On Saturday, August 27, 2011, legendary frontman Duncan Faure of South African rock/pop sensation RABBITT played the Awards Ceremony for the 2011 Las Vegas Cine Fest, a 3-day annual indie film festival. In the front row, was iconic director and filmmaker John Landis, who was there to screen his latest feature film (“Burke & Hare”) and receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. During the show, John was seen rockin’ out to Duncan’s new song “Nightfall,” which he later said that he loved.
The Awards Ceremony took place in the Main Ballroom of the newly-modeled Tropicana Hotel & Casino, located in the heart of the world-famous Las Vegas Strip. Supporting Duncan was ace stickman Lez Warner, former drummer of The Cult, and some very talented members of the Seattle/Las Vegas rock band “Jupiter Crash,” with StevenCrash on vocals, BillyCrash on bass, and Alan Dreher on guitar. Playing to a standing ovation, Duncan and the boys rocked to 5 songs, including Duncan’s new, critically-acclaimed single “Nightfall.”
John Landis was recognized for his long and illustrious career as one of America’s premier filmmakers. John’s vast credits include: “Animal House,” “Trading Places,” “Coming to America,” “American werewolf in London,” and many more. His most recent film that closed the festival, “Burke & Hare”, is a romantic comedy based on the real lives of two murdering graverobbers from 1830’s Edinborough, Scotland.
Just in case you were sleeping in the seventies:
Duncan Faure is the legendary singer/songwriter/musician of two of music’s biggest bands ever within their respective territories and eras, the Bay City Rollers/ The Rollers and Rabbitt. Duncan first rose to fame in the mid-1970s as the singer of South African rock band Rabbitt.
Rabbitt became and remains one of South Africa’s all-time biggest rock-pop bands, and Duncan frequently donned the front pages of major newspapers and magazines as the band’s most popular member. Upon the band’s demise, Duncan was selected as the singer for the Bay City Rollers/The Rollers.
The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop/rock in the 1970s. Their youthful, clean-cut image, distinctive styling featuring tartan-trimmed outfits, and cheery, sing-along pop hits helped the group become one of the most popular musical acts of their time. For a brief but fervent period (called “Rollermania”), they were worldwide teen idols who rivaled the Beatles in popularity.
Duncan’s most recent release is his 37-song “Anthology,” on which his critically-acclaimed single “Nightfall” appears. Duncan is managed by Steve Eggleston, aka The Eggman, of Eggman Global: Media, Entertainment & Sports.
The band members of Rabbit were:
- Trevor Rabin (born 13 January 1954): Vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Duncan Faure (born 16 December 1957): Vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Ronnie Robot (Ronald Friedman) (born 5 October 1954): Bass
- Neil Cloud (born 3 September 1955): Drums
Editors Notes: I still have a Rabbit LP (vinyl) – Boys Will be Boys – that I trot out every now and then for a spin – the music is still real and strong, especially now that I can listen to it without the prejudicial thoughts of screaming teenagers tossing their underthings at the band! Yup it was a sad fact of life that Rabbit had hordes of screaming female fans of 14 years of age that did take fan worship a little too far.
AND you can still get the Duncan Faure Anthology on Kalahari.
