Herb Rick
Herb Rick, Kelvin Grove, Qld provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, collected by Mark Schuster & Maria Zann.
"Herb Rick grew up in the German settlement at Waterford, near Beenleigh, near Brisbane. Aged 91 years, Herb plays a number of old time tunes on mouth-organ and single-row button accordion. He talks about German history and railways (Herb was a locomotive driver with Queensland Railways) -- from an interview with Mark Schuster at NLA BibID 6777970.
"Herb Rick played accordion for dances in Beneleigh district, and learnt his tunes from his father who came from the first German settlement of Bethania. Mark taped him in 1989, when he was 82." -- "A Queensland Selection", Vol 1, compiled by Maria Zann, collected by Mark Schuster, Pioneer Performer Series, 1992, p38.
