Les Gilbert (born 10 January 1946 in Melbourne, Australia) is an
Australian
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musician
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who was a founding member of the 1960s band,
Wild Cherries
The Wild Cherries were an Australian rock group, which started in late 1964 playing R&B/ jazz and became "the most relentlessly experimental psychedelic band on the Melbourne discotheque / dance scene" according to commentator, Glenn A. Bake ...
.
[McFarlane . Retrieved 11 February 2010.][Spencer et al, (2007]
Gilbert, Les
entry. Retrieved 11 February 2010. He appeared on their early recordings, which, together with the band's four singles for Festival, have been picked up for a compilation album by the
Half a Cow record company.
In 1990, Gilbert released a "Natural Symphony" CD titled ''Kakadu Billiabong'' which is an unedited, high quality recording of dawn at a
billabong
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on Nourlangie Creek in
Kakadu National Park
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in
Northern Territory
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. There is no music overdub and the birds and other animals can be heard going about their usual morning routine.
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Australian keyboardists
Wild Cherries members
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