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Graham (Studley) Cornes
Graham is a living legend in South Australia.
He has a distinguished career in Australian Rules Football, playing more than 350 games for his beloved Glenelg.
He also coached the club to back-to-back South Australian National Football League premierships in 1985 and 1986.
Graham spent a season with North Melbourne in the AFL, was playing-coach of South Adelaide for two seasons.
He is perhaps best known around Australia as the inaugural senior coach of the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League.
Graham is now one of South Australia’s most popular media personalities, joining Stephen Rowe for the top-rating afternoon sports show on Adelaide radio station 5AA.
He also has a regular column in the Adelaide Advertiser newspaper, and football commentary on the Seven Television Network.
Graham is also a devoted family man, with his wife Nicole and their three young daughters, as well as his high-profile football-playing sons Chad and Kane.
And on top of all of this, he’s the star attraction of the All Star Rock Band!
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Sharon Beech
Sharon is an accomplished singer and entertainer, and she is very welcome as the newest member of Cornesy's Allstar Rock Band.
After being attracted to the stage at a young age and performing in musicals during her school years, Sharon joined her first band in the early 1990s.
She moved to Adelaide from the Yorke Peninsula and joined "Mister Sister", and has since been a key member of several popular and successful Adelaide bands including "Envy", "The Grease Show with the Rockin Royals", "Velvet Soap Opera Company" and "The Smarty Boys".
Sharon brings a wealth of experience and a great musical range to the Allstars.
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Bill Schapel
Bill has been playing drums and singing in bands since he was 15.
For much of the 1970s he toured Australia with the showband Benjamin Courtenay, including backing Normie Rowe on a tour of Queensland.
The band also finished second in South Australia’s Battle of the Bands competition.
On returning to his home state, Bill formed a new band called Ben from the remnants of BC, and was soon joined by former Twilights bass player John Bywaters.
Bill and John’s musical relationship continued for many years, including with Cornesy’s All Star Rock Band.
Bill later joined former members of Travis and Fahrenheit 451 to form Muskat, a leading Adelaide band which had a long and successful run.
Billy loves to play and occasionally puts a four-piece Muskat gig together just for fun.
He almost prefers singing lead and harmonies to anything else, but with a new DW drum kit and his other interests such as teaching and racing his historic MGTC, life is pretty darn good at the moment.
Bill’s two adult daughters and his lovely, long-suffering wife Jenny occasionally have to remind him that he’s not a kid anymore.
But he doesn’t take much notice.
Rock on!
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Tim Donovan
He’s the newly appointed Musical Director of Cornesy’s 5AA Allstars.
Timmy Donovan is one of those rare musical talents who can pick up almost any instrument and play it like a master.
Music is pretty much Tim’s life – he teaches by day and plays by night.
Tim’s many bands have included Dakota Smash, Vibe, Popzilla, Party On, and Jellyhead.
For 10 years he was also musical director and front man of The Little Big Horns Big Band.
Tim has played with artists such as Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix Experience), jazz greats Don Burrows and James Morrison, actor Gary Sweet, Doc Neeson (Angels), as well as Adelaide artists Dwight Adams and Catherine Lambert.
He is now the Music Coordinator at St Michael’s College in Adelaide.
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Dean Fioretti
Dean Fioretti joined the Allstars in early 2009, and quickly established himself as an important member of the band.
Dean studied music at the University of Adelaide, and today passes on his wide knowledge of music and the bass guitar to several music students.
Dean is a much sought-after musician who has brought plenty of energy and new ideas to the Allstars.
He's a proud dad and dedicated family man who works in the fashion industry when he's not playing or teaching the bass.
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Greg Mallen
Greg joined Cornesy’s All Star Rock Band in 2008.
He’s one of Adelaide's talented guitarists, and we consider ourselves very fortunate to have him on board.
Over recent years, Greg has guested with many of Adelaide's top bands including Club Schmaltz, Crossfire, Wise Guys, Deuces Wild, Show Us Your Hits and The Reporters.
He was a founding member of Muskat back in the mid-70s.
Greg is the self-proclaimed band wiz (every band has one) who designs & builds guitar effect pedals and modifies his own and other people's guitars.
Greg also adds to the vocal harmonies of the band.
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David Heath
"Heathy" brings a touch of showmanship - not to mention several different characters and usually plenty of mayhem - to Cornesy's Allstar Rock Band.
Whether it's Bruce Presley (Elvis' 23rd cousin twice removed), Bruce Ausborne (Australia's answer to Ozzy Osbourne) or Boy Bruce (a former acquaintance of Boy George), David adds plenty of colour and humour to a show.
David is a journalist by profession, and has worked in the Adelaide and Melbourne media for 25 years, including seven years at Radio 5AA.
He even spent a little time working in the Canberra Press Gallery.
In recent years, David has worked as a State and local government media advisor, and now works at the Department for Environment and Heritage with the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Project Team.
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