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Denis Gibbons


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Denis Gibbons was an Australian folk musician and musicologist. He went into radio in 1951 with the Macquarie Radio Network and began recording Australian folk music in 1954. His own first albums were released in 1960 and he regularly appeared on Australia's Channel Nine as a lead-in to their news reports. In 1982, he received and Advance Australia award for "his outstanding contribution to Australian Folk Music". He worked as a producer for Radio Australia in Melbourne. He died in 2011.

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Discography

  • 1959: "Here Comes Summer" / "The Overlanders" (W&G, single)
  • 1960: "The Drover's Dream"/"The Blue Tail Fly" (W&G, single)
  • 1960: Bush Songs (W&G, EP)
  • 1961: "Michael (Row the Boat Ashore)"/"The Spinning Wheel" (W&G, single)
  • 1962: Shearing Songs (W&G, EP)
  • 1967: Folk Songs from Australia (W&G, EP)
  • 1975: Folksongs of Australia – The Struggle For Survival (W&G, double LP)
  •  ? Folk Songs with Denis Gibbons (W&G, LP)
  • 1995: Fair Dinkum Matilda (Move, CD)
  • References

    Denis Gibbons Wikipedia