Mic Conway
Mic Conway | |
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Victoria, Australia | |
Genres | Children's, jug band, ragtime, vaudeville |
Occupation(s) | Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, entertainer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, harmonica, ukulele, musical saw, tenor guitar, washboard, jug |
Years active | 1968–present |
Website | www |
Mic Conway (born 15 February 1951) is an Australian vocalist and with his brother, Jim Conway, was a co-founder of the 1970s humour, theatre and rock group, The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band.[1][2][3]
Conway also was a founding member of Soapbox Circus and Circus Oz.
Conway plays an assortment of oddball instruments, and performs magic, juggling, tap dancing and fire eating.
Biography
Conway, along with his brother Jim, attended Camberwell High School. There they formed the Jelly Bean Jug Band which would later become The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band. Captain Matchbox would later find success in the 1970s where the group produced seven records, two of which reached gold status. Also in the 1970s, he joined the Pram Factory Theatre and created the Soapbox Circus with Matchbox where he served as the ringmaster, musician, juggler and acrobat. The act would become Circus Oz in 1978.[4]
Conway was a member of the Conway Brothers Hiccups Orchestra from 1984 to 1988 and toured the
He reinvented himself as a children's performer in the 1990s, appearing on shows such as
He also has a band, Mic Conway's National Junk Band.[5]
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards
Year | Nominated works | Award | Result | Ref |
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1994 | Whoopee! | Best Children's Album | Won | |
1997 | What's That Sound? | Nominated |
References
- General
- ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the originalon 5 April 2004. Retrieved 4 January 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara; Paul McHenry (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[8] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltdin 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- Specific
- ^ McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for "Captain Matchbox". Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2004.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Retrieved 31 January 2010. - ^ Spencer et al, (2007) CAPTAIN MATCHBOX WHOOPEE BAND Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine entry. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association(ARIA) created their own chartsin mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
- ^ "Mic Conway". Camberwell High School Ex-Students Society. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Mic and Jim Conway", abc.net.au, 1 June 2004. Retrieved 17 November 2012
- ^ "Mic Conway". Mic Conway. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Best Children's Album", ARIA
- ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2010.