The Griffith Stickie Fingers jam with Australian music legend

The Griffith band Stickie Fingers performed as pre-show entertainment Australia Day evening for guests at Pioneer Park's production of 'A Few Quiet Ales'.

They had heard rumours floating about that Keith Potger the celebrated musician from The Seekers and Griffith's Australia Day ambassador would be attending the performance that night. Val O'Meara, tin flute player of The Stickie Fingers said while the thought he would be present was exciting, no one thought too much into it.

"We had heard that Keith Potger was coming to the show and he was bringing his guitar, but that's about all we knew at the time," Mrs O'Meara said.

"We didn't know if or when he wanted to play but we knew he brought his guitar so something must have been going to happen."

At the intermission of the show, the group struck up a conversation with Mr Potger and he decided he would accompany them for a few songs after the show.

"After the play had finished, we got ready and then played five songs with him and he was just so easy to play with," Mrs O'Meara said.

"He had this fabulous 12 string guitar with him that had such a fabulous sound."

When Mr Potger began The Seeker's hit 'I'll Never Find Another You', Mrs O'Meara said she felt like a star-struck teenager again playing alongside a man who she had spent many of her younger years listening to.

"I thought he's standing right next to us and he's playing with us someone we have been listening to for years and years," she said.

"We were so chuffed to have someone so world famous standing there being at ease with us and asking us to play along with some of his songs.

"Five of us all grew up listening to The Seekers. In fact, Cilla has been to see them three times. We just sang and played along as best we could and enjoyed our huge brush with musical royalty."

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