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I have been a journalist for many years, writing as Hannah Valize and my own name, Gerda Jones.

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Along the way you will meet some very interesting people, some very famous, some very remote.

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H-Bar-C Snake Oil

Snake Oil dressed the part of proper Hillbillies. They covered the eras from Gene Autry, South Of The Border and Hank Williams II’s That’s Is How They Do It In Dixie, to the newer Tim McGraw’s I Like It, I Love It and Tracy Byrd’s The Drinking Bone. Read More...

H-Bar-C John McCane and the Last of the Breed

Manchester singer, John McCane and the Last of the Breed, had driven down especially.
They had a new CD on sale, called Why? and we heard a few tracks from this like I Don’t Have Far To Fall and Excuse Moi My Heart.
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Floralia, Oosterhout, Netherlands

Ooh, how my head hurts. Last night the Swing Commanders had just become a legend in the Netherlands. Not just their three shows during the day which electrified the crowd but at the after show party which went on till 2 a.m at the request of President Theo van Gorp. He called them ‘Top Band’ of the show. Utterly amazing when he had hosted The Cats - the Dutch equivalent of the Eagles on the Saturday night! Read More...

H-Bar-C Swing Commanders

Because they were going to Holland to play the award winning Floralia Festival, The Swing Commanders were booked by the H-bar-C and as always they filled the hall with their crowd of fans and followers alike.
The Swing Commanders have a CD out, Fiddler On The Hoof which did sell well. Read More...
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