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There may be a Spencer P. Jones Lane …
How many Kiwi musicians can we name who have had a lane or a street in Australia named after them ……….? None that I can think of. On Friday online music mag Noise11 announced that the councillors at City of Port Phillip unanimously approved the naming of a laneway after Spencer. He came to Australia from Te…
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Roger McLachlan – 45 years in Oz
Past, Present & Future is a show coming up at Fyrefly in St Kilda celebrating Roger’s many years in the music business. He’d joined a production of Godspell in the South Island in the early 70s then when the need arose for a bass player for a 6-month tour of this show through NSW & Victoria in 1974,…
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Tommy Adderley & ‘Sadie, the Cleaning Lady’ …
Imagine this! It was 1967 & the Mike Perjanik Band with vocalists Tommy Adderley & Allison Durbin were in Sydney. Very early in their time there Mike obtained some work as an arranger for EMI. This lead to reps from EMI going to the Oceanic to hear the band, offering to record them & offering…
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The issue of appreciation of musicians who have died: a Ray Columbus reflection
During the week I was searching for information on line about a guitarist for the segment of the book I am currently working on. Google gave me a link to an article from New Zealand Musician which I almost ignored until I saw the photo at the top of this item. There was Tommy Adderley at a…
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Recognition – Part One
The issue of recognition of musicians (& others in the wider music industry) who have given decades of service is something I have been thinking about again. This was sparked recently when I saw an ad for a show at Memo by Sir John Rowles. He received his NZ knighthood last year. Early this year…
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