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Bruce Morrisby Watson<ref name="APRA Accident">{{cite web | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | title = 'Accident of Birth' at APRA search engine | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Accident%20of%20Birth | accessdate = 1 November 2013 }}</ref> was born on 12 February 1956 at Terang, a town in rural south-western Victoria. His great grandfather was Horace Watson (1862–1930),<ref name="NLA 1">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29792914 | title = Obituary Mr. Horace Watson |newspaper = [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] | date = 12 April 1930 | accessdate = 1 November 2013 | page = 8 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> a pharmacist, who, in 1888 in [[Hobart]],<ref name="NLA 5">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9199269 | title = Family Notices | newspaper = [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] | date = 13 October 1888 | accessdate = 2 November 2013 | page = 4 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> had married Louisa née Keen (died 1936)<ref name="NLA 2">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30129351 | title = Tasmanian Wills. Mrs. Louisa Watson | newspaper = [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] | date = 19 December 1936 | accessdate = 1 November 2013 | page = 10 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> (sixth daughter of Joseph Keen, inventor of [[Keen's#Keen's Curry|Keen's Curry]])<ref name="Davies">{{cite web | first = Lynn | last = Davies | title = Keen, Joseph (1819–1892) | publisher = National Centre of Biography, [[Australian National University]] | accessdate = 1 November 2013|url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/keen-joseph-13019/text23539}}</ref> who was the recent widow of Robert Williamson.<ref name="NLA 3">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8992905 | title = Family Notices | newspaper = [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] | date = 28 January 1881 | accessdate = 1 November 2013 | page = 1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="NLA 4">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9143521 | title = Probates | newspaper = [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] |date = 29 February 1888 | accessdate = 1 November 2013 | page = 2 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref><ref name="Watson song">{{cite web | url = http://www.brucewatsonmusic.com/documents/They%20came%20together%20through%20song.pdf | title = The Man and the Woman and the Edison Phonograph: Race, History and Technology through Song | last = Watson | first = Bruce | publisher = Bruce Watson Official Website | accessdate = 1 November 2013 }}</ref> In 1899 and in 1903 Horace recorded traditional language songs by [[Aboriginal Tasmanian|indigenous Tasmanian]], [[Fanny Cochrane Smith]].<ref name="Watson song"/><ref name="Stubington">{{cite news | url = | title = Obituary: Alice Marshall Moyle 1908–2005 | first1 = Jill | last1 = Stubington | first2 = Grace | last2 = Koch | first3 = Carolyn | last3 = Lowry | work = Newsletter | publisher = Musicological Society of Australia | issue = 63 | editor = Jennie Shaw | issn = 0155-0543 }}</ref> Horace and Louisa ran the Keen's Curry company and were survived by two sons, Stanley and Edward, and a daughter, Emily.<ref name="NLA 1"/> In 1912 Stanley married Myra Morrisby.<ref name="NLA 6">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10220372 | title = Family Notices | newspaper = [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] | date = 4 May 1912 | accessdate = 2 November 2013 | page = 1 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> |
Bruce Morrisby Watson<ref name="APRA Accident">{{cite web | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | title = 'Accident of Birth' at APRA search engine | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Accident%20of%20Birth | accessdate = 1 November 2013 }}</ref> was born on 12 February 1956 at Terang, a town in rural south-western Victoria. His great grandfather was Horace Watson (1862–1930),<ref name="NLA 1">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29792914 | title = Obituary Mr. Horace Watson |newspaper = [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] | date = 12 April 1930 | accessdate = 1 November 2013 | page = 8 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> a pharmacist, who, in 1888 in [[Hobart]],<ref name="NLA 5">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9199269 | title = Family Notices | newspaper = [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] | date = 13 October 1888 | accessdate = 2 November 2013 | page = 4 