NIGHT AT 7 PM but it usually doesn't get started till 7.30 pm

Singalong Society is all about relaxed community singing. Every Wednesday night at 7.00 pm the much loved Melbourne Singer/songwriter Rebecca Barnard will direct things where fun is the prime objective. You don't have to come every week just check in when you need a dose of joy and maybe a glass of wine "Some of the most memorable , intense, fun and therapeutic moments of my life have been when singing and even better when singing with other voices . The Singalong Society is for people who want to sing Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday , Rolling Stones and anything great . I reckon it would sound bloody beautiful . Not your average choir . So anyone who can hold a tune is welcome . Rebecca Barnard

ANGIE HART & BLOOD RED BIRD

With CAM BUTLER & THE SHADOWS OF LOVE and very Special guests ANANKE. A Melbourne 'culture club' moment you won't want to miss. A very rare event, indeed! Three wholly unique bands coming together for a collaborative evening of the orchestral, the instrumental, and some good old pop music for lyrical flavour.

ANGIE HART & RED BLOOD BIRD Singer-songwriter Angie Hart rose to fame with the Melbourne-based alt-pop band ‘Frente!', which formed in 1989. More recently Angie Hart has become her own entity, releasing solo albums ‘Grounded Bird' and 'Eat My Shadow'. The latter was recorded with ARIA-Award winning producer Shane Nicholson, both featuring her celebrated vocals and poignant, raw lyrics. Angie is conspiring with Melbourne bouzouki driven instrumentalists Blood Red Bird to have you reaching for the grappa, as en masse they lead you on a journey through an evocative musical landscape. See them play a selection of songs from Frente's, Ordinary Angels to the highly acclaimed Mark Seymour co-write, Little Bridges. CAM BUTLER & THE SHADOWS OF LOVE Cam has formed The Shadows of Love to perform material from his solo "symphonic" albums. ... Continue Reading

BILL JACKSON 'JERILDERIE' ALBUM LAUNCH

Singer/Songwriter Bill Jackson will be joined by his friends Tracy McNeil, Suzie Dickinson, Luke Sinclair and Dan Lethbridge for a very special one-off night of songs FIRST 50 WHO BOOK WILL RECEIVE A FREE COPY OF 'THE NASHVILLE SESSION' EP (2010)

‘It’s all about The Song” "I'm really excited to have this extraordinarily talented group of singer songwriters joining me on the night to enhance the launch of ‘Jerilderie which Pete Fidler and I recorded with a bunch of friends in Nashville back in February, 2011. We want it to be a celebration of the song…the purity of the craft…” Bill has had a big couple of years. His last full length release 'Steel & Bone' was awarded Folk Alliance Australia 'Radio Presenters Album of the Year' in 2008 and he was invited to tour the US alt country hotspots later that same year with his Acoustic Orchestra (Peter Fidler / Ruth Hazleton). Many of his songs are co-written with his brother Ross and have been described as engaging, plainspoken and articulate - songs about Hank, Morphine, High Country Lovers and our shared common experiences. ... Continue Reading

THE TRANSPLANTS WITH SPECIAL GUEST DERRYN HINCH

SPECIAL CONCERT TO MARK NATIONAL ORGAN DONATION WEEK Feat THE TRANSPLANTS, DERRYN HINCH AND MANY MORE

Not since Great Train Robber Ronald Biggs teamed up with The Sex Pistols has there been such an unusual musical marriage. Controversial ``Human Headline'' Derryn Hinch will team up with members of infamous punk band The Painters And Dockers plus members of Melbourne's hard rock community in a performance by ``The Transplants " In what should be one of the most talked about music events of 2012, this combined concert will be held to mark National Organ Donation week. Admission will be free with organizers hoping to draw attention to this important issue. The Transplants feature five liver transplant recipients including Paulie Stewart (Painters & Dockers, Dilli Allstars), Shane Laffy (Adventurer, Man Friday, Rumble) Colin Badger (Painters & Dockers), Michael Badger (Painters And Dockers, Demon Parade) áJo' Fraser (Shameless Cover Band),Steve Dagg (Swinging Sidewalks),John Grant (Freeway, Big & Horny) and Bob Carey (The Playboys, The Platters, Olivia Newton-John). ... Continue Reading

