The Drongos

The Drongos

The Drongos were a quartet of New Zealanders that performed from 1979-1986 primarily in New York City. They were notable for their successful "busking" performances on busy Manhattan street corners. cite web | url = http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=drongos | title = Drongos | accessdate = 2007-12-05 | accessdaymonth = 12 | accessmonthday = 05 | publisher = trouserpress.com |accessyear = 2007 | author = Terry Rompers | last = Rompers | first = Terry | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | year = | month = ] The New York Times called their eponymous first album, "a delightful melange of funk rhythms, country harmonies, precisely layered electric guitar counterpoint and airy folk-rock sounds, with many influences, old and new, absorbed into a delightfully original sound."

Members

The Drongos all moved to New York from New Zealand in 1978: cite web | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E2DE1638F932A3575BC0A962948260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/R/Recording%20Equipment | title = The Poplife; New York Musicians Beyond Categorization | accessdate = 2007-12-04 | author = Robert Palmer | last = Palmer | first = Robert | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = 1984-08-01 | year = 1984 | month = 08 | format = | work = | publisher = The New York Times ] [cite web | url = http://urbanseashell.blogspot.com/2006/09/stan-mitchell-professional.html | title = Stan Mitchell, Professional musician—September 2006 | accessdate = | accessdaymonth = | accessmonthday = | accessyear = | author = Lisa di Liberto | last = di Liberto | first = Lisa | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | year = | month = | format = | work = | publisher = urbanseashell | pages = | language = | doi = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | quote = ]

*Tony McMaster
*Jean McAllister
*Stan Mitchell
*Richard Kennedy

Albums

*"The Drongos" Proteus Records (1984)
*"Small Miracles" Proteus Records (1984)

External links

* [http://web.mac.com/stanleymitchell/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html Stan Mitchell Official Website]
*Youtube|Awo0s4bUGpA|Diamond in the Dirt by The Drongos

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