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It was about this year that Microphone Mick Conway and the Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band performed at ... More Decorum High School in Perth WA.
How Aunty Jack came to be alongside um army folk and Captain Matchbox was allowed onto school grounds are mysteries to me.
#1970s #MickConway #AuntyJack #CaptainMatchboxWhoopeeBand
That megaphone below still lingers in memory.
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/musicshow/mic-conway-whoopee-blues-film-marianne-faithfull-obituary/104830296
The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band and remembering Marianne Faithfull - ABC listen
British singer and songwriter Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78. In 1996, Andy spoke to her about finding her true voice, why she was drawn to the music of Kurt Weill and the Weimar Republic, and why she was wrong about The Rolling Stones. Armed with homemade instruments and a larrikin spirit, Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band were mainstays of Melbourne's alternative music scene in the 1970s. Brothers and founding members Jim and Mic Conway are the subjects of a new documentary film by Fiona Cochrane called Whoopee Blues. Mic and Fiona are on The Music Show to reflect on band's clowning, costumes and chaos, and how it helped shaped the blues, rock and children's music that came after.
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