John Dengate interviewed by Alan Musgrove in the Alan Musgrove collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3726504
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Dengate, John, 1938-2013
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1996 Oct. 1
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 77 min.)
- Series:
- Alan Musgrove collection.
- Summary:
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John Dengate talks about being introduced into folk music by Brian Mooney; the Bush Music Club; starting to write songs; Waverley cemetery; influences of Alan Scott, Duke Tritton; Chris Kempster, Declan Affley; Army, conscription; his father; bush music; the Communist Party; Trade Unions; political consciousness; Australia and heritage of poetry, Banjo Paterson; learning new tunes becoming a vehicle for his writing; services for Australian Music, an Honorary Member; protest music in Australia; satirical songs; American accents being used in the '60s, '70s; influences on writing; generations of culture, tradition; Irish traditional songs; parities of songs, re-using tunes; Tex Morton; setting Lawson's poems to song/music; borrowing tunes from of America & England; John Shaw Neilson; learning within the Tradition; in a band called 'Plectrum'; Bush band member and playing with Bush bands; Martyn Windham Reed; singing styles; field recordings; Bert Lloyd; field recordings giving you a style; Sally Sloane; traditional magazines; J. Buchanan; Meredith; Duke Tritton and his presence; doing lots of busking; a CD made at Paddy's farm, Gulgong; Larrikin players adding their pieces to the CD; the title song 'Pollys Of Folly'; re-writing of material; the launch of CD in Melbourne.
- Partial contents:
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- Songs: Birchgrove Park
- Platoon Commander
- Pig Iron Bob is a statesman now
- Gun lobby
- Polly Costello.
- Notes:
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- Recorded October 1, 1996 at Glebe, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Musgrove, Alan, 1957-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Alan Musgrove collection.
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- Until 2066 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1996
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