Love That Hat are: The incomparable Sue Carson, The wildly talented David Carter and The remarkable Mikey Stove.
Love that sound, love that style, love that music & LOVE THAT HAT.
Sue Carson: You will remember Sue for her spectacular performances in several of Newcastle′s favourite acts including Sligo Maid, Killkenny and The Sue & Mikey Show. As a classically trained opera singer and multi-instrumentalist, (violin, mandolin, guitar & harmonica, though not all at once – yet!)
Dave Carter: Dave Carter has performed with almost every single Australian musician, alive and dead, that has ever graced a stage within 50 miles of Newcastle!
David is another multi-instrumentalist, being a dab hand at the guitar, bass, piano, banjo, bagpipes and Irish pipes. He has an amazing collection of musical instruments, some he has even built himself!!!
Mikey Stove: Although involved in numerous high profile, successful bands including Swanee, The Curvettes, Hussy, Killkenny and The Sue & Mikey Show (the latter two with Sue), Mikey′s biggest claim to fame (or notoriety) would have to be his role in the legendary Funbusters, where his skills as idiot front-man and quirky lead guitarist became a trend setting style.
Mikey′s seamless adaptability from rock, Celtic, and folk to commercial material is well respected within the musical fraternity.
Recent corporate clientele that Love That Hat has performed for includes Destination Event Management, Wilson Mining Services, Newcastle Media Ball, Lake Video, Energy 2IC (Sydney) and Storage King (Sydney).
Check out some of Love That Hat’s stuff here:
Testimonials
“Love That Hat was exactly what I was after. They were terrific!”
– Kathryn Dries, 35th Birthday Party
“We have been fans of Love That Hat for many years and when we were planning our wedding, I insisted that we hire them, no matter what the cost! They were worth every cent – as always, they were absolutely brilliant performers – many of our guests who hadn’t seen them perform before said it was the best wedding music/entertainment they had ever experienced. Most guests (even the non-dancers!) were up on the dance floor by the end – the band even learned some special songs for us, one in particular which brought many guests to tears. Thank you again to Sue, Mikey and Dave – you made our wedding day really memorable and special. We love that hat!”
– Amy and Billy Hooper, Wedding
Sample Song List
| Adele | Rolling in the Deep |
| Amy Stewart | Knock on Wood |
| Baby Animals | Early Warning |
| Beatles | Getting Better |
| Billy Thorpe | Most People I Know |
| Bon Jovi | Living on a Prayer |
| Boom Crash Opera | Dancing in the Storm |
| Buggles | Video Killed the Radio Star |
| Cars | Just What I Needed |
| Cat Stevens | Old School Yard |
| Charlie Daniels Band | Devil Went Down to Georgetown |
| Cher | Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves |
| Cold Chisel | Cheap Wine |
| Corrs | Toss the Feathers (Instrumental) |
| Crosby Stills & Nash | Love the One You’re With |
| Crowded House | Only Natural |
| Darkness | I Believe in a Thing Called Love |
| Deep Purple | Black Night |
| Doobie Bros | Listen to the Music |
| Dragon | Are You Old Enough |
| Elvis Costello | Oliver’s Army |
| Fleetwood Mac | Say That You Love Me |
| Foreigner | Cold as Ice |
| George Michael | Faith |
| Goyte | Somebody That I Used to Know |
| Guns’n’Roses | Sweet Child of Mine |
| Heart | Barracuda |
| Jimi Hendrix | Purple Haze |
| John Farnham | You’re the Voice |
| Joni Mitchell | Big Yellow Taxi |
| Kate Bush | Babooshka |
| Kim Carnes | Bette Davis Eyes |
| Kiss | I Was Made for Loving You |
| Led Zeppelin | Rock and Roll |
| Levellers | Riverflow |
| Linda Rhonstadt | You’re No Good |
| Martha and the Muffins | Echo Beach |
| Michael Jackson | The Way You Make Me Feel |
| Midnight Oil | Blue Sky Mine |
| Mumford & Sons | I Will Wait |
| Munkees | I’m a Believer |
| Natalie MacMaster | Space Ceilidh (Instrumental) |
| Neil Young | Heart of Gold |
| Pat Benatar | Greatest Hits Medley |
| Peter Gabriel | Sledgehammer |
| Pink | Who Knew |
| Police | Every Little Thing She Does is Magic |
| Pretenders | Brass in Pocket |
| Queen | Crazy Little Thing Called Love |
| Ricki Lee Jones | Chuck E’s in Love |
| Ronnie James Dio | Butterfly Ball |
| Sheryl Crow | Strong Enough |
| Taylor Dane | I’ll Be Your Shelter |
| Thin Lizzy | The Boys are Back in Town |
| Tina Turner | Nutbush City Limits |
| Toto | Hold the Line |
| Traditional | Devil’s Set (Instrumental) |
| Travelling Wilburys | I Won’t Back Down |
| 10CC | The Things We Do for Love |
| Wolfstone | Cleveland Park (w / bagpipes) (Instrumental) |