Lindy Morrison
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| Birth name | Belinda Morrison |
| Also known as | Lindy Morrision |
| Born | 2 November 1951 |
| Origin | Queensland, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Indie rock Alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | musician |
| Instrument(s) | drums |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Label(s) | 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 |
Lindy Morrison (born Belinda Morrison on November 2, 1951) is an Australian musician originally from Queensland. She is best known as the drummer in indie 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.
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[edit] Life
[edit] Education
As a child, Morrison attended an independent school called Somerville House. Located in the inner city suburb of South Brisbane. She attended the University of Queensland from 1968, completing a Bachelor of Social Work in 1972.
It was during this period that she would meet the people and become involved in the activities that set the tone of her life. Morrison's final-year tutor, responsible for arranging placements for social work students, Roison Ann Hirschfeld was a member of the steering committee of the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS)[1]. She approached Morrison about joining the ALS late in 1972.[2] [3]
[edit] Social work
The Aboriginal Legal Service began operating out of the Uniting Church hall on Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill, in the winter of 1972.[4] Morrison was its second full time employee. Spring Hill Fair would later become the name of The Go-Betweens 3'rd studio album (1984) although it isn't clear that this is a reference to the Uniting Church hall on Leichhardt Street.
In her role as Aboriginal Field Officer for the ALS, Morrison worked alongside the radical aboriginal activist Denis Walker.[5] Walker had founded a local chapter of the Australian Black Panthers and "refused to accept the legitimacy of 'White man's Law"[6]. The job of field officer involved her going out late at night on "pig-patrol" which she described as:
"...trying to stop the Police from picking up Aboriginal people coming out of the hotels, because they'd take them in a put them in goal for drunkenness and the next morning I'd have to go to court, ask for bail, take them across to the legal service and the lawyers would then have to work towards stopping them being locked up or fined. So pig-patrol was the first way to stop them doing that so we'd go out on a pig-patrol every night at 10 o'clock."[7]
[edit] Theatre and activism
During her time with the ALS, Morrison resided in Brisbane, sharing a house with aboriginals, musicians and the actors Geoffrey Rush and Bille Brown. It was during this period that she started playing drums.[8] After "burn out" and leaving the service of the ALS, a 2 year sojourn in England followed.[9] On her return to Queensland, the experience of sharing a house with actors seemed to have remained[weasel words] with her and she moved into acting believing that "the only salvation lay in art" .[9]
She was part of the Popular Theatre Troupe[9][10] who protested against the Bjelke-Petersen led National Party government performing for free in public their sharply satirical political street theatre[11] during a time when life in Queensland was felt to be strongly constrained by the government, select business groups, and political interests.[12]
[edit] Music career
[edit] The Go Betweens
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[edit] Educational work and writing
Morrison is also the 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.[13] Interviewees for the video include Kylie Minogue, Tina Arena and Wendy Matthews.
Morrison 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.[14] She also teaches contracts and copyright and music business modules at TAFE.[15]
[edit] Politics
Morrison stood for election as the candidate for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales (seat of Coogee)[9][16] in the 2003 state elections and in the Division of Wentworth in the 2004 federal elections.[9][17]
[edit] Recognition
Morrison 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".[18]
In 2008, an image of Morrison painted by artist Katherine Close was entered in the 2008 Archibald prize.The image depicts her sitting behind her favourite 'Ludwig' drum kit, the actual drum kit used on most of the Go-Betweens recordings and performances.
[edit] Current activities
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.
She also serves as a board member for the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia[19] where she serves as a representative of registered Australian recording artists (or 'artist director', making contributions to changes in policy to benefit recording artists[20]) , and national casework coordinator of the benevolent society Support Act Ltd. [19] [21]
Morrison currently resides in Sydney with her daughter Lucinda[9]. She works in community music [for example, the Wataboshi Festival [22]]. 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. [23][24]
[edit] Published Writing
- Stranded in The Dismissal edited by Sybil Nolan MUP 2005.
- Performers Copyright in sound recordings after the Australia –US FTA – mere symbolism? Intellectual Property Law Bulletin Vol. 17 No. 10 Lexis Nexus Butterworth’s
- Demolition Girl Rolling Stone May 2005 LLC Germany
- It’s a Man’s World Sydney Morning Herald July 3- 4 2004
- Beachport Festival by the Sea Music Alive Vol. 1 No. 2 1996
- Improvisation in Rock and Pop Music Sounds Australian Vol. 14 No.48 1996
- Australian Women in Rock and Pop Music, Ausmusic. 1995
[edit] Filmography (Video Productions)
- Australian Women in Rock and Pop Music, Ausmusic. 1995
- Sisters Are Doing it for Themselves Video, Ausmusic 1995.
[edit] References
- ^ "Goss a political biography" by Jamie Walker, Uni of QLD press 1995 p32
- ^ "Goss a political biography" by Jamie Walker, Uni of QLD press 1995 p35
- ^ "Goss a political biography" by Jamie Walker, Uni of QLD press 1995 p37
- ^ "Goss a political biography" by Jamie Walker, Uni of QLD press 1995 p36
- ^ "Goss a political biography" by Jamie Walker, Uni of QLD press 1995 p37
- ^ "Goss a political biography" by Jamie Walker, Uni of QLD press 1995 p36
- ^ In an interview recorded for the ABC Radio National program"Pig City" and available at speechification.com (at 27:30 into the program material)
- ^ In an interview recorded for the ABC Radio National program"Pig City" and available at speechification.com (at 34:55 into the program material)
- ^ a b c d e f The Age October 6, 2004
- ^ "The Go-Betweens" By David Nichols, Allen and Unwin 1997 p65
- ^ The Bush Telegraph, Entries 14&15[dead link]
- ^ "No! No! to Joh" by Pete Thomas published by Building Workers industrial Union (Queensland Branch) dated February 1979.
- ^ NLofA ISBN 1875856730 (video) 1875856765 (workbook)
- ^ Community Grants Program publication 'Next Step', November 2000, p9.
- ^ The Age, October 6, 2004
- ^ NSW parliament, Official election results, Coogee 2003
- ^ Official AEC (House of Reps) Federal seat of Wentworth, 2004 election result
- ^ Music Council of Australia, About the Council
- ^ a b Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Website "About Us"
- ^ "High Voltage Rock 'n Roll" by Christie Eliezer Omnibus Press 2007 first edition p129
- ^ Support Act Limited Contacts Page
- ^ ACE magazine, Issue 27 April 2003 p17[dead link]
- ^ 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: <BRN375844>
[edit] External links
- interview recorded for the ABC Radio National program "Pig City" (talking about her role / experiences / observations in the civil disobedience movement and in protecting the rights of Aboriginal people at about 23 minutes into the program material, and several times later)
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