Billy of Tea The Bushwackers (aka The Bushwackers Band & originally, The Original Bushwackers and Bullockies Bush Band), is a folk / country band, or 'bush band', which began at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (1971), with Dave Isom (guitars), Jan 'Yarn' Wositzky (tea-chest bass) & Bert Kahanoff (mendoza). The founding three were joined by various players, including accordionist Mick Slocum, and fiddlers Tony Hunt and Dave Kidd, until 1974 when the band went full-time, and Kahanoff was replaced by largerphone player, Dobe Newton. Read Full BioThe Bushwackers (aka The Bushwackers Band & originally, The Original Bushwackers and Bullockies Bush Band), is a folk / country band, or 'bush band', which began at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (1971), with Dave Isom (guitars), Jan 'Yarn' Wositzky (tea-chest bass) & Bert Kahanoff (mendoza).The founding three were joined by various players, including accordionist Mick Slocum, and fiddlers Tony Hunt and Dave Kidd, until 1974 when the band went full-time, and Kahanoff was replaced by largerphone player, Dobe Newton. With an ever-changing line-up, and adding tin whistle, harmonica, concertina, 5-string banjo, bodhran, bones, spoons, electric bass and guitar as well as drums, the band worked throughout Australia and Europe. By 1984, and no longer with Isom, Wositzky and Slocum in the line-up, the band moved its home from Melbourne to Sydney. Other members over the years include Roger Corbett, Fred Kuhnl, Gregory Martin, Steve Groves, Pete Farndon, Dave Mattacks, Michael Harris, Louis McManus, Eddy van Roosendael, Freddie Strauks (ex Skyhooks) and world renowned Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel. Notable recordings include Faces in the Street, Beneath the Southern Cross, Bushfire, Murrumbidgee and The Shearers Dream – two of which were released through Australian record label Astor Records. The album And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda was released through EMI records in 1976 and is regarded as one of their finest recordings. Many songs were adaptations of poetry written by Australian bush poets including Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson. In the 90's the band has been reformed with Newton and Corbett appearing in the lineup. Sites: Wikipedia, YouTube & http://theBushwackers.com.Au (official). Subject: ADD: Billy of Tea Oddly enough I posted this chorus (roughly) to the Lapsang Souchong thread about 5½ hours before you posted this! Regards, Bob Bolton Subject: Lyr Add: BILLY OF TEA (from The Bushwackers) I posted this (original) version in the other thread ("Lapsang Souchong") when I realised that you had raised this query independently of my posting the first stanza. I have also posted the better known 'modern' version, from the Bushwackers, circa 1974, in the same thread. Regards, Bob Bolton Thread #20316 Message #211404 Posted By: Bob Bolton 13-Apr-00 - 07:15 PM Thread Name: BS: Lapsang Souchong Subject: Lyr Add: BILLY OF TEA G'day Again, |