Bill Montgomery
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Jump to navigationJump to searchBill "Monty" Montgomery (1942- ), Kiama, NSW, collected, composed & recorded some of the Australian tunes in this archive.
The National Library of Australia holds aural recordings of interviews conducted with Bill Montgomery. He was interviewed by
- Rob Willis in [1], Yvonne O'Grady and Bill Montgomery interviewed. Yvonne O'Grady, born in Otago, New Zealand, folk musician (accordion) talks about family background; musical influence; learning to dance; living in Otago and Auckland; becoming interested in accordion, grandfather's influence; Maori folklore; migration to Australia in 1979; musical influences in Australia; Bush Music Club; Woronora Bush Band.
Bill Montgomery, born in Scotland, folk musician (fiddle), talks about family background; musical influences, grandfather was a musician -- learning fiddle and bagpipes -- giving music away -- migration to Australia -- revival of interest in music once in Australia -- own compositions (from 1981).
Born in Glasgow 1942, Monty served as a policeman in Queensland for many years.
