	{"id":76538,"date":"2021-05-19T11:17:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T01:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=76538"},"modified":"2021-05-19T11:17:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T01:17:29","slug":"old-time-rockers-roll-into-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/living\/old-time-rockers-roll-into-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Old time rockers roll into town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TWO stalwarts of the Australian music scene, Lucky Star and Rodeny Vincent, are set to play a one-off show only at the Victoria Bowling Club.<\/p>\n<p>A regular on television shows such as <em>Bandstand<\/em> and <em>Six O&#8217;Clock Rock<\/em>, Lucky Star has also made regular appearances on <em>Mavis Bramston<\/em>, <em>Revue 60-61<\/em>, <em>In Melbourne Tonight<\/em>, <em>Sing Sing Sing<\/em>, plus many other entertainment shows.<\/p>\n<p>In 1962 Lucky recorded a hit record <em>I&#8217;ve Been Everywhere<\/em>, which to date still remains one of Australia&#8217;s all-time favourites and went platinum.<\/p>\n<p>A year later he was performing in the United States on the Nevada circuit at The Flamingo in Las Vegas, The Mapes in Reno and Harvey&#8217;s in Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n<p>Lucky was also the first Australian performer to entertain the troops in Vietnam; in fact paying his own way there and making five subsequent trips into the war zone.<\/p>\n<p>2002 and 2003 saw him touring with <em>Long Way To The Top<\/em>. 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