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> had married Louisa née Keen (died 1936)<ref name="NLA 2">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30129351 | title = Tasmanian Wills. Mrs. Louisa Watson | newspaper = [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] | date = 19 December 1936 | accessdate = 1 November 2013 | page = 10 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> (sixth daughter of Joseph Keen, inventor of [[Keen's#Keen's Curry|Keen's Curry]])<ref name="Davies">{{cite web | first = Lynn | last = Davies | title = Keen, Joseph (1819–1892) | publisher = National Centre of Biography, [[Australian National University]] | accessdate = 1 November 2013|url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/keen-joseph-13019/text23539}}</ref> who was the recent widow of Robert Williamson.<ref name="NLA 3">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8992905 | title = Family Notices | newspaper = [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] | date = 28 January 1881 | accessdate = 1 November 2013 | page = 1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="NLA 4">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9143521 | title = Probates | newspaper = [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] |date = 29 February 1888 | accessdate = 1 November 2013 | page = 2 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref><ref name="Watson song">{{cite web | url = http://www.brucewatsonmusic.com/documents/They%20came%20together%20through%20song.pdf | title = The Man and the Woman and the Edison Phonograph: Race, History and Technology through Song | last = Watson | first = Bruce | publisher = Bruce Watson Official Website | accessdate = 1 November 2013 }}</ref> In 1899 and in 1903 Horace recorded traditional language songs by [[Aboriginal Tasmanian|indigenous Tasmanian]], [[Fanny Cochrane Smith]].<ref name="Watson song"/><ref name="Stubington">{{cite news | url = | title = Obituary: Alice Marshall Moyle 1908–2005 | first1 = Jill | last1 = Stubington | first2 = Grace | last2 = Koch | first3 = Carolyn | last3 = Lowry | work = Newsletter | publisher = Musicological Society of Australia | issue = 63 | editor = Jennie Shaw | issn = 0155-0543 }}</ref> Horace and Louisa ran the Keen's Curry company and were survived by two sons, Stanley and Edward, and a daughter, Emily.<ref name="NLA 1"/> In 1912 Stanley married Myra Morrisby.<ref name="NLA 6">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10220372 | title = Family Notices | newspaper = [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] | date = 4 May 1912 | accessdate = 2 November 2013 | page = 1 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> |
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Bruce Watson was educated at Eltham, Brighton Road St. Kilda and Kew primary schools; for secondary education he went to Kew High and then [[Wesley College, Melbourne|Wesley College]].<ref name="Fahey">{{cite web |
Bruce Watson was educated at Eltham, Brighton Road St. Kilda and Kew primary schools; for secondary education he went to Kew High and then [[Wesley College, Melbourne|Wesley College]].<ref name="Fahey">{{cite web|url=http://warrenfahey.com/ATEST/OLD-SITE/kids_war.htm |title=War Cries |last=Watson |first=Bruce |publisher=Australian Folklore Unit (Warren Fahey) |accessdate=1 November 2013 |quote=I spent a couple of years at Wesley College, a Methodist (now Uniting Church) school in Melbourne - one of Melbourne's private schools }}{{cite web|url=http://www.warrenfahey.com/war-cries/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-11-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208101308/http://www.warrenfahey.com/war-cries/ |archivedate=8 December 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> |
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==Musical career== |
==Musical career== |
Revision as of 17:39, 9 November 2016
Bruce Watson | |
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Birth name | Bruce Morrisby Watson |
Born | Terang, Victoria, Australia | 12 February 1956
Genres | Folk, children's, country |
Occupation(s) | Musician, satirist, public servant |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
Website | Official website ![]() |
Bruce Morrisby Watson (born 12 February 1956, Terang) is an Australian singer-songwriter, satirist, public servant and children’s entertainer. Watson's satires are often political in nature. His style is generally contemporary folk music, he also writes and performs children's songs, conventional folk-country music and political songs. He has issued six solo albums Politics, Sex and Religion (1990), Real World: Songs of Life, Love & Laughter (1994), Out My Window (1999), Are We There Yet? (2004), A Moving Feast (2004) and Balance (2010).
