Chances are if you have ever been asked “Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?” and you answered “No Way. Get F#$*ed. F#$* Off”, it means:
(a) You're a fan of The Angels,
(b) You're insensitive, or
(c) You're both.
Welcome to episode 189 of Love That Album podcast.
I'm joined by genuine Australian rock music
royalty, drummer Graham “Buzz” Bidstrup....but his career extends
to so much more than being drummer and songwriter for The Angels
(Angel City in North America) and Ganggajang. He's been an audio
engineer, producer, film composer, multi instrumentalist, artist
manager, and CEO of the hugely important Thumbs Up Foundation
dedicated to Indigenous health, literacy, and numeracy instigated by
the late Jimmy Little.
If you have any Australian rock albums from the
70s onwards in your collection, chances are very strong Buzz has some
connection to those records. He's just released a memoir called “No
Secrets: An Oz-Rock Memoir of Music and Mayhem”. I found it a great
read because it covers more than stories about performance and band
politics (although they're definitely in there). Buzz went to places
many other musicians didn't...it wasn't always a pleasant ride, but
he's here to tell the tale, and his proudest achievement is....well,
you'll have to tune in to find out.
My thanks to literary agent, Brendan Fredericks
for making the introduction. The book should be available at your
local bricks and mortar book shop in Australia, or wherever you order
books / ebooks online anywhere on the planet.
If you want to read about Jimmy Little's Thumbs Up
Foundation, then go to https://thumbsup.org.au/
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