Trevor George Lucas (25 December 1943 – 4 February 1989) was an Australian
folk
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singer, a member of
Fairport Convention
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and one of the founders of
Fotheringay. He mainly worked as a singer-songwriter and guitarist but also produced many albums and composed for the
film industry
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toward the end of his career. He married three times, his first wife was Cheryl (1964 – ca. 1969), his second wife was fellow folk musician
Sandy Denny
Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer".
After briefly w ...
(1973–1978), and his third wife was Elizabeth Hurtt (1979–1989). Lucas died on 4 February 1989 of a heart attack in his sleep, in Sydney, aged 45. He was survived by Elizabeth Hurtt, his daughter, Georgia Rose Lucas (by Denny), and his son, Daniel 'Clancy' Lucas (by Hurtt). According to Australian rock music historian,
Ian McFarlane
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, Lucas "was one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters Australia ever produced and although he was held in high regard in UK folk rock circles, he remained virtually unknown in his homeland".
Biography
Early years to Eclection
Trevor George Lucas was born on 25 December 1943 at
Epworth Hospital, Richmond, Victoria. He learned to play guitar in order to help with his
dyslexia
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.
On leaving school, Lucas took up an apprenticeship as a carpenter during the day, while performing nights at local clubs in Melbourne from 1961 or 1962.
By the time he completed his apprenticeship in 1963 his musical career was established and he never worked as a carpenter. In 1963 he performed at the Emerald Hill concerts.
Fellow folk musician, Garry Kinnane described Lucas as He released his first solo work in Australia, two tracks, "Old Time Religion" and "Dem Bones Gwine to Rise Again", on the Various Artists' extended play ''The Folk Attick Presents'' (1963). In mid-1964 he married his first wife, Cheryl.
In late 1964 Lucas released a solo album, ''See That My Grave Is Kept Clean'' on EAST Records. He also appeared on a compilation album called "Australian Folk Festival", which was recorded in August that year with other folk musicians, Tina Lawton, Paul Marks, Brian Mooney, Lenore Somerset and
Martyn Wyndham-Read
Arnold Martyn Wyndham-Read (born 23 August 1942, Crawley, Sussex, England) is an English folk singer, who was a collector and singer of Australian folk music. He lived and worked in Australia from 1958 to 1967 and was subsequently a regular vi ...
.
On New Year's Eve 1964 Lucas boarded the Greek ship, , and relocated to the United Kingdom with Cheryl.
In London he worked as a solo artist and
accompanist
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at various folk clubs including
The Troubadour.
He performed at the International Folk Fest at
Royal Albert Hall
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. Lucas released his second solo album, ''Overlander'' (1966), on Reality Records,
and performed "Tinkers Song" and "I Sowed the Seeds of Love" on the soundtrack album of the 1967 film ''
Far from the Madding Crowd
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The novel is set in ...
''. In August 1967 Lucas, playing bass guitar, formed the folk band
Eclection with fellow Australian Kerrilee Male on lead vocals,
Georg Kajanus (as George Hultgreen) on guitar and lead vocals, Michael Rosen on guitar and lead vocals, and
Gerry Conway
Gerard Francis ConwayThomas, Roy. "Roy's Rostrum" (" Bullpen Bulletins") in '' Marvel Super-Heroes'' #43 and other Marvel Comics cover-dated May 1974. (born September 10, 1952) is an American comic book writer, comic book editor, screenwriter, t ...
on drums. In August 1968 they issued a self-titled album and continued until their breakup in October 1969.
Lucas recalled the group, "a very underground, flower power group, based on a cross between the Jefferson Airplane and the Mamas and the Papas
t was
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a good apprenticeship in electric music. I don't think it created anything devastatingly good ... We were all very naive ... We got ripped off terribly".
Fotheringay and Fairport Convention
By May 1969 Lucas was dating
Sandy Denny
Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer".
After briefly w ...
, lead singer of
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Martin Lamble after their first gig.) They started ...
