Rick Springfield plays impromptu show in Australian restaurant

So, you decide to take the family out to dinner and it comes with a show...an impromptu performance from Rick Springfield.

Rick was at the Cove Steakhouse Wine Bar and Grill at Alchester Village in the outer Melbourne, Australia suburb of Boronia on Sunday, July 15 when he gave the diners the impromptu three song performance.

Rick Springfield performed Van Morrison's Gloria, The Beatles Twist and Shout and his own classic Jessie's Girl.

According to the Knox Leader, Springfield was at the restaurant in January this year and promised the owner Jay Harrison that he would play next time he came back.

Rick was born in Sydney and after two years in London as a child his family moved to the Melbourne suburb of Ormond in 1962.

In 1969, he joined the band Zoot with Daryl Cotton (Vocals), Rick Brewer (drums) and Beeb Birtles (bass). They had a no. 4 hit in Australia with an acid-rock version of The Beatles Eleanor Rigby.

Springfield had his first solo hit in 1972 with Speak To The Sky. It grabbed the attention of the American audience and soon he had a string of US hits including Jessie's Girl (no. 1 US).

Rick got into acting and appeared in Battlestar Galactica and The Rockford Files before landing the role of Dr. Noah Drake in General Hospital. More recently, we saw Rick playing a degenerate version of himself in Californication.

Rick is in Australia visiting his friend Darryl Cotton who is being treated for liver cancer.

Watch Rick perform at The Cove Steakhouse in this audience shot video:



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