Founding member of The Seekers Keith Potger will bring his solo concert to the Fun Haus Factory in Gosford on Sunday, August 18.
The audio-visual presentation chronicles the life of The Seekers and includes Potger’s special tribute to band mate Judith Durham, who died two years ago.
Potger’s musical career started well before The Seekers first stormed the UK charts in 1965.
He is a self-taught musician who studied six-string guitar, banjo, mandolin and keyboards.
While still at school, he performed in vocal groups which evolved into The Seekers in 1962.
His ability to arrange harmonies for the group members was evident from the early days.
Taking up the 12-string guitar, he composed the distinctive riffs that are a trademark of The Seekers’ chart-topping recordings I’ll Never Find Another You, A World Of Our Own and many others.
The Seekers were honoured as Australians Of The Year in 1967, the only group to have been given the acknowledgement.
The group disbanded in 1968 and Potger turned to songwriting and record production in major recording studios in the UK.
He returned to Australia in 1978 to write and produce television jingles and music tracks as well as performing solo concerts throughout the 1980s.
In 1992 he reunited with Judith Durham, Athol Guy and Bruce Woodley to tour internationally as The Seekers for their Silver Jubilee and they were inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame in 1995.
In 1997, the group released the platinum-selling Future Road.
Potger released his first solo CD, Secrets Of The Heart, in 2004, followed by Sunday in 2007 and in 2010 he released his mostly self-penned third solo CD, Smile Now.
In 2014, Potger was awarded the Order of Australia (AO) for services to the Australian music industry and not-for-profit organisations.
2017 and into 2018 saw Potger presenting his solo concerts to audiences in the UK, Sri Lanka and throughout Australia, as well as co-writing material for his fourth solo CD.
The show includes material from his solo CDs, Seekers favorites and songs and anecdotes from his long career in the music industry.
Celebrating The Seekers – 60 Years will be performed at the Fun Haus Factory in Gosford at 5.30pm on Sunday, August 18.
Book tickets at funhausfatory.org.au