, when he played triangle in
Si Tu Dois Partir on their album ''
Unhalfbricking'' (July 1969). In late 1969 Lucas, Denny and Conway formed
Fotheringay after Denny left Fairport Convention – other members included
Pat Donaldson on bass guitar and
Jerry Donahue
Jerry Donahue (born September 24, 1946, Manhattan, New York City) is an American guitarist and producer primarily known for his work in the British folk rock scene as a member of Fotheringay and Fairport Convention as well as being a member of ...
on guitar and vocals. In June 1970 Fotheringay released a
self-titled
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album where Lucas provided
acoustic guitar
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and vocals. The album included the Lucas-penned track, "The Ballad of Ned Kelly" (aka "Poor Ned") and "Peace in the End" co-written with Denny.
Allmusic
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's Dave Thompson was not impressed by Lucas' vocals, "great guitarist though he was, his voice offers nothing that you could not hear in any amateur folk club, any night of the week, rendering
Dylan's '
Too Much of Nothing',
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 19 ...
's 'The Way I Feel', and his own 'Ballad of Ned Kelly' little more than makeweights".
Whereas Nick Talevski in ''Knocking on Heaven's Door: Rock Obituaries'' (2006), found "The Ballad of Ned Kelly" to be a highlight of the album.
The band broke up in 1971 with Denny undertaking a solo career with backing from Lucas. A follow up album had been recorded in November to December 1970 but it was abandoned until 2007, when it was finally completed by Donahue and released in September 2008 as ''
Fotheringay 2''. Lucas felt his time with Fotheringay was the most enjoyable of his music career, the band members were "being more creative, more expressive".
From 1969 to 1972 Lucas focused on sound engineering and record production. During that time he worked with various groups and former members of Fotheringay. In 1972, Lucas organised and produced a one-off album "The Bunch" which featured 12 classic oldies favourites performed by past and (then) present members of Fairport Convention, as well other friends. He became a session musician and record producer for Bronco,
Julie Covington
Julie Covington (born 11 September 1946) is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of " Don't Cry for Me Argentina", which she sang on the 1976 concept album Evita.
Early life
Julie Covington was born in ...
,
Al Stewart
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,
The Strawbs and
Richard & Linda Thompson.
During July and August 1972 Lucas helped Fairport Convention record their album ''
Rosie
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'' (February 1973) and brought Jerry Donahue in for several tracks. Subsequently he and Donahue joined the group.
On 20 September 1973 Lucas and Denny married and shortly thereafter Denny rejoined Fairport Convention.
In late 1975 Fairport started a long promotional tour and shortly afterwards Lucas, Denny and Donahue left the band. Lucas and Denny left because "
'd spent eight months on the road touring, and we'd been thinking of having a family and all that sort of thing".
Lucas assisted on Denny's further solo work. In the mid-1970s the couple relocated to the village of
Byfield in Northamptonshire, in July 1977 Denny gave birth to their only child, a daughter, Georgia Rose Lucas.
Later years
Sandy Denny had suffered from substance abuse problems for some time, and by 1977 her addictions were obvious to others.
Linda Thompson
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Thompson began her acting career as a " Hee Haw Honey" on the American television variety show '' Hee Haw''. She was also a girlfrien ...
told ''The Guardian'' that shortly after the birth of their daughter Georgia in July 1977, Denny "was crashing the car and leaving the baby in the pub and all sorts of stuff."
[''Guardian'' article]
"You had to hold on to the furniture when Sandy sang"
Thompson also noted that the child was born
prematurely, yet Denny seemed to have little concern for her new baby.
In late March 1978, while on holiday with her parents and baby Georgia in Cornwall, Denny was injured when she fell down a staircase and hit her head on concrete.
Following the incident, Denny suffered from intense headaches; a doctor prescribed her the painkiller
Distalgesic
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,
a drug known to have fatal side effects when mixed with alcohol.
On 13 April, concerned with his wife's erratic behaviour and fearing for his daughter's safety, Trevor Lucas left the UK and returned to his native Australia with their child.
Four days later, Denny collapsed and fell into a coma while at a friend's home.
Lucas returned immediately to London, leaving Georgia in the care of his parents. On 21 April, she died at
Atkinson Morley Hospital
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in
Wimbledon. Her death was ruled to be the result of a
traumatic mid-brain haemorrhage and blunt force trauma to her head.
Lucas returned to Melbourne in August. "It seemed like a good refuge ... I've got a lot of family here, and I thought it was important for Georgia, my 13-month-old daughter, to have that sort of security".
