leonardo's bride - web site

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`1989`	`abby and dean do their first show together at brackets & jam, an open mike night at the crossroads theatre in sydney`
`1990`	`together they travel around europe and america busking and playing in bars and clubs. 250 shows over 16 months. choice gigs include: sin-e in new york; hen & chickens in london; les voultes de lutece in paris; zorba's bar in santorini, greece`
`1992`	`leonardo's bride first play at the rose, shamrock & thistle, rozelle, sydney. line-up includes abby (vocals), dean (guitar, bouzouki, vocals), alex hewetson (double bass) and antero ceschin (drums)`
`1993`	`release debut e.p. 'leonardo's bride'`
.	`john gauchi (hammond, keyboards), mark 'trooper' howard (double bass) and david sanders (drums) join the group`
`1994`	`patrick hyndes (double & electric bass) and jon 'howler' howell (drums & percussion) join the group`
`1995`	`release 'temperamental friend' e.p.`
.	`tour australia with the badloves`
.	`tour east coast with big geraniums (ireland)`
`1996`	`release 'so brand new' single`
`1997`	`release 'even when i'm sleeping' single`
.	`john gauci leaves the group`
.	`tour australia with everything but the girl (uk)`
.	`release debut album 'angel blood'`
.	`single 'even when i'm sleeping' reaches #4 in national charts and goes gold`
.	`album 'angel blood' goes gold. group receives 3 ARIA nominations [australian recording industry association] for best single, debut album & cover art`
.	`release "buddha baby" single. goes top 40`
.	`tour new zealand, singapore and play at livid festival, brisbane`
`1998`	`"even when i'm sleeping" voted song of year at APRA awards [australian performing rights association]. also collects award for most performed australian work`
.	`tour u.k. playing in london and at the edinburgh festival.`
.	`group play a short run with neil finn (n.z)`
`1999`	`leonardo's record a new album`
`2000`	`release 'sonic' single. tour australia with tom jones`
	`release 'open sesame' album`
	`group perform at the reconciliation day concert at colonial stadium in melbourne nelson mandela and rubin carter give speeches`
	`leonardo's perform at the sydney domain with neil finn and paul kelly to an estimated crowd of 70,000 people`
`2001`	`group announce they are indefinately off the road`