Early life and education
Bruce Morrisby Watson[1] was born on 12 February 1956 at Terang, a town in rural south-western Victoria. His great grandfather was Horace Watson (1862–1930),[2] a pharmacist, who, in 1888 in Hobart,[3] had married Louisa née Keen (died 1936)[4] (sixth daughter of Joseph Keen, inventor of Keen's Curry)[5] who was the recent widow of Robert Williamson.[6][7][8] In 1899 and in 1903 Horace recorded traditional language songs by indigenous Tasmanian, Fanny Cochrane Smith.[8][9] Horace and Louisa ran the Keen's Curry company and were survived by two sons, Stanley and Edward, and a daughter, Emily.[2] In 1912 Stanley married Myra Morrisby.[10]
Bruce Watson was educated at Eltham, Brighton Road St. Kilda and Kew primary schools; for secondary education he went to Kew High and then Wesley College.[11]
Musical career
In 1990 Watson released his debut album, Politics, Sex and Religion. One of the tracks, "Amazon", was later covered by fellow folk artists Blackwood, Eric Bogle, and Zamponistas.[12] In May that year, he launched his book, Songs of a Satirical Bloke, with the Canberra Times' Mike Jackson, describing him as "an academic with a wicked sense of humour".[13] In April 1994 he performed at the National Folk Festival in Canberra, with the The Canberra Times' reporter, Graham McDonald, describing his work as "dreadfully funny parodies".[14] Also that year he issued his second album, Real World: Songs of Life, Love & Laughter.
Watson's third album, Out My Window, appeared in 1999. Its lead track, "The Man & the Woman & the Edison Phonograph", told the history behind a family photo which depicts Bruce's great grandfather Horace Watson recording Aboriginal elder, Fanny Cochrane Smith's vocals back in 1903.[8] A similar photo was displayed at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.[8] In the early 2000s Watson was performing at the National Folk Festival when he caught up with Ronnie Summers, the great great grandson of Smith.[8] Summers is also a folk singer and joined with Watson in a rendition of "The Man & the Woman & the Edison Phonograph" in 2005.[8] Watson and Summers recorded the track as a duet for Watson's 2010 album, Balance.
Watson has been called a "major Australian songwriter and performer in the folk tradition",[15] and "an icon of the Australian folk scene."[16] He has performed at over 100 folk music festivals, coffee houses, and house concerts throughout Australia and New Zealand.[16] Watson has won several "songwriting awards", such as the Declan Affley Memorial Songwriting Award at the Australia National Folk Festival.[15]
Watson's song Lake Pedder Again from his Balance CD has appeared on The Folk Show on Radio Adelaide.[17]
Bibliography
- Watson, Bruce (May 1990), Songs of a Satirical Bloke, Foreword by Eric Bogle, Melbourne, Vic: Victorian Folk Music Club Incorporated, ISBN 978-0-9598269-7-5
Discography
- Politics, Sex and Religion (1990)
- Real World: Songs of Life, Love & Laughter (1994)
- Out My Window (1999)
- Are We There Yet? (2004)
- A Moving Feast (2004)
- Balance (2010)
Compilations and covers
References
- ^ "'Accident of Birth' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Obituary Mr. Horace Watson". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). National Library of Australia. 12 April 1930. p. 8. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). National Library of Australia. 13 October 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Tasmanian Wills. Mrs. Louisa Watson". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). National Library of Australia. 19 December 1936. p. 10. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ Davies, Lynn. "Keen, Joseph (1819–1892)". National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). National Library of Australia. 28 January 1881. p. 1. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ "Probates". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). National Library of Australia. 29 February 1888. p. 2. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Watson, Bruce. "The Man and the Woman and the Edison Phonograph: Race, History and Technology through Song" (PDF). Bruce Watson Official Website. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ Stubington, Jill; Koch, Grace; Lowry, Carolyn. Jennie Shaw (ed.). "Obituary: Alice Marshall Moyle 1908–2005". Newsletter. No. 63. Musicological Society of Australia. ISSN 0155-0543.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). National Library of Australia. 4 May 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ Watson, Bruce. "War Cries". Australian Folklore Unit (Warren Fahey). Retrieved 1 November 2013.
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- ^ Jackson, Mike (24 May 1990). "A capella Weekend". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). National Library of Australia. p. 8 Section: Good Times. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ McDonald, Graham (31 March 1994). "Folk: Discs Galore Launched at Fok Festival". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). National Library of Australia. p. 2 Section: Good Times. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ a b Nixon, Sandra (13 June 2010). "Bruce Watson + Jenny Fitzgibbon @ The Loaded Dog". Jam.org. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Bruce Watson". Christchuch (NZ) Folk Music Club. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "The Folk Show, Radio Adelaide". Radio Adelaide. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "Unsung Heroes of Australian History theme concert". Moira Tyers Music. 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2013.https://brucewatsonmusic.wordpress.com/tag/unsung-heroes-of-australian-history/
- ^ "Tamar Valley Folk Festival Programme 2014l". Tamar Valley Folk Festival. 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.