[ Note: Copy at Reinhard Zierke's website.]
Lucas settled permanently in Australia after 1978. From 1979 and into the 1980s, Lucas was producing albums for Australian artists and later started working on scores for the
film industry
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.
He also married Elizabeth Hurtt, his third wife, and they had a son, Clancy.
Lucas's Australian production credits include the number-two hit single, "Solid Rock", by
Goanna
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and its related number-two album, ''
Spirit of Place
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'' (November 1982); and number-one hit, "
I Was Only 19", by
Redgum
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and their albums, ''
Caught in the Act'' (June 1983) and ''
Frontline'' (August 1984).
[ Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ]ARIA
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created their own charts
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in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974. His film score work began with forming Andromeda Productions which provided documentaries and children's dramas.
In 1985 he briefly returned to England to work on a compilation album as a tribute to Denny, ''
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?''.
In August that year, he performed with an extended Fairport Convention line-up at the
Cropredy Festival.
Back in Australia, Lucas co-composed film soundtracks with Ian Mason including for ''Jenny Kissed Me'' (1986) and ''Slate Wyn and Me'' (1987).
For the 1986 horror-thriller feature film, ''Cassandra'', which Lucas produced, he and Mason composed the score and the song, "Land of the Free" and performed it as Bluey and Curly.
By 1987 Lucas and his family were living in
Epping, New South Wales
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.
With John Penhallow, briefly Fairport Convention's first manager, he assembled a
cassette tape, ''Attic Tracks '' for private sale. After his death Penhallow and Hurtt compiled a further three tapes, which became volumes 2-4 of the Attic Track series.
[Hurtt ]
On 4 February 1989, Trevor Lucas died of a heart attack in his sleep, in Sydney, aged 45 years old. Elizabeth Hurtt, Georgia and Clancy remained in Sydney. Elizabeth Hurtt became the administrator of the estates of both Denny and Lucas.
According to Australia rock music historian
Ian McFarlane
Ian McFarlane (born 1959) is an Australian music journalist, music historian and author, whose best known publication is the ''Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop'' (1999), which was updated for a second edition in 2017.
As a journalist h ...
, Lucas "was one of the most acclaimed singer/songwriters Australia ever produced and although he was held in high regard in UK folk-rock circles, he remained virtually unknown in his homeland".
Discography
Listed chronologically
''Produced by Trevor Lucas:'' ~
''Produced and performed by Trevor Lucas:'' ~~
Albums
;Trevor Lucas
* ''See That My Grave Is Kept Clean'' (1964)
* ''Overlander'' (1966)
;
Eclection
* ''Eclection'' (1968)
;
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Martin Lamble after their first gig.) They started ...
* ''
Unhalfbricking'' (1969)
* ''
The History of Fairport Convention'' (compilation) (1972)
* ''
Rosie
Rosie may refer to:
Geography
* Rosie, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Rosie River, Northern Territory, Australia
People and characters
* Rosie (given name)
* Rosie the Rocketeer (aka "Rosie"), a Boeing spaceflight test dummy
* Rosie t ...
'' (1973) ~~
* ''
Nine
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9 or nine may also refer to:
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* 9 BC, the ninth year before the AD era
* 9, numerical symbol for the month of September
Places
* Nine, Portugal, a parish in the ...
'' (1973) ~~
* ''
Fairport Live Convention'' (1974) ~~
* ''
Rising for the Moon'' (1975)
* ''Tour Sampler'' (promotional compilation) (1975)
* ''The Airing Cupboard Tapes'' (1981)
* ''A Peculiar Old Weekend'' (video) (1982)
* ''Folk with Poke'' – (compilation) (1983)
* ''A.T. 2'' (1983)
;
Fotheringay
* ''
Fotheringay'' (1970)
* ''
Fotheringay 2'' (2008)
* ''
Fotheringay Essen 1970
Fotheringay was a short-lived British folk rock
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'' (2011)
;
Sandy Denny
Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer".
After briefly w ...
* ''
The North Star Grassman and the Ravens'' (1971)
* ''
Sandy
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* (Sandy) ...
'' (1972) ~
* ''
Like an Old Fashioned Waltz
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Although Denny originally hoped to tour in support of the album, difficulties with Island Records delayed its release from au ...
