Five minutes with Don McGlashan
Don McGlashan (photographed here by Lisa Lark), the subject of the second of the NZBC’s interviews with local music legends, has five entries in ‘New Zealand’s Top 100 Songs Of All Time’, compiled by the Australasian Performing Rights Association. Dominion Road, Anchor Me and a number of other McGlashan compositions have become radio standards and, by extension, part of the nation’s cultural fabric and emotional memory. It isn’t just a Kiwi thing: when the Mutton Birds released the album ‘Envy Of Angels’ in 1997, it made it to the UK Sunday Times’ top 10 list. After the release of ‘Rain, Steam & Speed’ in 1999, those sneaky Brits came over all Australian and tried to claim Don as their own when the same newspaper described him as “one of Britain’s most intelligent, poetic songwriters”. Well, we’ve stolen him back, and the Auckland-resident singer, songwriter and sailor recently dropped by for a virtual cappuccino, during which he scored bonus points for mentioning both Frank Zappa and Christmas turkeys. More…
posted by Chris Bell at 9:00 AM
4 Comments:
Mmmmm, turkey...
Damn those Brits.
Farewell! And thanks for the links.
The NZBC should win the Netguide award for its name alone.
Good stuff, but what I want to know is: where's his cookbook '101 ways with muttonbirds'?
First, catch your mutton bird... But what I really want to know is, why is Ms Vile leaving? Was it something we said? The blogosphere will be the poorer. Get over to the Vile Files and protest, before she turns out the lights and unplugs the internet!
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