About
Bob Johnson presents "Famous Faces, Fascinating Places" is a speaker for hire in Adelaide, SA.
Bob Johnson spent seven years touring as trombonist with Sammy Davis Jnr, and played behind Frank Sinatra from the Sanctuary Cove opening in 1988 through to the Diamond Jubilee Tour in 1991. Add Shirley Bassey, Johnny Mathis and Liza Minnelli, plus stints with the Daly-Wilson Big Band and the Ray Martin Midday Show band, and you have a lifetime of stories worth sitting down for. Famous Faces, Fascinating Places is the Adelaide based talk built from that life: tales from the road, a look at how a trombone actually works, a respectful demonstration of the didgeridoo, and sung tributes to Sammy Davis Jnr and Peter Allen. All it needs is a microphone and a PA for the backing tracks.
The show
Seven years on the road with Sammy Davis Jnr leaves a person with material. Bob Johnson tells those stories, and the ones from playing behind Sinatra, Bassey and Minelli, and threads songs and laughs through the lot. It's a talk that keeps moving rather than a lecture with slides. If your audience remembers those names, they'll be leaning forward for most of it.
On the day
Modest requirements here. A microphone, and a PA that can take a laptop feed, since the backing tracks play from there. Nothing else needs arranging at your end for Bob Johnson to work the room.
