Memories of New Zealand Musicians

(last updated 18 January, 2012) click here for updates list

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These pages are a tribute to the musicians and singers of New Zealand

Some great books have been written about New Zealand popular music (amongst others - "Stranded in Paradise", "When Rock Got Rolling", "Hostage to the Beat"), but these focus on the celebrity performers and the history of bands.  There are many fine musicians you won't find in any books and whose experiences are not documented.

These pages tell the story from the musician's point of view, bringing back some long forgotten memories and personal details.  A number of the musicans that I grew up with have now passed on, their memories lost forever.

The layout of this site has deliberately been kept 'plain'.  The musician's stories are the focus and don't need any special effects.  

Make sure your memories of New Zealand's unique musical history are preserved!

If you want to make sure your memories are preserved, please email your story/tribute/photos to me for inclusion - andy@nzmusos.co.nz (preferably in MS Word or email format).  I may edit out some of the bad bits (e.g. slagging off other musicians), otherwise the layout/spelling/grammar/etc is entirely over to you.  It's your story - record it in your own way.

Don't worry if your recorded memories are incomplete or possibly incorrect, send them anyway.  I'll update them when you send me further details and/or amendments.

Tributes - You'll find a section on some of the musicians' pages called 'Tributes'.  This is for other people to record their memories, and is particularly relevant where the musician is no longer with us (e.g. Tommy Adderley), but there's absolutely no reason why you shouldn't pay your tribute to living musicians.

Bruce Sergent has created a splendid web site that documents the history of New Zealand bands.  He has kindly let me link back to his site for Band details.

Another interesting site featuring many NZ Brewery Circuit bands and musicians can be found at www.ricko.co.nz.

Regards,
Andy Shackleton

This site contains a list of people who occasionally receive updates about the site and other messages of interest.

No email addresses are shown (for privacy reasons).  

Please check the list and, if there are people missing who you think should be on it, please let me know.
I've included a 'where are they?' section to help locate other people.