The Bushwackers (aka The Bushwackers Band & originally,
The Original Bushwackers and Bullockies Bush Band), is a folk / country band, or '
bush band', which began at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (1971), with
Dave Isom (guitars),
Jan 'Yarn' Wositzky (
tea-chest bass) &
Bert Kahanoff (
mendoza). The founding three were joined by various players, including accordionist Mick Slocum, and fiddlers Tony Hunt and Dave Kidd, until 1974 when the band went full-time, and Kahanoff was replaced by largerphone player, Dobe Newton. With an ever-changing line-u…
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