Sid Briggs
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Jump to navigationJump to searchSid Briggs (1893-1986), Young, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive.
Portrait [1], "Born in 1893, fiddler Sid Briggs was the Young barber, and had a fine repertoire of tunes and bush songs. He died in 1986.
The National Library of Australia holds aural recordings of interviews conducted with Sid Briggs. He was interviewed by
- John Meredith in July 1985, [2], Briggs speaks of music in his family, learning tunes and learning to play fiddle, playing in bands and band contests. Also available online [3]
- Mark Rummery and Cathy Ovenden in October 1984, [4], Sid Briggs recorded
Sid Briggs was the town barber and resident fiddler of Young, NSW.
