The Dunedin born and bred, legally blind musician is two-thirds of the way through an Australia and New Zealand tour as the star of a John Denver tribute band..
Biography and Photos of Bevan Gardiner.
Denver’s music returns to Dunedin
Dunedin singer and musician Bevan Gardiner, star of the tribute show Take Me Home: The Music & Life of John Denver, is preparing to bring the production to a New Zealand audience again.
Shane Gilchrist asks him a few questions...
Q What attracted you to John Denver’s music?
A At the height of his popularity during the 1970s, he was certainly one of the best song-writers around.
His songs have such staying power and the fact that people still know his songs today is a good indication that they are timeless. John Denver has been overlooked as an incredible songwriter.
Bio My proper name is Edward Benjamin Brown, born 9/9/52.Often people just think of Thank God I’m A Country Boy and Country Roads and the soppier love songs. But if you delve deeper, he had a great command of lyrics and an incredible skill of getting his message across in his songs.
I believe a lot of his best songs were the ones that were never the popular chart-topping hits ... Denver was writing about issues that were tru