SINGALONG SOCIEY WITH REBECCA BARNARD

Every Wed Night at 7 pm

Singalong Society is all about relaxed community singing. Every Wednesday night at 7.00 pm the much loved Melbourne Singer/songwriter Rebecca Barnard will direct things where fun is the prime objective. You don't have to come every week just check in when you need a dose of joy and maybe a glass of wine "Some of the most memorable , intense, fun and therapeutic moments of my life have been when singing and even better when singing with other voices . The Singalong Society is for people who want to sing Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday , Rolling Stones and anything great . I reckon it would sound bloody beautiful . Not your average choir . So anyone who can hold a tune is welcome . Rebecca Barnard

SHANE HOWARD & BAND

The long awaited return of a Caravan favourite on the eve of the 30th anniversary of release of the landmark Goanna album SPIRIT OF PLACE

Shane Howard & His Band will perform a special one off exclusive show at the Caravan Music Club on Thursday 23 February. In 2010 Howard delighted Caravanners with incredible performances to launch the critically acclaimed Goanna Dreaming, now, 18 months down the track Howard makes a long awaited return to the Caravan Music Club on the eve of the 30th Anniversary of the release of the ground breaking album Spirit of Place. Be treated to classic Howard songs that have been reinterpreted and re-imagined and celebrate the incredible talent that is Shane Howard with special guests.

STEPHEN CUMMINGS 'REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY' ALBUM LAUNCH

ONLY FULL BAND SHOW FOR 2012 to launch another fine album from the prolific Mr Cummings

The 35-year career of singer-songwriter Stephen Cummings constitutes a contradiction in terms: He’s arguably the most consistent recording artist in Australia, his lyricism and gracefulness of his songs is addictive. His vocal phrasing is stunning. YET, while many of his peers are content to live off past glories, Stephen Cummings moves eternally forward. He’s recorded 24 albums, including albums with The Sports, had two novels published as well as a brazen memoir, WILL IT BE FUNNY TOMORROW BILLY. An unexpected stroke of good fortune sees Cummings release his new & final album REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY, a subversive album of soulful melodic pop is scheduled for release & launch at CARAVAN MUSIC CLUB. This is Cummings only full band gig for 2012 with Billy Miller, Bill McDonald, Rebecca Barnard, John Anis & wild-card Andrew Duffield. ... Continue Reading

THE BACKSLIDERS

With Special Guest SUZANNAH ESPIE The new Backsliders album, STARVATION BOX, released August 2011, is arguably their best yet.

Celebrating 25 years in the music industry, Iconic Australian blues group - Backsliders - are leaders and virtual pioneers in their own genre - ‘delta-blues wall of sound’. As a three piece, they can lift the roof off any venue – moving from straight ahead, in your face, ‘amped up’ original blues - ‘Blues ’not ‘Roots’ that is – to ‘all-acoustic’ unplugged ‘way down south’ delta blues. Multi-media celebrity, Doug Mulray describes them as ‘the best acoustic blues band in the country’. Guitarist/ vocalist, founding member and key songwriter for the band, Dom Turner specialises in "bottle-neck" slide guitar using resonator, as well as 6 & 12 string guitars. Dom’s influences are many and varied – a blend of delta blues, piedmont blues, rock, dub and sounds of Asia. ... Continue Reading

BOPPIN' THE BLUES BENEFIT FOR NEALE JOHNS

THIS GIG IS NOW SOLD OUT Feat BLACKFEATHER , KEN MURDOCH,SPECTRUM, BOBBY BRIGHT,BRIAN MANNIX,DALE RYDER,WILBUR WILDE,ELIOT GOBLET,THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM,ROSS WILSON & ERIC MCCUSKER

MADISON VIOLET

With their newest effort, Madison Violet prove on they’re among Canada’s brightest singer/songwriters.

