Wendy performed a very widely advertised KRISHNA BLUES concert (as Gandharvika) at The Basement in Sydney on May 28th 2001, as part of the Krishna Bhajans program. For the show, Wendy was backed by some of Australia's finest musicians. She invited also the bhajan band, The Repeat Offenders to back her during the kirtan section. Gandharvika by the way means "the one who sings" in Sanskrit.

Wendy performed five songs with Kevin Borich & The Express at the Continental in Melbourne in 1999. Ross Wilson (Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock), Lucius Borich, and Ben Rosen also performed on the night. An 11-track live album of this show was released later that year titled, "Kevin Borich & The Express - Once Night Jamm".

Wendy supported the Finn brothers (Neil and Tim - ex Split Enz) in a couple of concerts in Melbourne.

Live shows in Sydney with her band and guitarist Harvey James of Sherbet.

Radio Triple J recorded a gig featuring two renowned vocalists in Leo de Castro and Jeff St. John.

Melbourne Ormond Hall, "Electric Ballroom" with the Dingoes, Jo Jo Zeps Falcons and Dutch Tilders.

Wendy performed with a large band, including keyboards and horns, doing Aretha's 'A Change is Gonna Come' and '5 for the DJ', and 'Jive Talkin' by the Bee Gees.

Wendy Saddington and Chain apparently performed here somewhere in the 70's.

Support Artists included: Wendy Saddington Melbourne September 27th the next world tour commenced. After Auckland’s’ double concert date over one day, Frank arrived in Australia. This tour of 8 concerts in 9 days was shorter compared to the 11 concerts in 14 days in 1973. Following in Japan with many European countries visited, finishing in Spain mid March 1976.

In May 1973, Wendy briefly joined Doug Parkinson's Life Organisation group, who played 1940s big band jazz (Ignatius Jones' Pardon Me Boys would later do a similar thing in the 80s). The only known live date of Wendy singing with Life Organisation (Doug, Ian McLeod and Bill Bourke) however, is a May 27th, 1973 show at the Silver Screen in Manly. Life Organisation’s line-up included Teddy Toi, Graham Morgan, Peter Martin (guitar; ex-SCRA), Warren Ford (guitar, piano), and Bill Motzing (trombone, keyboards). Excluding Wendy, The Life Organisation released two singles, the first being a cover of the Glenn Miller standard "In the Mood" (Forties Style) b/w "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (June 1973) which reached #36 in Sydney. The second single, "Boogie Woogie" / "Little Brown Jug" (November) did not repeat this success. Life Organisation also backed Parkinson on his second solo single (lifted from No Regrets), "Love Gun" / "Dear Prudence" (April 1973).

Wendy performed at Sydney's Whiskey Au Go Go in 1973.

Wendy performed with guitarist Mick Liber as a duo in Sydney in 1973. In 1989 they apparently recorded an as yet unreleased album of material, though this may actually be the unreleased 1986 album by the Wendy Saddington Band Mk.II.

Wendy played the Bungool Festival with Spectrum and the La De Das.

Wendy supported The Band of Talabene at Melbourne Town Hall, August 1972.

Wendy and Jeff St on stage (venue unknown), June 3rd 1972. Photocopy scan courtesy of Barry McKay.

Wendy Saddington played the The first Sunbury Pop festival titled "Rock Happening of 1972" and ran from Saturday January 29 to Monday January 31, 1972.

The Much More Ballroom was located in Brunswick St, Fitzroy. It was open from 1972-74. John Pinder & Bani McSpedden were the clubs promoters.

After leaving Copperwine, Wendy's continued to perform in and around Melbourne. In 1972 her performance style took on a much more theatrical bent, and she adopted a totally new stage persona, complete with costumes and white-face 'pierrot' makeup. She also put together a new backing band called Teardrop. They were regulars at the TF Much Ballroom and the Much More Ballroom in Melbourne; a recent photo exhibition in Sydney featuring rock snaps by "Jaques L'Affrique" (David Porter) included several terrific shots of Wendy in full flight on the TF Much stage.

Wendy was part of the support on Manfred Mann's Earthband tour of their Chapter III album in Australia (May 16 - Perth; May 17 - Apollo Theatre, Adelaide; May 18/19 - Melbourne Festival Hall; and May 20 - Randwick Racecourse, Sydney) in 1971. Also supporting Manfred Mann on the tour were: Deep Purple (UK), Free (UK), and Pirana (Australia). Manfred Mann's Earthband returned a year later in 1972, playing the Hordern Pavillion in Sydney with Wendy, Blackfeather and The La De Das. Segments of the Randwick Racecourse, Sydney concert were filmed by the ABC's GTK, and the tour recieved extensive coverage in the May 22nd 1971 GO-SET issue, with reviews of both the Melbourne and Sydney shows by Ed Nimmervol and David Elfick.

Wendy played the Palais Theatre in Melbourne with various Chain members, April 1971.

Wendy fronted Copperwine their acclaimed performance at the Wallacia Festival on the central-coast of New South Wales, while Jeff St John was temporarily away from the band. A live recording of the event was released on Festival's new progressive subsidiary Infinity during '71, which showcased Copperwine's sympathetic backing sensibilities for Wendy's distinctive vocals. On such cuts as the funky opener, Nina Simone's "Backlash Blues", and her heartfelt reading of Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", Saddington continually astonishes with her sensual soul power. Another notable inclusion is Wendy's introspective and idiosyncratic reading of John Lennon's "Tomorrow Never Knows" (which Wendy introduces as a George Harrison composition!) Other highlights include "Five People Said I Was Crazy " (which, with its wild Ross East guitar solo, Barry Kelly's electric piano flourishes and Wendy's monumental banshee wail, certainly lives up to its title). The closing tour-de-force "Blues In A" completely satisfies the listener as a consummate combination of the music of one of Australia's premier all-purpose prog-blues bands of the time, with definitely one of our most unique and mesmerising blues-soul vocalists.

The Launching Place Festival was named after the town where it was held. Launching Place, on the Yarra River, is approximately 60 kilometres east of Melbourne and just south of the town of Healsville.

Harley Parker - www.milesago.com: "The Tum at first didn't seem a place for a lot of female singers until later when the coffee lounge and folk groups started but Wendy Saddington, early on, fitted in with her own style of music and personality. I was changing a roll of film in my camera one night sitting in the middle of the dance floor, when a shout of "Get Out Of The F#$@ING Way" came from behind. As I scrambled out of the way, a fast moving wheel chair being pushed by a female singer, who often performed with Jeff St. John, breezed past narrowly missing some very expensive camera gear and me."

Wendy Saddington and Chain apparently played here in the early '70's.

Wendy Saddington & Jeff St. John and Chain apparently played here in the early '70s.

Wendy Saddington & Jeff St John apparently played here in the early '70s.

Wendy and Chain apparently played here in the early '70s.

Wendy Saddington and James Taylor Move apparently played gigs here in the late '60s. Bands such as The Mixtures, The Vibrants, The Twilights, Fraternity, Clefs and The Masters Apprentices also played at the Leg Trap Hotel in Adelaide.

- Sebastian's in Flinders St., Melbourne. (Late '60s) .