Who is it?

[old man emu]

[facthunter]

The "Strolling Bones"?  Nev

[old man emu]

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

The "Strolling Bones"?  Nev

Bloody beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[onetrack]

I can' figure out who he is, but as a entertainer, he's obviously known for his lifeless performances.

[willedoo]

28 minutes ago, onetrack said:

I can' figure out who he is, but as a entertainer, he's obviously known for his lifeless performances.

He's been a solo artist for a long time but in the past was front man for an Australian band. His musical career started in Queensland, then the band he was in at the time moved to Victoria. He's lived in your state for a long time. Like a lot of old musos he's down to pubs and small venues. You might not recognise him now but you probably remember when he was young.

[rgmwa]

Joe Cammileri

Edited November 7, 2023 by rgmwa

[red750]

Robert Susz?

[willedoo]

Neither of those. Some recognisable names he's been in a couple of bands with are Glenn Wheatley, Lobby Loyde and Phil Manning. Apart from his solo career (some would say uneventful), the best known band he was in was most known in the early 70's.

[willedoo]

Probably a long shot as they only had one top twenty hit, but it got a lot of air time in those days.

[onetrack]

Sorry, Willie, we have our wires crossed - I was referring to OME's skeleton when I was referring to "lifeless performances". Haven't had a chance yet, to try and pick your "who is it".

[facthunter]

You HAVE to be sorry for skeletons. They have nobody.  Nev

[ClintonB]

16 hours ago, willedoo said:

This is probably an easy one for some people.

 

Allan Jackson?

 

[willedoo]

2 hours ago, ClintonB said:

Allan Jackson?

 

No, he's an Australian performer. It's starting to sound like he might have been an under performer going by his lack of recognition here. Australian musician, singer/songwriter, harmonica and guitar player, lives somewhere near onetrack.

[willedoo]

He's been a support act for American blues artists like B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon, and Albert Collins on their tours here.

[red750]

OK Willie, you have us all in suspenders. You tell us. Probably never heard of him.

[willedoo]

Matt Taylor, former front man of the late 60's, early 70's blues band Chain. He started out in the Bay City Union in Brisbane. The band moved to Melbourne and when it broke up, Matt Taylor joined the Wild Cherries for a while then joined Chain. Chain was originally a Perth band before moving to Melbourne and had a lot of lineup changes over the years. It's most recognisable years were when the Matt Taylor/Phil Manning duo were heading the band.

 

Matt Taylor aside, it's like a big spider web the way some of those musicians moved around from band to band.

 

I think I might have to pick someone a bit more famous next time. At least he's now famous for being unknown on this forum.

[onetrack]

Yeah, sorry Willie, even though it appears he lived in Balingup, W.A. and now lives in Perth, I don't know him from a bar of soap. Could be because I don't really follow blues music.

[red750]

[Jerry_Atrick]

Dusty Springfield?

[willedoo]

9 hours ago, onetrack said:

Yeah, sorry Willie, even though it appears he lived in Balingup, W.A. and now lives in Perth, I don't know him from a bar of soap.

A lot of up's over there. One song he wrote was about the Nannup Tiger.

[willedoo]

9 hours ago, red750 said:

Looks like the original Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter.

[onetrack]

Ali MacGraw! She turned 84 this year. Her mother was from a family of Hungarian Jews, and her father was abandoned by his parents and put in an orphanage as a young child. He ran away to sea when he was 16.

He was apparently a difficult but brilliant man, possibly "on the spectrum", by the sound of it. Ali says he was also a violent man, and nurtured life-long rage against his parents for abandoning him.

 

Edited November 7, 2023 by onetrack

[old man emu]

On 07/11/2023 at 9:06 AM, old man emu said:

It's deForest Kelly - Dr. 'Bones" McCoy in Star Trek.

[willedoo]

22 hours ago, onetrack said:

Yeah, sorry Willie, even though it appears he lived in Balingup, W.A. and now lives in Perth, I don't know him from a bar of soap. Could be because I don't really follow blues music.

They always refer to Matt Taylor as a blues musician, but he doesn't really fit into any category. Rhythm and Blues maybe. He's got one thing going for him - he sings in his natural broad Aussie accent, no wannabe Yank stuff. 

 

I don't follow a lot of blues music, mainly hill country blues. It's more upbeat, glass half full type of stuff, as opposed to a lot of blues music where the glass is totally empty and your wife has run off with your best mate and taken the dog. Hill country blues originated in southern juke joints for people to party and dance to. It has a couple of styles - Delta Drone and Hypnotic Boogie. A lot of one chord songs. They adhere to the K.I.S.S. principle.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juke_joint

[red750]