Finding the good in goodbye is always bittersweet. JUNO nominated roots duo Madison Violet (Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac) can attest to that with their latest release, The Good in Goodbye, out on September 6 (True North Records). An album born from their growth, both together and apart, The Good in Goodbye is an open diary of their personal and professional experiences together as friends and musicians, two very unique relationships that affect each other in profound ways. Since releasing their last album, No Fool for Trying (2009), Madison Violet won the 2009 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for their track “The Ransom,” took home the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, and were nominated for multiple East Coast Music Awards and a 2010 JUNO Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year (Group). ... Continue Reading

ED KUEPPER & MARK DAWSON

Ed and Mark will perform 2 sets of music from 8.40 pm

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JEREMY EDWARDS & THE DUST RADIO BAND

Jeremy Edwards and the Dust Radio Band are an original, five piece outfit steeped in roots, blues and country and are a formidable live band boasting members ex and current of Don Walker, Red Rivers, The Detonators, Pete Cornelius and the Devilles and others. Jeremy Edwards supported U.S bluesmen John Hammond Jnr and Charlie Musselwhite and shared stage with Jeff Lang, Diesel, Matt Walker, Liz Stringer and more. Live, the band can move seamlessly from wicked Stonesish romp into ethereal, lap-steel drenched ballads to swampy gospel and make it work. Edwards pulls inspiration from songwriters such as Steve Earle, Neil Young, Buddy Miller and Sheryl Crow and his own songs bare that same ‘timeless’ feel. His writing attracted the attention of legendary country producer Garth Porter who chose Jeremy and his album for the Garth Porter Producer Award at the 2006 Musicoz Awards held at the Enmore Theatre. ... Continue Reading

TONY SOWERSBY - THE ART IN SUBURBIA

As Part Of The Carnival of Suburbia we present an exhibition of artworks by TONY SOWERSBY OPENING WED MARCH 7th At 6.30 pm Exhibition Will Run in The Caravan Dining Room From March 8 to 18

The Art in Suburbia features both old and new works by the visual artist Tony Sowersby. For decades life in South-Eastern suburbs has been at the core of Sowersby’s work. These images are as nostalgic and ironic, historical and current, humorous and melancholy as any depictions of such a diverse community should be.

STOPPING ALL STATIONS (EXCEPT EAST RICHMOND)

The opening night of the Carnival of Suburbia, a Carnival of Suburbia showcase. Feat Jon von Goes,The Orbweavers, Henry Wagons, David Bridie, Ian Bland, Marcel Borrack,Jane Clifton,Lucie Thorn,Ben Burchall JVG Guitar Method and more to be announced soon

Stopping All Stations Except East Richmond – The songs of Mebourne’s Suburbs. There is a great history of Melbourne songwriters writers about the places they know the best. Great songs about ordinary places. From Skyhooks to the Orbweavers, Balwyn to Spotswood. Stopping All Stations Except East Richmond is a celebration of such songs. It’s a show that was put on last year and it was a ripper. This year it’ll be cranked up a notch. The Orbweavers will perform Spotswood. Henry Wagons will sing about Waverley, David Bridie will sing about Northcote, 3RRR Breakfaster Ben Burchall will sing about Watsonia, Marcel Borrack will sing about the Epping Line, Lucie Thorne will sing about the Upfield Line and Gary Adams will sing about the Alamein Line. The JVG Guitar Method will perform the Punt Rd Trilogy and the Mont Albert Blues. ... Continue Reading

WAGONS

As Part Of THE CARNIVAL OF SUBURBIA, WAGONS are unanimously lauded as one of Australia’s great acts. Led by the rare charisma of frontman Henry Wagons they offer heavy doses of stomping outlaw country, irresistible crooning and classic pop. Special Guests THE NYMPHS and DAN WATERS

In both the live forum and on record, the band draw upon an uncommon range of influences given the current musical climate, including jump suit era Elvis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, the grit between the floorboards at the Ol’ Opry, the spit in 70’s trumpet sections and Cormac MacCarthy’s psychedelic Westerns. Their live show is a performance like no other, treading a line between a Vegas 70s showroom extravaganza and a bunch of freshfaced undertakers letting loose at a rained sodden rock festival. Having spent the last few years supporting and touring with the likes of Justin Townes Earle, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zero’s, Calexico, Bill Callahan, Will Oldham, Okkervil River, John Hiatt, Jolie Holland and just recently completing a 16 date USA tour including SXSW showcases, it is safe to say that Wagons are roadhardened, formidable live band. ... Continue Reading

