Dave Dobbyn and the Dukes perform at Knox Church. Photo by Craig Baxter.
He was preaching to the converted, but the celebrated New Zealand singer-songwriter still produced a spirited show for a capacity 700-strong crowd.
Dobbyn (53) was both raconteur and troubadour, taking the crowd on a tour through his three-decade music catalogue.
He said he first played Be Mine Tonight at the former Shoreline Hotel in 1979 and then produced the loudest cheer of the night when he told the crowd Dunedin was the first city to sell out on the tour.
