Mark Wirtz has had a long & successful career as a music producer. Best known for his classic “Teenage Opera” & the one & only Tomorrow album. In the 1960s Mark Wirtz became one of the legendary in-house producers at EMI in England. In the 1970s Mark Wirtz produced such diverse acts as: Helen Reddy,...
Listen to the Purple Haze Terry Draper special. Terry Draper tells his story of the history of legendary Canadian band Klaatu who, initially, it was thought to be the Beatles as the first Klaatu album revealed little of the identity of the actual Klaatu band. Terry Draper’s latest solo album is titled “Stranded”. Terry Draper...
Listen to the Purple Haze Barry Ryan special. Barry Ryan best known for his worldwide smash hit song “Eloise” talks exclusively about his pop career & his professional photography career as well. Barry Ryan official website: http://barryryan.net/ Press the play button to hear the show in full. [display_podcast]
Listen to the Purple Haze John Farrar special. John Farrar talks about his super successful musical career from his humble beginnings in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne to Malibu, California! John talks at length about his stints in The Strangers, The Shadows, Marvin Welch & Farrar & his role in the extraordinary success of the...
Listen to the in-depth Purple Haze Ron Charles special as Ron discusses his career from the 1960s (The Groop & Jackson Kings) to his 1970s solo career right up to the present day (Ron Charles & the Retro-Bandits) in this very special double episode. Parts 1 and 2 are in separate players below. Press the...
Russ Johnson was best known for being a member of the original Mississippi which of course morphed into the super successful OZ Rock band, Little River Band. Hear ex-band members of Mississippi: Graeham Goble, John Mower & Derek Pellicci discuss Russ’s musical career & his extremely underrated musical legacy. Listen below to the full podcast [display_podcast]
Nat Kipner, father of Steve (Tin Tin), was the ultimate 60s OZ music entrepreneur, even though he was an American: he ran a record label, managed a club, wrote hit songs, produced TV pop shows, he did it all & was a WWII veteran as well!! Join Nat as he talks about his life &...
Lindsay Bjerre of early surf band The Sunsets & later on the legendary Tamam Shud talks about the surfie days & the hippie days & classic OZ surf film “Morning of the Earth”. Not to mention Albatross & the reunion album “Permanent Culture” [display_podcast]
Now Listen!! to Ross Wilson, stalwart of the Australian Rock Industry for nearly 50 years. Ross Wilson started his musical career in his early teens from the Pink Finks, to the Party Machine, Sons of the Vegetal Mother, the legendary Daddy Cool, Mighty Kong, & to the uber successful Mondo Rock. Not only that, he...
Join Graeham Goble as he discusses his early bands, cult favorites, Travis Wellington Hedge & Allison Gros, the bands before Mississippi & Little River Band. Graeham Goble’s official website address is: http://graehamgoble.com/ [display_podcast]
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