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New Seekers Keith Potger at Gatsby
Keith Potger of will perform at Gatsby's on 31st Night
Keith's musical career started well before The Seekers first stormed the UK charts in 1965 with Tom Springfield's 'I'll Never Find Another You.'

He was a self-taught musician, playing the banjo, 12 string guitar and recorder, and with an eye to a musical future, he performed in two groups, The Trinamics and The Escorts. The Escorts were a fore-runner of The Seekers, and consisted of Keith, Athol Guy, Ken Ray and Bob Turnbull. When Bob Turnbull was replaced by Bruce Woodley, and when Judith Durham joined, replacing Ken Ray, the group became The Seekers.

In 1963 the group obtained their first record contract, and Introducing The Seekers was released on the W&G label. Since ABC employees were not allowed to have a second job, Keith could not appear on the cover, and Ken Ray was brought back just for the photo shoot. (The story of Keith's plight is amusingly depicted in the video of The Seekers' BBC Farewell Concert of 1968, where Keith jokes around during one number in a variety of disguises - including standing on his head!). The band also released a single, 'Waltzing Matilda'.

Together with the album and television appearances, they became moderately successful in Australia and turned professional. The time was ripe for his own solo CD, and so in 2004 Keith Potger's debut album 'Secrets Of The Heart' was released in Australia. Featuring 19 of Keith's compositions, and his superb guitar playing, this album reveals a solo artiste who more than deserves to be seen and heard in his own right.

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