Russel Teagh
Russel Teagh, Scone, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive.
"Russel Teagh, and his brother Cecil Teagh grew up near Moonan Brook, a tributary to the Hunter River ... not far from Jim Wilkinson ... Born in 1895, Cecil was the elder brother by ten years ... I found Russel Teagh living in a nice cottage at Warners Bay, overlooking Lake Macquarie. Although he often played fiddle with Cecil, Russel preferred playing light classics on his violin, but produced a mouth organ, on which he played several dance tunes ... We had a band out at Moonan Brook, about eight of us ... two piano accordions, two guitars, me on the violin, another fella on drums, and an ordinary accordion ... Their father had played the concertina, so doubtless some of their tunes had come from him, perhaps he may have been the eighth member of the Moonan Brook band." -- (adapted from) J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p113-19.
