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Mutton Bird Pages
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Web sites:-
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The Mutton Birds own
site is no longer online. It is archived here, though most of the images are missing.
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note it was http://www.muttonbirds.co.nz/
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NOT http://www.muttonbirds.com/ which
is an anonymous 'finance' search site.
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Pete
& Shel's Mutton Bird site, which includes a two-part interview
Don did for Radio New Zealand's "Musical Chairs" programme in April, 1998.
Also lyrics, reviews etc.
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A
Religion of a Kind - Spencer Bayles' site. Lots of magazine
and newspaper articles and reviews, music - rare audio.
- muttonbirdsandbeyond: YouTube "Primary video resource for fans of The Mutton Birds and associated artists - Don McGlashan, Alan Gregg (Marshmallow), David Long, The Front Lawn, Blam Blam Blam etc."
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Mr.
Sneeze's Mutton Bird pages - UK and NZ discography, (NZ more up to
date than old Kiwi Rock site) lyrics, reviews etc.
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The
Mutton Birds (Howlspace:
Music from Australia & NZ)
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The
Mutton Birds (Australian
Rock Database)
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Articles etc.
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Flying
west to a cooler climate 17th July, 1997, Vol. 2 #30, FFWD
Weekly (Calgary News and Entertainment)
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New
Zealand Herald articles:-
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The
Don of Song By Russell Baillie, 22nd May, 1999 - ten Mutton Bird/Front
Lawn/Blam Blam Blam songs
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The
Mutton Birds: Rain, Steam and Speed Reviewed by Russell Baillie, 29th
May, 1999
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A
special day in the life of the city By Bronwyn Sell - [Auckland] City
Mission's annual Christmas dinner, 26th December, 1999
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Rockers
Go Back to School By Rebecca Walsh, 28th March, 2000
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Mutton
Bird follows the band - Don commissioned to write a feature piece for
a CD by the Waitakere City Brass Band, 3rd July, 2000
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Mutton Birds British
tour, 2000
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Mutton
Bird up in the air By Don McGlashan, 18th November, 2000
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Cocoon
breaks open after night caught in the storm By Don McGlashan, 25th
November, 2000
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Edinburgh - Ian Rankin tells Don the
title of his novel, The Falls, is taken from the Mutton Bird song
The
Falls.
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Up
Over: It's the grand old puke from York By Don McGlashan, 9th December,
2000
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Up
Over: Brighton rocks towards finale By Don McGlashan, 16th December,
2000
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Chatterbox:
Author a glutton for mutton - Ian Rankin and The Falls, 19th
May 2001
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Muttonbird
wins $30,000 arts award, 22nd October, 2002
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Flock
of swansongs from the Mutton Birds, by Russell Baillie, 30th November,
2002
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Chatterbox:
It's the Blam rock revival, 19th April, 2003
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Rain,
Steam and Speed by JMW Turner at the National
Gallery, London.
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For the record - dead links:-
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Sept 1995 short interview Musicwest,
Canada:
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http://www.musicwest.com/index.html
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Kiwi Rock:- The Mutton Birds biography;
The Mutton Birds discography, NZ to 1996.- site no longer available, Jan
2000. According to Netlink the owner did not renew his subscription.
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Interview "Bucketfull of Brains" - included
origins of White Valiant, A Thing Well Made. 1997:
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http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~spacedog/Bucketfull/issue48/mutton.htm
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The Mutton Birds - Highway One:
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http://www.gofree.co.uk/home/muttonbirds/ - 'not
found' 12th May 2002
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Real Groove Interview - How they came
to record "Don't Fear The Reaper" - November 1996:
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http://www.realgroove.xtra.co.nz/45-1196/mutton-birds.html
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Mutton dressed as lamb:
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http://members.tripod.com/kerzo/index.html
- discontinued 17th June, 2002
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Virgin:- The Raft: The Mutton Birds
- Nature:
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http://raft.vmg.co.uk/muttonbirds.html
- no mention of the Mutton Birds in Virgin's list of artists, 12th March,
2003.