'' (1974) ~~
* ''
Rendezvous'' (1977) ~
;Other artists
*
"Bert" Lloyd ''Leviathan'' (1967)
*
Richard Rodney Bennett
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''
Far from the Madding Crowd
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The novel is set in ...
'' (soundtrack) (1967)
*
Judy Collins
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''In My Life'' (1968)
* Paul McNeill ''Traditionally at the Troubadour'' (1968)
* A. L. "Bert" Lloyd, Alf Edwards,
Dave Swarbrick
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,
Martin Carthy
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,
Martyn Wyndham-Read
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and Trevor Lucas: ''Folkloric Recording'' (1968)
[.]
*
Stefan Grossman
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E ...
, ''The Ragtime Cowboy Jew'' (1970)
*
Al Stewart
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, ''Zero She Flies'' (1970)
* Various Artists, ''
Bumpers'' (compilation) (1970)
*
Bronco
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The harder they buck, the more desirable they are for r ...
, ''Ace of Sunlight'' (1971)
*
Luther Grosvenor
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Grosvenor was born in Eves ...
, ''Under Open Skies'' (1971)
* A.L. Lloyd, Martyn Wyndham-Read, Trevor Lucas, ''The Great Australian Legend'' (1971)
* Various Artists, ''El Pea'' (compilation) (1971)
*
The Bunch
The Bunch were a British folk rock band, which came together in 1971 to record their one off album, '' Rock On''.
Formation
The Bunch was put together by Trevor Lucas in late 1971, close to a year after his former band, Fotheringay, had disban ...
,
Rock On (1972) ~~
* Stefan Grossman ''Hot Dogs'' (1972)
*
Strawbs
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They are best known ...
''
Grave New World
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Background
Ton ...
'' (1972)
*
Brian Maxine
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''Ribbon of Stainless Steel'' (1974)
*
Richard & Linda Thompson ''I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight'' (1974)
* Various Artists ''The Electric Muse'' (1975)
* Various Artists ''Island June–July 1975 New Release'' (1975)
* Richard Thompson ''Live! More or Less'' (compilation) (1977)
*
Julie Covington
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Early life
Julie Covington was born in ...
''Julie Covington'' (1978)
* Richard Thompson ''First Light'' (1978)
*
Dave Warner's from the Suburbs ''Mug's Game'' (1978)
* 33° South ''The Tourists'' (1979) ~
*
The Bushwackers ''Dance Album'' (1980) ~~
* The Bushwackers ''Faces in the Street'' (1981) ~~
*
Paul Kelly & The Dots, ''
Talk
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...
'' (1981) ~
*
Goanna
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Around 70 species of ''Varanus'' are known, 25 of which are found in Australia. This varied group of carnivorous reptiles rang ...
''
Spirit of Place
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'' (1982) ~
*
Redgum
Redgum were an Australian folk and political music group formed in Adelaide in 1975 by singer-songwriter John Schumann, Michael Atkinson on guitars/vocals, Verity Truman on flute/vocals; they were later joined by Hugh McDonald on fiddle and ...
''
Caught in the Act'' (1983) ~
* Jan Wositzky ''A Fruitcake of Australian Stories'' (1983) ~
* Various Artists ''Into the Past with the Future'' (promotional compilation)
*
Bahloo ''Living on an Island'' (1984) ~~
* Goanna ''Oceania'' (1984) ~
* Redgum ''
Frontline'' (1984) ~
*
Norman Gunston
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''Join the Dots'' (1984) ~~ (performed and produced under pseudonym: Ferrari McLintock)
* Wayne Gillespie
New Locations (1986) ~~
Extended plays
* Various Artists ''The Folk Attick Presents'' (1963)
Singles
;Trevor Lucas
*"Waltzing Matilda" / "It's On" (1966)
;
Eclection
* "Nevertheless" / "Mark Time" (1968)
* "Another Time Another Place" / "Betty Brown" (1968)
* "Please" / "St. George & the Dragon" (1968)
* "Please Mk2" / "In the Early Days" (1968)
* "Nevertheless" / "Another Time Another Place" (1971)
* "Nevertheless" / "Please" (1976)
;
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Martin Lamble after their first gig.) They started ...
