Wangaratta Wahine [SEP] performer
Wangaratta Wahine
Wangaratta Wahine is an album by Australian band The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, released in 1974 and was their second album. It was recorded at top recording studio Armstrong Studios in Melbourne and the cover art was by famed Australian artist Michael Leunig.
Personnel.
- Mic Conway: (vocals, washboard, phonograph, horn, ukulele, jug)
- Jim Conway: (harmonica, kazoo, whistles, vocals)
- Fred Olbrei: (violin, vocals)
- Dave Flett: (
joined on guitar early in the following year. They issued a second studio album, "Wangaratta Wahine" (late 1974), which was produced by Ern Rose at Armstrong Studios. It had a cover illustration by Australian cartoonist, Michael Leunig. It provided the singles, "Hernando's Hideaway" (July 1974) and "Wangaratta Wahine" (1974). Basil of "Tharunka" caught their performance in early May 1974, he felt, "[the group] epitomised the 20s, Prohibition and flappers... [