Anne Conway interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 944671
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Conway, Anne, 1952-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2003 Mar. 6
- 2 digital audio tapes (ca. 97 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. TAPE ONE: Anne Conway, recalls her family background; father was indigenous; childhood musical influences; training as a coloratura soprano; performing at a folk club; learning guitar and piano; discovering country music; songs she learnt; moving to New Zealand; first contact with indigenous people and their music, in New Zealand; returning from New Zealand in 1974; illness, unable to have children; Bendigo Country Music Club; experiences of performing on stage. TAPE TWO: acting on television (Homicide and Division 4); moving to Bendigo and meeting country performers; bands, High Noon, Tanderra and Flash Flood; more on stage performing; solo work; throat cancer in 1997; Grace Bros. gig at Tamworths; becoming a regular at Tamworth Country Music Festival; gaining confidence as a performer; song writing; her awards and achievements; becoming a Koori educator at Eaglehawk Secondary School (Vic.)
- Partial contents:
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- TAPE TWO: SONGS: Blowin' in the wind
- sample of Blowin' in the wind
- sample of I'm a wild one
- sample of House of the Rising Sun.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with Bruce Cameron.
- Recorded on 6 Mar., 2003 in Bendigo, Vic.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-222795625
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Country musicians
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 2003
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