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Dixie Chicken - Episode Five

Television (Full Length Episode) – 1987

This TVNZ light entertainment series takes its name from a Little Feat song but the music on offer is predominantly country. The set is barn-like but “yee ha” trappings never overshadow the performances (although big hats are in plentiful supply). Actor and musician Andy Anderson is a genial host (getting confessional at one point about his days on the “lunatic sauce”) and there are two numbers from Beaver. Bluesman Sonny Day channels Willie Nelson; the other soloists are Gray Bartlett, Brendan Beleski and Australian singer Annette Moorcroft.

I’m absolutely not into slickness. We agreed that the programme was to have no glitz, no flashing lights, smoke or technical wizardry.
– Producer Peter Muxlow