Bill Staatz
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Jump to navigationJump to searchBill Staatz, Toowoomba, Qld provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, and was collected by Mark Schuster and Maria Zann.
"Bill hailed from the Lockyer, where he had an equally talented brother, Alf. For many years Bill worked at the Southern Cross Foundry in Toowoomba. He was a great player, on mainly double and triple row accordions." -- Mark Schuster, Jan 07.
"Bill Staatz played accordion in the legendary Lockyer dance band, "Blue Moon" in the 1960's." -- "A Queensland Selection", Vol 1, compiled by Maria Zann, collected by Mark Schuster, Pioneer Performer Series, 1992, p38.