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Books with relevant
articles
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Bannister,
Matthew, Positively George Street - a personal history of Sneaky Feelings
and the Dunedin Sound, Reed, 1999. ISBN
0-7900-0704-5
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Foreword by Don
McGlashan, who played frying pan on 'Now' and euphonium on 'It's So Easy'
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Ross Burge was
in the final line-up of Sneaky Feelings, went on their second European
tour 1988.
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Photo of Alan
Gregg in the Dribbling Darts of Love, 1992.
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Chunn, Mike
and Jeremy, The Mechanics of Popular Music - A New Zealand Perspective,
GP Publications, 1995.
ISBN 1-86956-130-9
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Inside the front
cover of this book is an advertisement for NZ
On Air which includes a photo from a Mutton Bird video: Nature.
- Dix, John, Stranded In Paradise, New Zealand Rock and Roll 1955 to the Modern Era, 2nd edition, Penguin, 2005. ISBN 0-14-301953-8
- Eggleton, David, Ready To Fly, The Story of New Zealand Rock Music, Craig Potton Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-877333-06-9
- Chapter 13, Dominion Road, has three pages on the Mutton Birds.
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Spittle,
Gordon, Counting The Beat, A History of New Zealand Song, GP Publications,
1997.
ISBN 1-86956-213-5
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Words/chords for
Dominion Road; "Postcards with drawn curtains" - Don McGlashan, summary
of his career, talks about his songwriting.
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Band Members
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- Matthew
Bannister (1999) - guitar
- Ross
Burge (1991- ) - drums, autoharp, shakers, tambourine
- Andrew
Claridge (2000) - guitar
- Tony
Fisher - (c1999) guitar, vocals, bass
- Alan
Gregg - (1991-99, 2001) bass, vocals, keyboards
- David
Long (1991-6, 1998, 2001) - lead guitar, vocals, keyboards, banjo
- Don
McGlashan (1991-) - vocals, euphonium, guitars, melodica, e-bow, shaker, tambourine
- Chris
Sheehan (aka Chris Starling) (1996-8) - lead guitar, bass
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Mutton Birds -
worked/toured with
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Billy Bragg,
UK, April 1997
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Sheryl Crow,
Canada/US, July, August, 1997, "Another
Roadside Attraction" tour
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Paul (Emlyn)
Crowther former Split Enz drummer:-
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Front of house mix, The Gluepot, Auckland,
3rd October, 1992
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Sound, Armadale, Melbourne, Australia,
22nd May, 1997
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Dave Dobbyn
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August/September, 1994 - Dave Dobbyn
recorded Twist
in Auckland.
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Don McGlashan played euphonium on It
Dawned On Me
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Alan Gregg, bass; Ross Burge, drums
on nine tracks.
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Jane
Dodd - Anchor Me, Queen's English - backing vocals
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Neil
Finn - additional production on "In My Room"
(There are different versions on NZ and Aus singles.)
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Tim
Finn - toured with, 1999.
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Jan
Hellriegel - Nature - backing vocalist, appears in video.
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Caroline
Lavelle - Envy Of Angels - cello
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David
Mitchell - Jackie's Song, Rain, Steam and Speed
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Ron Sexsmith
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Canada/US, July/August, 1997,Another
Roadside Attraction '97 - Ron Sexsmith
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Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, 7th
November, 1996, double bill with Ron Sexsmith
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Tragically
Hip, Canada/US, July/August, 1997, "Another
Roadside Attraction" tour
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Mutton Bird Movies/TV
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Awards
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1993 New Zealand Music Awards:
Winner: Album of the Year: The Mutton Birds - The Mutton Birds
Winner: Single of the Year: The Mutton Birds - Nature
Winner: Best Group: The Mutton Birds
1994 APRA Silver Scroll
Don McGlashan - Anchor Me
2003 New Zealand Music Awards:
Winner: Best Cover Design: Campbell Hooper-Johnson - 'Flock: The Best Of The Mutton Birds'
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Mailing lists
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Mutton
Birds (Yahoo
Groups)
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Mutton Birds -
The Feathered Variety
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Mutton
Bird (Short-tailed Shearwater) (Tasmanian
Parks and Wildlife Service) page has photo of a Mutton Bird and a Shockwave
map showing Mutton Birds migrating around the Pacific.

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compiled by carolyn
Last
updated 16th May, 2008.