Noel Smith interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4582924
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Smith, Noel, 1941-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 1 sound file (ca. 73 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Noel Smith talks of his early life; the family farm; the musical influences of his youth; his love of music; the motor cycle accident causing his disability; life as a truck driver and operator; his business ventures; establishing a travelling museum about the late country music singer Tex Morton. He sings several old songs.
- Partial contents:
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- Sings: Dairy farm blues
- Tarry Harry lilt. Stories about: singing, Waltzing Matilda
- a car race
- Tex Morton at Grenfell
- Tex Morton at a Greek cafe
- Lionell Bibby, the sharpshooter. Sings: Red River Valley (parody)
- Biography/History:
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Noel Smith is a lifelong resident of Jilliby, on the Central Coast of N.S.W.
- Notes:
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- Recorded by John Harpley.
- Recorded on December 4, 2008 at Jilliby, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Business professionals
- Other authors/contributors:
- Willis, Rob, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
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- Until 2078 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2008
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