Dan Tuffy is an Australian-born musician, he was bass guitarist and vocalist for

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

n band, Wild Pumpkins at Midnight from 1984. Note: n-lineversion established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition. The band relocated to

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in 1987, then to London in 1990 and subsequently to the

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. Tuffy later formed the folk/blues band Big Low which performed his semi-autobiographical songs and stories and, as from 2007, he was a resident of The Netherlands.

Biography

Early years

Tuffy was born and raised on the north coast of

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, Australia, where he worked on a cattle station and played in a handful of local country bands as a teenager before leaving the land and heading south to

to study botany. In 1985 he played some of the teenage tunes he had written about birds and fish to members of Wild Pumpkins at Midnight and they asked him to join. Record releases and international tours followed as the 'Pumpkins' relocated first to

, then London and later to

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,The Netherlands in a career that spanned 13 years, 9 albums and tours of Europe including UK,

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and

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Later years

As from 2007, Tuffy lived in The Netherlands with his wife and two children. He recruited two multi-instrumentalists, Michiel Hollanders and Marc Constandse, for Big Low. Tuffy established the Smoked Recordings label including a studio. He produced two Big Low albums and 2 EPs, which have received praise in Europe and were due to be released in Australia. He has produced albums for other artists and is the manager/bass player of a Balkan music outfit, Parne Gadje, which has recorded three albums and signed a European deal with Rough Trade.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuffy, Dan Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian rock singers Musicians from New South Wales Musicians from Tasmania Australian rock bass guitarists Australian male bass guitarists