MIC CONWAY with ROBBIE LONG

AT THE MASONIC HALL opposite The Caravan as part of THE CARNIVAL OF SUBURBIA

Mic Conway with Robbie Long In a circus of comedy, music and magic, Mic Conway (Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band) has joined forces with flat-picking guitar champion Robbie Long to present an hilarious array of idiosyncratic songs that will make your jaw drop, toes tap and sides split. Launching their debut album "Street of Dreams" . it's surreal vaudeville for crooning and swooning.

The Celibate Rifles

Presented As Part Of THE CARNIVAL OF SUBURBIA Special Guests SPENCER P JONES & THE ESCAPE COMMITTEE

Playing stripped-down, loud, and fast Ramones-inspired guitar rock, the Celibate Rifles were one of the earliest Australian punk bands to emerge during the post-Radio Birdman/Saints era. Taking their cues from these Aussie bands, along with the American hard rock of the Stooges, MC5, and Blue Oyster Cult, the Rifles were led by the twin-guitar attack of Kent Steedman and Dave Morris and the deadpan baritone of vocalist Damien Lovelock. They exploded out of the gates in 1982 with a series of records (released in Australia only) fueled by high-speed guitars, wah-wah-strangulated solos, and cartoonish, tongue-in-cheek lyrics. Playing initially for crowds of hard rock-loving surfers, it didn't take long for the Rifles to develop a following. Outside of the continent, however, they were virtually unknown. ... Continue Reading

THE AUDREYS

Presented as part of THE CARNIVAL OF SUBURBIA.

The Audreys are songwriting duo Taasha Coates and Tristan Goodall. Formed in Adelaide in 2004, they are now one of Australia’s highest profile roots bands. They have released three records, one in 2006 called “Between Last Night and Us”, another in 2008 called “When the Flood Comes”, and “Sometimes the Stars” in late 2010. All three records have won that year’s ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album, so they can’t be half bad. They like vintage clothes, anything on vinyl, drinking, touring and each other. Some of the mos tunforgettable music ever made has been born from just taking time to live life, to reflect on the past and then embrace the future with new found perspective. Sometimes The Stars, the eagerly anticipated third album from The Audreys, took shape exactly that way. ... Continue Reading

BIG GOSPEL BREAKFAST

As Part of The Carnival Of Suburbia feat THE SOUTH OF THE RIVER GOSPEL CHOIR Special Guest BOB SEDERGREEN

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JANE CLIFTON - ANY PLACE I HANG MY HAT IS HOME

As Part Of THE CARNIVAL OF SUBURBIA The Melbourne Premiere of "Any Place I Hang My Hat is Home" songs from The Address Book by Jane Clifton

Imagine you returned to every home you had lived in. What memories would they stir? What stories would they tell? And if you are Jane Clifton, what songs would they replay? In 2008 well-known Melbourne entertainer, writer and one-time soap star, Jane Clifton, went back to visit every house she ever lived in - all 32 of them - and wrote a book about the experience, published by Penguin on May 30th 2011. Each house held particular musical memories that have helped shape Jane into the performer she has become. Ella, Frankie, the MGM musicals, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Streisand, the Doors, Beatles and Rolling Stones, Janis, Aretha and Grace Slick. Join Jane and her hot combo, MD on piano John McAll, Phillip Rex double bass and Sam Lemann guitar, on a musical and literary journey from the Rock of Gibraltar to the flood plain of the Maribyrnong River in Melbourne's west. ... Continue Reading

PIETA BROWN & THE SAWDUST BOYS (US)

As part of THE CARNIVAL OF SUBURBIA To celebrate the Australian release of her stunning new album MERCURY, US folk poet-songwriter PIETA BROWN is returning for an Australian tour in March with her trio and special guest and friend LUCIE THORNE.

