African music
I’ve had an obsession with African music since the early 1980s, after buying Hugh Masekela’s Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz LP (Blue Note 1973). I DJ’d an African music program on radio 5MMM Adelaide, Back to Black, in 1986-7. I’ve many 1000s of African MP3s & CDs particularly from the golden age of early 1980s Congolese music. A large selection of favourite African tracks is on my Spotify page. All the music I played on Simon Marnie’s ABC Sydney Sonic Journey in May 2019 is here.
My Spotify playlists
Australian African Blues Classical Country/Folk Current Playlist Latin Jazz Pop Reggae/Soca Rock Soul Surf 1960s World 250 Desert Island Tracks 50 best discovered 2017 50 best discovered 2018 Weepingly beautiful
My Youtube playlists
African. Full concerts. Favourite single tracks. Sir Les Patterson
My bands: the Original Faux Pas and the Bleeding Hearts
The Original Faux Pas (2006-13): L-R Julie Leask (vocals), Dave Petroni (bass), Rob Heard (keys), Strat Mairs (drums), Trish Kirby (vocals), Simon Chapman (vocals), Mitchell Ward (guitar), Bob Cumming (guitar) Also at other times: Geoff McLellan (sax), Paul Grogan (guitar), Les McLaren (bass, keys), Cathy Sutcliffe (vocals), Bob Jones (guitar)
The Bleeding Hearts (2013-18): L-R Trish Kirby (keys), Simon Chapman (vocals), Suzanne Plater (vocals), Bob Jones (guitar), Rob Brennan (drums), Paul Grogan (guitar, drums), Dave Petroni (bass) Also at other times: Michael Surina (drums), Angelo Vardenega (bass), Adrian King (guitar), Mark Tanner (harmonica)
Here’s a selection of our YouTube vids plus a band history listing all gigs and list of every song we played.
Here’s a list of all bands and performers I can remember seeing.
And a list of all Movies Seen 2015-19 all rated 1-5 (save file only)
