Mic Conway

Mic Conway
Born	15/02/1951
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	jug,ragtime,vaudeville
Instruments	harmonica,ukulele,saw,tenor guitar,washboard,jug
Years active	1968–present
Associated acts	The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, Conway Brothers Hiccups, The National Junk Band, Mic Conway and Robbie Long, guest and songwriting with The Wiggles
Website	micconway.com

Mic Conway is an Australian vocalist and with his brother, Jim Conway, was a co-founder of the 1970s humour, theatre and rock group, The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band.^[1][2][3]

Conway also was a founding member of Soapbox Circus and Circus Oz.

Conway plays an assortment of oddball instruments, and performs magic, juggling, tap dancing and fire eating.

Biography

Conway was a member of the Conway Brothers Hiccups Orchestra from 1984–1988 and toured the UK in 1986 appearing at the Edinburgh Festival, the Capitol Music Festival and the Newcastle Festival. In 1988, the Conway Brothers appeared at the Houston International Festival, World Expo 88 and the Perth festival.

Conway had four successful recordings, including two gold records with Captain Matchbox.

After reinventing himself as a children's performer in the 1990s, Conway received an ARIA award in 1994.

References

General

• McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1865080721. http://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/www.whammo.com.au/index.asp. Retrieved 4 January 2010.  Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
• Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. ^[4] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

Specific

1. ^ McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for 'Captain Matchbox'. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
2. ^ Spencer et al, (2007) CAPTAIN MATCHBOX WHOOPEE BAND entry. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.  NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
4. ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055. Retrieved 4 January 2010. 

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