Pete Denahy Live at The Golden Vine Hotel Bendigo

Pete Denahy Live At The Golden Vine Hotel Bendigo

Thursday 12th November - Solo Acoustic Show

Pete Denahy knew when he was 11 years old he wanted to be a country singer. At age

12 he taught himself guitar, started writing songs and at 13 years old saw Australia’s

King of Country Music Slim Dusty in concert for the first time. Twelve years later he was

in Slim’s band playing fiddle and doing a comedy spot on the show. While he has written

some ridiculous comedy songs, he is no stranger to writing a heart wrencher, but he is

fully aware that his “silly songs” are the ones that are closest to the hearts of his fans.

He cut his teeth in the mid nineties playing fiddle in Melbourne band Ploughboys before

joining Slim Dusty on the road in 1998. As his songwriting began to mature, he turned

his pen more often to the less serious side. As a result, his most requested songs are

comedy, one of them being “Sort Of Dunno Nothin’”, a tuneless, storyless number that

presents a teenager talking to an adult in the most boring manner possible. This song

became something of a hit in 2008 when it was released in Australia.

His solo show has evolved into a blend of straight and comedy material interspersed

with some solid fiddle playing. His onstage persona is a guy who is an enthusiastic

money saver and is proud of the fact he is Yackandandah’s “multi award losing country

singer” even though he has won five Golden Guitars at Australia’s Country Music

Awards. However, he seldom mentions this because as he says, “There’s nothing funny

about winning awards.”

2025 saw Pete do his first USA tour which included the Martha Basset Show in Elkin

NC, The 100th Mountain City Fiddlers’ Convention in Tennessee and his own show at

the world famous Station Inn, Nashville TN.