Buddy Bisby interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3919961
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bisby, Arthur George, 1924-2008, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2007
- 3 sound files (ca. 158 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Arthur George "Buddy" Bisby, born 1924, in Western Australia talks about his life on the family farm; moving to the city for an apprenticeship as a bricklayer; being stationed at the heavy artillery battery on Rottnest Island near Fremantle during WWII; the gun emplacements and firing of the weapons; his interest in music; learning to play the guitar; touring with various "country" artists; instrument making.
- Partial contents:
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- Buddy Bisby sings and plays: On a night train
- My pretty quadroon
- The lazy Murray River rolls along
- I have a love that could never go wrong
- a mining song (unnamed, his own composition)
- My name is Luckie, I'm a truckie
- a Buddy Williams monologue.
- Plays harmonica: Over the waves
- Aunty Mary
- Winter winds.
- Sings: A tribute to Slim Dusty.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with John Harpley.
- Recorded on April 3, 2007 at Branxton, N.S.W.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 107 leaves)
- Subject:
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This belongs to the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2077 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2007
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