Years active 1960s - 2000 Name Graeme Nesbitt | Died May 14, 2000 | |
Born November 27, 1950
Auckland, New Zealand ( 1950-11-27 ) Occupation music, arts & radio promoter, academic | ||
Graeme John Nesbitt (27 November 1950 – 14 May 2000) was a music, arts and radio promoter from New Zealand.
Biography
Nesbitt made an immense contribution to the New Zealand music industry. He was instrumental in starting and furthering the careers of such well known New Zealand entertainers as Jenny Morris, Dragon and the magician Tim Woon.
Graeme was responsible for the establishment of the New Zealand Festival of the Arts, Wellington's Summer City Program, New Zealand Music Awards, New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame and several other major events.
In 1972 Nesbitt was appointed as the first Director of the New Zealand Students Arts Council. In the same year he took a management role with the band Mammal and they released the album "Beware the Man" with poet Sam Hunt.
In 1974 Graeme became the manager of the band Dragon and they released their acclaimed album 'Universal Radio'.
Over the 80's, Graeme was hired as the promo manager at Radio Windy and also did a stint at 2ZB Wellington. In the early 90's, he was back in the Radio game with working as ZMFM / 91ZM Wellington as the Promotions Manager.