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7:13PM Tuesday 02 December, 2008

See a musical legend

13 August 2008

Renee Geyer is still going strong after four decades in the Australian music industry.

The singer, songwriter, producer and author has produced some outstanding music during her time in the industry and you can hear it all when she heads to the Tewantin-Noosa RSL to perform on Saturday, August 23.

She was a precocious jazz, blues and soul singer in her late teens, countdown royalty in her 20s and produced a string of pop, soul and reggae hits spanning the ’70s and ’80s.

She spent her LA years in the studio with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Sting, Joe Cocker and Chaka Kah and her ’90s renaissance with Paul Kelly.

Her career began in 1971 in Sydney, when a girlfriend took her along to the rehearsal of friends who were forming a band.

From there, things began to snowball. Her reputation found its way to America and led to an invitation to record an album in Los Angeles with famed Mowtown producer Frank Wilson.

While the Movin’ Along album provided another hit at home, in America Heading in the Right Direction created confusion.

R‘n’b stations loved the record, but didn’t know what to do when they discovered Geyer was a white Jewish girl from Australia.

For the next few years, Geyer bounced between Australia and America and released albums, which include So Lucky, Difficult Woman and Sweet Life.

Her career has never stalled.

At the end of 1999, Geyer released her frank life story; Confessions of a Difficult Woman through Harper Collins, and 2003 saw her release the Gold selling (and self produced) album Tenderland.

In 2004 Renée hooked up with Brisbane producer Magoo to co-produce her 21st album Tonight which has received stunning reviews and was nominated for an ARIA award. And in 2005 Renée was inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame, a proud occasion in which she joined the ranks of Australia’s most respected and accomplished musicians.

Last year was a whirlwind for Renée, with work on her 22nd album and a plethora of select appearances around the country.

Today, she remains one of our most enduring and endearing artists. Renée Geyer had started out a sensual blues belter.

Now she has evolved into a bona fide music icon - someone to look up to for never having let go of her dreams. This consummate entertainer with a proud body of work still transfixes a room with the power of her song.

See Renee Geyer at the Tewantin-Noosa RSL on Saturday, August 23. Tickets are $28 members; $33 non-members. Contact 5447 1766 for more information.

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