* "
Si Tu Dois Partir" / "Genesis Hall" (1969)
* "Rosie" / "Knights of the Road" (1973) ~~
* "Rosie" / "Fiddlestix" (1973) ~~
* "The Devil in the Kitchen" / "Possibly Parsons Green" (1974) ~~
* "White Dress" / "Tears" (1975)
;
Fotheringay
* "Peace in the End" / "Winter Winds" (1970)
;
Sandy Denny
Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer".
After briefly w ...
* "Listen, Listen" / "
Tomorrow is a Long Time" (1972) ~
* "
Whispering Grass
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" / "Friends" (1973) ~~
* "
Candle in the Wind" / "Still Waters Run Deep" (1977) ~
;Other artists
*
Marc Ellington
Marc Floyd Ellington OStJ DL HonFRIAS (16 December 1945 – 17 February 2021) was an American-born British folk and folk-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and bagpiper. He recorded in Britain in the late 1960s and 1970s, and became active i ...
"Rains" / "Reins of Changes" (1971)
*
The Bunch
The Bunch were a British folk rock band, which came together in 1971 to record their one off album, '' Rock On''.
Formation
The Bunch was put together by Trevor Lucas in late 1971, close to a year after his former band, Fotheringay, had disban ...
"
When Will I Be Loved?" / "
Willie and the Hand Jive" (1972) ~~
*
Gerry Conway
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"Let There Be Drums" (1972) ~~
* Steve Ashley "Old Rock'n'Roll" / "Fire & Wine" (1974)
*
Julie Covington
Julie Covington (born 11 September 1946) is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of " Don't Cry for Me Argentina", which she sang on the 1976 concept album Evita.
Early life
Julie Covington was born in ...
"I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" / "A Little Bit More" (1978)
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Richard & Linda Thompson "Don't Let a Thief Steal into Your Heart" / "First Light" (1978)
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Dave Warner's from the Suburbs, "(We Got) Nothing to Lose" / "African Summer" (1978)
* 33° South "33° South" (1979) ~
* 33° South "This Time It's Love" (1979) ~
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The Bushwackers "Flying Pieman" / "Kangaroo Hop" (1980) ~
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Paul Kelly & The Dots "
Billy Baxter" / "Hard Knocks" (1980) ~
* The Bushwackers "Les Darcy" / "Weevils in the Flour" (1981) ~~
* The Bushwackers "Marijuana Australiana" / "Ned Kelly's Tunes'" (1981) ~
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Goanna
A goanna is any one of several species of lizards of the genus '' Varanus'' found in Australia and Southeast Asia.
Around 70 species of ''Varanus'' are known, 25 of which are found in Australia. This varied group of carnivorous reptiles rang ...
, "Solid Rock" / "Four Weeks Gone" (1982) ~
* Goanna "Razor's Edge" / "On the Platform"(1982) ~
* Gordon Franklin & The Wilderness Ensemble (Goanna) "Let the Franklin Flow" / "Franklin River" (1983) ~
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Redgum
Redgum were an Australian folk and political music group formed in Adelaide in 1975 by singer-songwriter John Schumann, Michael Atkinson on guitars/vocals, Verity Truman on flute/vocals; they were later joined by Hugh McDonald on fiddle and ...
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I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)" / "Yarralumla Wine" (1983) ~~
* Redgum "Caught in the Act" / "Stewie" / "Lear Jets Over Kulgera" (1983) ~
* Redgum "The Long Run (live)" / "Fabulon" (1983) ~
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Bahloo "Living on an Island" / "Funky Monkey Mia" (1984) ~
* Bahloo "Leave It in the Ground" / "Everyone Is Everyone" (1984) ~
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John Justin "It's Magic" / "Only Without You" (1984) ~
* Goanna "Common Ground" / "Oceania (instrumental)" (1984) ~
References
Sources
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Reinhard Zierke
External links
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Music.com's Listing of Trevor Lucas
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1943 births
1989 deaths
Australian folk musicians
Musicians from Melbourne
British folk rock musicians
Australian rock guitarists
Fairport Convention members
20th-century Australian musicians
20th-century guitarists
People from Byfield, Northamptonshire
The Bunch members
Fotheringay members