Bushwhackers, The (2)

Bushwhackers, The (2) Bush band formed in 1952 at Sydney, comprised of John Meredith (button accordion, concertina), Brian Loughlin (lagerphone), and Jack Barrie (bush bass). They came to prominence at the New Theatre, Sydney, playing in the musical Reedy River in 1953, which started a craze for folk-songs and bush dances, then they played at the Bush Music Club, Sydney, from 1954, leading the audience in singing and dancing. The first of the revival bush bands, they had great influence on the…