THE Four Kinsmen will all be back together in one room shortly when George Harvey, Robert Pearson and Scott Radburn help the Wollongong and entertainment community throw a Get Well Party for Graham Wilson.
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A celebration being planned for July 21 is already attracting the attention of Australian entertainers, such as Paul Martell and Jane Scali, who want to perform.
Radburn and multi MO Award winner Rikki Organ, who is fighting his own battle with cancer, are among the MCs.
Both want to involve many other entertainers and celebrities in a tribute to a man many refer to as a Wollongong icon, who played backing for the The Bee Gees at the Collegians Club in Wollongong just after they released Spicks and Specks.
And he remembers the Gibb brothers playing a trick on him.
He recalled from his hospital bed, where he will be on chemotherapy for the next few months after brain surgery to remove a tumour, how they kept looking back at him during the performance.
He was so puzzled he asked them why afterwards, and they said they had stuck something on his back and were wondering when he would notice.
Since then he has played in venues around the world including long stints in Las Vegas with the Four Kinsmen.
He even once played the same venue on the same night as Roy Orbison in Tulsa and is such a big fan of Elvis Presley he has visited Graceland three times.
But despite all the success and fame as a member of one of Australia's most awarded variety acts, it is because he is seen as such a good bloke with a wicked sense of humour that so many want to do something to help him.
George Harrison, who has himself battled cancer in the last 12 months, Vania Harrison and their children Andrew Harrison and Jonni Nicolaou treat Wilson as family because he has regularly played to diners at the Lagoon Seafood Restaurant since the Four Kinsmen stopped touring.
So they asked him if they could host a fund-raiser in his honour to raise some money to help him cover his mounting medical bills.
He said yes and many in the community have rallied behind him to make it happen as a celebration of his career and what he has done for Wollongong.
A couple of posts on Facebook immediately attracted interest from around the world and many donations of auction items from around Australia.
The Lagoon won't make a cent from the fund-raiser and Sean Keaveny, of Arena AV, is donating all the sound and plasma equipment.
Numbers will be capped at 560 and around 100 tickets were sold in the first few days.
The auction will be conducted by Leigh Stewart.
Sharon Howson and Emma Goldsmith at the Lagoon are the contact points for auction donations and bookings can be made on 4226 1677.
