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Who are the Alibis?...
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A singer, guitarist and songwriter, Wayne has performed and recorded authentic swing and r'n'b over the past 20 years. Bands as diverse as Rick Bryant's Jive Bombers, Sonny Day and the Blues News, Gentle Annie, and Trudi and the Exceptions have all called on his considerable guitar and vocal talents.
Phil
Oxenham:- Bass & Vocals
Phil has sung, taught and played rock and r'n'b throughout New Zealand and Australia since the 1970s. In New Zealand he has toured with the Sam Ford Verandah Band and played in Auckland with Blue Murder, Bluebird Wine and Midlife Crisis. He toured Western Australia with the Revivals and Bluebird Wine.
Phil has sung, taught and played rock and r'n'b throughout New Zealand and Australia since the 1970s. In New Zealand he has toured with the Sam Ford Verandah Band and played in Auckland with Blue Murder, Bluebird Wine and Midlife Crisis. He toured Western Australia with the Revivals and Bluebird Wine.
In the 1960s Stephen was already a teenage virtuoso organist with '60s popsters the Challenge. Before joining the Alibis, Stephen worked with Push, the Teddy Boys, Bluebird Wine, Beats Working and Sonny Day and the Blues News, the Housemovers and Paper Sun.
Annette Hart adds the brass and class of the Baritone to the horn section baseline. Previously played with saxophone orchestra's, Jim Langabeer's 15 piece "Saxestra" and 4 piece "Sax4Sound" More recently in the studio with Evan Silva, and currently playing Pacific/Brazilian styles with AK Samba.
Rick learnt the trumpet as a youngster in New York and made his first recording in a primary school band. He moved to New Zealand with his family in 1963 and played at the Surfside Ballroom in Milford and other Auckland clubs in the 1960s. Since then he's also helped promote live music in Auckland while running Rick's American Cafe at Victoria Park Market and Rick's Blue Falcon cafe in Parnell.
Mike comes from a strong family tradition of drummers sharing this calling with his three brothers. He has played drums professionally around New Zealand since the 1970s and worked extensively with blues, country, rock and latin bands. Some of his previous bands include Kantuta, the Midge Marsden band and Flying Doctors.
Mike
Croft:- Alto sax
Mike's distinctive R'n'B tone has contributed to myriad live performances
and recordings over the past 20 years. He has played sax in a variety
of soul, blues, rock 'n' roll and jazz bands. These have included Johnny
and the Jaguars, The Neighbours, Trudi and the Exceptions and Rick Bryant's
Jive Bombers.
The Monkey Hill horns:-
At various times the Alibis horn section family has also included:-
Andrew Clouston: tenor and baritone sax, Mike Croft: tenor and baritone sax, Damon Grant: alto and tenor sax, Andrew Kimber: harmonica and valve trombone, Paul Nairn: tenor sax and flute, Ian McLaughlin: trumpet, Fred Baker: tenor sax, Walter Bianco: tenor sax, Hayden Godfrey: trombone, Chris Nielsen: tenor sax, trumpet and flugelhorn