Todd Hunter, bass player and foundation member of legendary Aussie rock group Dragon, popped into Port Douglas yesterday (Thursday) for a chat with Radio Port Douglas' DJ-ess,the lovely Kim (star) Hurley. 

Dragon are back and on a promotional tour around Australia for their new 10 track album entitled 'Happy am I". 

They are playing at the Reef Casino in Cairns on Friday (24th) and Saturday (25th Sept) before heading back down to Melbourne for a string of October dates.

Dragon are fronted by the legendary kiwi singer Mark Williams. This version of Dragon rocks its way through a long list of iconic songs that are part of the national estate.

Todd Hunter reformed the band after a much needed break of 10 years. Todd and Mark are joined by Canadian guitar slinger, Bruce Reid and drum wizard Pete Drummond.

The band is known for anthems like April Sun In Cuba, Are You Old Enough, Rain, Speak No Evil, Young Years, This Time, Sunshine, Celebrate and Dreams of Ordinary Men.

Todd and Marc Hunter started the band in 1973 and Dragon sold over 2 million records over 30 years. The current live show evolves from an intimate acoustic beginning to a spirited, electric, crowd rousing finale. Mark Williams sings each song in a way that is familiar to the audience but completely his own and strong playing and sublime vocal harmonies have the crowd singing along as if everyone on the room is in the band.

Dragon manages to reframe 30 years of Australian musical history into one coherent picture and do justice to a great collection of timeless songs.