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About Me

You probably don’t want or need to know too much about me.  Here are a few points.

• I was born… quite a long time ago.
• Learned guitar as a teenager, played along with Dylan and the rest of ‘em.
• Early twenties, discovered “bush” music, bought a concertina.
• Knocked around for a while.  Toured Europe on bicycles with my girlfriend (now wife), busking to pay our way, singing Aussie songs!  A concer travels well on a bike!
• Back home, played in bands and solo.  Started working the schools, very successful.  Among a field of hundreds I’m a four time winner of the annual Education Dept. award for “Excellence in Educational Performance”.  (See the For Kids page).
  
• After twenty years and with a family, time for a tree change.  Went bush, started a farm growing flowers.  Still doing it.  Play music for enjoyment.
• Late 2010 contracted serious cancer, in remission now and celebrate each new day.  (See the Cancer & me page).
• 2013, after cancer I neglect all my other instruments and concentrate solely on concertina.  It becomes a passion and a purpose to play as well as I possibly can, while I still can.