A free-spirited beauty who is both self-possessed and disarmingly unaffected, Pieta Brown has been hailed as a modern American troubadour. With a deep abiding saturation in blues and folk beyond her years and a bit of hipster swagger, Pieta continues to bend forms to suit her unmistakable style and mesmerizing melodies. She has gained the attention of music lovers and critics from all walks and counts artists Amos Lee, Iris Dement, Mark Knopfler, JJ Cale and John Prine as some of her biggest fans. Her 7th album Mercury evokes the sounds of her native Alabama with raw folk and Americana songs that have strains of Gillian Welch and The Civil Wars with the radio-friendly allure of Feist and Ray Lamontagne. Inspired by a dream she had, Pieta made the album in the country west of Nashville. Recorded live in just three days with all the players in one room, it features a who’s who of great session players, including Grammy-winning producer/player Richard Bennett (Mark Knopfler, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris), bassist Glenn Worf (Mark Knopfler, Aaron Neville, Tammy Wynette), drummer Chad Cromwell (Neil Young, Mark Knopfler), multi-instrumentalist David Mansfield (Bob Dylan, T-Bone Burnett, Johnny Cash) and her frequent collaborator Bo Ramsey (Lucinda Williams, Greg Brown). ... Continue Reading

JUDY COLLINS

Special Guest DANIEL CHAMPAGNE

Judy Collins has thrilled audiences worldwide with her unique blend of interpretative folksongs and contemporary themes. Her impressive career has spanned more than 50 years with an extensive catalog from every decade throughout the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and up to the present. At 72, Judy is still writing, performing, and nurturing fresh talent. She plays 80 to 100 dates around the world. A modern day Renaissance woman who is also an accomplished painter, filmmaker, record label head, musical mentor, and an in-demand keynote speaker for mental health and suicide prevention, continues to create music of hope and healing that light up the world and speaks to the heart.

A NIGHT AT THE CROSSROADS - ROBERT JOHNSON TRIBUTE

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY as part of THE CARNIVAL OF SUBURBIA featuring: DOM TURNER (from the ARIA award winning THE BACKSLIDERS) IAN COLLARD (from the ARIA award winning COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY) SUZANNAH ESPIE MATT WALKER ASHLEY DAVIES JOHNNY CASS plus more to be announced

.Robert Johnson has been been honoured with titles such as - Grandfather of Rock'n'Roll, - Highest selling blues artist of all time, - Rolling Stone and Gibson guitars vote him as one of the greatest guitarists of all time - Rock'n'Roll inductee to the hall of fame - King of the Delta Blues. Like it or not Robert Johnson's contribution to modern music is undeniably large. He has influenced almost every musician in modern music directly and indirectly. The myth that Robert made a deal at the crossroads was never denied or admitted but his mysterious death at the age of 27 was the start of club that took some of the biggest names in music Robert Johnson lived fast and died young leaving a musical legacy that shaped the face of modern music. Johnson's songs have been covered by ERIC CLAPTON, LED ZEPPELIN, ROLLING STONES, BOB DYLAN,CREAM to name but a few. ... Continue Reading

UNDER SUBURBAN SKIES

At THE OAKLEIGH MASONIC HALL As Part Of THE CARNIVAL OF SUBURBIA we are proud to present an affectionate and whimsical exploration of suburban life featuring the songs,poems and meanderings of DOG TRUMPET (Reg Mombassa & Peter O'Doherty) DAVE GRANEY, LISA MILLER,MARK FERRIE and BRIAN NANKERVIS

CHRIS HILLMAN & HERB PEDERSEN

Chris Hillman is a pioneer of the genre known as Country Rock and has carved a permanent niche in the history of contemporary American music through his work with such notable bands as The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers and the Desert Rose Band. Lifelong friend and fellow Desert Rose Band bandmate Pedersen began his career in Berkeley, California in the early ’60s playing with artists such as David Grisman, Butch Waller, David Nelson, and Jerry Garcia. The guitarist-banjo player-singer has contributed music to shows like The Rockford Files, Smokey and The Bandit, Maverick (movie with Mel Gibson), Hunter, and The Simpsons. He has also worked with fellow musicians Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Johnny Rivers, Dan Fogelberg, James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot, Jennifer Warnes, John Prine and Jesse Winchester. ... Continue Reading