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Artist:Uncle Bob's Band

Genres:
  • Indie
  • Rock
  • Roots
Upper Hunter, NSW

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    Track: Oh, Glenorie by Uncle Bob's Band
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      Track: North for Winter by Uncle Bob's Band
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        About

        UBB began in early 1974, out of the ruins of the Original Battersea Heroes/Heroes, with three former members Terry Darmody, Tony Burkys and Bob McGowan, joining Warwick Kennington, John Taylor and Keith Shadwick to "rock that beat with Django swing" None other than Toby Creswell described UBB as "hands-down the best rock band in the country" at that time. Unfortunately, the band went into a long recess in 1976, emerging in 2006 to make an album, then going quiet again until 2018, when a GoFundMe campaign raised $10K to make one final record. It will be their final record because the Uncle Bob of the name, master guitarist McGowan, died just before recording began, altho he had put down two tracks. Now in their seventies, UBB has never lost the freshness of youth.

        Members

        Terry Darmody
        vocals
        harmonica; Tony Burkys
        guitar
        vocals; Bob McGowan (deceased) guitar
        mandolin
        vocals; Keith Shadwick (deceased) saxophone
        flute
        vocals; John Taylor
        bass
        vocals; Warwick Kennington
        drums
        vocals. Lyricists Mark Butler and John Dease are two non-playing members of the band.
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