Bruce Kurtz
Bruce Kurtz, collected some of the Australian tunes in this archive.
Portrait 1. [1], "The son of a fiddler, Reg Kurtz carries on the family tradition of music making at 'Avondale', Stony Creek."
Portrait 2. [2], "Rita (nee Holland) and Reg Kurtz with their two sons, Ross & Bruce, and Joy Berger, plus Keith Denny (not present) made up the well-known Stringybark Band in 1980."
He was interviewed by:
- John Meredith in [3], Bruce and Reg Kurtz play accordion, fiddle and mandolin. Also available online [4]
You can find other details on him in the NLA [5].
John Meredith writes that "Bruce Kurtz is the son of Reg Kurtz and Rita Kurtz (nee Holland, daughter of Fred Holland), who farmed at Stony Creek near Mudgee. With his father Reg, brother Ross, Reg's brother Les, and Keith Denny, they formed a bush band called 'Stringybark' that played all the old Holland family music." -- (adapted from) J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p205-6.
