14 MAY 2014 ~ NZ ARTIST OF THE DAY: MOTHER GOOSE

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Irene Hundleby

14 MAY 2014 ~ NZ ARTIST OF THE DAY

MOTHER GOOSE

THIS IS THE LIFE

 

"Mother Goose were a rock and roll band from Dunedin who had significant success in the late 1970s in Australia. Their unique and quite hilarious video for the 1977 single 'Baked Beans' was amongst the most played clips across the Tasman that decade."

Murray Cammick, Audioculture.com

1970s Dunedin rock band MOTHER GOOSE were Craig Johnston and Steve Young (from The Biggles) Peter Dickson, Dennis Gibbons and Marcel Rodeka (from Argus). They reunited in 2007 as part of Re:Sound Three Decades of Dunedin Sound for a live concert at the Regent Theatre on Friday 23rd March 2007 along with The ChillsThe Clean and Sneaky Feelings

Argus do reunite every now and then and in case you didn't know - just played live at the ROBBIE in Dunedin last week!

We will definitely let you know if we hear of any upcoming live performances...

Another little side note - many Dunedin drummers have been inspired and taught by Mother Goose drummer Marcel Rodeka... including two of our RELICS team - Sarah Williamson and Bebe James...  here's a little of what Marcel has to say...

"What can you say about Mother Goose? The band really was one out of the bag on all counts. There was never anything like it before and there’ll never be anything like it again. It was a unique piece of rock’n roll, vaudeville, theatre that just seemed to hit the mark wherever it played."
Marcel Rodeka 

  

Ok, so, check out this super fun MOTHER GOOSE music video from back in the day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqjpxEYWZk0
 
For more info: http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/mother-goose
MOTHER GOOSE music available at RELICS
 

Posted in May is NZ music month, Mother Goose, NZ music


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