Lindy Morrison

Infobox musical artist
Name = Lindy Morrison

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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Belinda Morrison
Alias = Lindy Morrision
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Origin = Queensland, Australia
Instrument = drums
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Genre = Rock Music
Occupation = musician
Years_active = 1978–present
Label = Able, Missing Link, Polydor, rooART, EMI, Capitol
Associated_acts = Silent Figures
Shrew
Xero
The Go-Betweens
The Four Gods
Tuff Monks
Deep Blue Sea
Cleopatra Wong
The Rainy Season
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Lindy Morrison (born Belinda Morrison on November 2 1951) is an Australian musician originally from Queensland. She is best known as the drummer in rock group The Go-Betweens from 1980 to 1989, replacing Tim Mustapha (1978–1979). She drummed on all the band's releases from their first LP in 1981 until the band's break up on December 26 1989. She has also performed in Silent Figures, Shrew, Xero, The Four Gods, Deep Blue Sea, Cleopatra Wong (with Amanda Brown), and Tuff Monks. She now drums in The Rainy Season.

Before her time as a musician Lindy was active in Brisbane, employed by the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders Legal Service, where she worked with Aboriginal activist Denis Walker to protect the rights of Aboriginal people. ["Goss a political biography" by Jamie Walker, Uni of QLD press 1995 p36 - 44.] ["The Go-Betweens" By David Nichols, Allen and Unwin 1997 p65] [ [http://bushtelegraph.wordpress.com/recent/#comment-3305 The Bush Telegraph, Entries 9&12] ] [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Election-2004/She-bangs-the-drum-for-politics/2004/10/05/1096949102387.html The Age October 6, 2004] ]

She was later part of the Popular Theatre Troupe ["The Go-Betweens" By David Nichols, Allen and Unwin 1997 p65] [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Election-2004/She-bangs-the-drum-for-politics/2004/10/05/1096949102387.html The Age October 6, 2004] ] who protested against the Bjelke-Petersen led National Party government performing for free in public their sharply satirical political street theatre [ [http://bushtelegraph.wordpress.com/recent/#comment-3305 The Bush Telegraph, Entries 14&15 ] ] during a time when life in Queensland was felt to be strongly constrained by the government, select business groups, and political interests. ["No! No! to Joh" by Pete Thomas published by Building Workers industrial Union (Queensland Branch) dated February 1979.]

Morrison currently resides in Sydney with her daughter Lucinda [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Election-2004/She-bangs-the-drum-for-politics/2004/10/05/1096949102387.html The Age October 6, 2004] ] . She works in community music [for example, the Wataboshi Festival [ [https://mail.cofa.unsw.edu.au/pipermail/master-art-admin/2003-May/pdfmnqtR20H13.pdf ACE magazine, Issue 27 April 2003 p17] ] ] . One of her part time jobs is as a community musician where she directs a group of intellectually disabled musicians known as The Junction House Band. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv-reviews/storyline-australia-junction-house-blues/2007/01/03/1167777142186.html The Sydney Morning Herald TV reviews] ] ["Junction House blues" [videorecording] . Academy Library, University of NSW@ADFA Local id: 346809 Shelf: av dvd ML3534 .J86 2007 and University of Canberra - University of Canberra Library Shelf: ]

She also serves as a board member for the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia [ [http://www.ppca.com.au/more_info.htm Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Website "About Us"] ] where she serves as a representative of registered Australian recording artists (or 'artist director', making contributions to changes in policy to benefit recording artists ["High Voltage Rock 'n Roll" by Christie Eliezer Omnibus Press 2007 first edition p129 ] ), and national casework coordinator of the benevolent society Support Act Ltd. [ [http://www.ppca.com.au/more_info.htm Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Website "About Us"] ] [ [http://www.supportact.com.au/contacts.shtml Support Act Limited Contacts Page] ] She has also ventured into politics as an Australian Democrats candidate. She failed to win in the Federal seat of Wentworth [ [http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-12246-152.htm Official AEC (House of Reps) Federal seat of Wentworth, 2004 election result] ] [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Election-2004/She-bangs-the-drum-for-politics/2004/10/05/1096949102387.html The Age October 6, 2004] ] and in the New South Wales (seat of Coogee) [ [http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/resources/nswelectionsanalysis/2003/Coogee.htm NSW parliament, Official election results, Coogee 2003] ] [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Election-2004/She-bangs-the-drum-for-politics/2004/10/05/1096949102387.html The Age October 6, 2004] ] state elections.

Lindy is also the sole author of a short workbook entitled "Australian women in rock and pop music" and made a 1 hour duration video to accompany it. Intended as student material it is housed in the National Library of Australia. [ [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an12117055 NLofA ISBN 1875856730 (video) 1875856765 (workbook)] ] Interviewees for the video include Kylie Minogue, Tina Arena and Wendy Matthews.

Lindy was also the artist in residence at South Sydney Youth Service (1998 - 2001) and was employed by TAFE as the head tutor for the music course run by SSYS. [ [https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/eas/youth/publica/nextstep.doc Community Grants Program publication 'Next Step', November 2000, p9.] ] She also teaches contracts and copyright and music business modules at TAFE. [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Election-2004/She-bangs-the-drum-for-politics/2004/10/05/1096949102387.html The Age, October 6, 2004] ]

Lindy was appointed a Lifetime Honorary Member of the Music Council of Australia in 2007. For services as Board member and one who "who gave great assistance to community music initiatives and guidance in issues around performers' rights". [ [http://www.mca.org.au/web/content/view/130/6 Music Council of Australia, About the Council] ]

Audio of Lindy talking about her role / experiences / observations in the civil disobedience movement and in protecting the rights of Aboriginal people as well as the general social / political environment that existed in Brisbane in the late 1970s can be heard from [http://speechification.com/2007/12/13/pig-city/ speechification.com] in an interview record for the ABC Radio National program "Pig City" (at about 23 minutes into the program material, and several times later in that program material) and is highly recommended as background material to her life.

Audio of Lindy recorded in a phone interview with radio station 3RRR reflecting on her time in the band 'The Go-Betweens' shortly after the death of band member Grant McLennan and some information about the band in general, can be heard at [http://www.rrr.org.au/archive.php?archive=audio Three RRR audio archive] .

Since November 2007, Morrison has been a member of The Rainy Season, a five piece band fronted by Jed Brown, and including Peter Jones (ex Cosmic Psychos), Clyde Bramley, and fellow former Go Between Amanda Brown.

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