Member Since: 17/10/2006
Band Website: You&39;re looking at it
Band Members: Simon Barfoot (Guitar, vocals, percussion) The public face of the Blue Grassy Knoll, Simon takes care of vocal and MC duties in the band with charm, humor and a faultless sense of fashion. He also bashes out all guitar, percussion and foley duties. Armed with a secondary education from St. Pat’s Cathedral Choir School and a tertiary education Melbourne University Conservatories, Simon dropped out to play in Irish rebel band The Craic for 4 years and pursue his career in the theatre as an actor, director and writer. He wrote and directed the 1993 Melbourne University Comedy Revue which culminated in a national tour, as well as Whitlam - The Musical for the 1994 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He has since written comedy for ABCTV and Channel 7. In 1995 Simon was Assistant Director of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, coordinated Cyber-Fringe and New Short Works. In 1996 he played Macbeth in the Merri Shakespeare Company's production of Macbeth.
Gus Macmillan (Banjo, guitar, flute) Gus is an experienced freelance multi-instrumentalist who, discarding his Masters degree in Australian Literature from Monash University, has instead gone on to master guitar, flute and banjo. Playing in numerous weird sometimes wonderful bands he has also accrued eleven years experience as a band & venue booker, managing tours and coordinating publicity for half a dozen Australian acts. An experienced musical director of various theatrical projects he has toured schools as a musician-in-residence and written filmscores for independent film productions. He also has owns a small recording studio for his own indulgences. He was (via his company Back and to the Left Productions) the initiator & coordinator of the Buster Keaton/Blue Grassy Knoll project and is responsible for plotting and scheming the band’s rise to world domination.
Philip McLeod (accordion, cello, mandolin, harmonica, casio) Philip is an over-talented Melbourne-based musician and performer. After completing his Bachelor of Arts with a major in music at La Trobe University, Philip has been actively pursuing a career in the music industry between dole payments. As a composer and performer in many music theatre productions, he has toured the country playing in various festivals. As well as his ongoing commitment to the Blue Grassy Knoll he plays in bands ranging from Latin, country and western, and disco bands to string quartets and orchestras. Philip was a member of the Graeme Leak String Quartet, and co-wrote, composed and acted in Man Eats Man, as well as performing in a number of small ensembles, including Adana and The Yetnikov Trio.Stephan O'Hara (Fiddle).
Steph started playing the violin when he was six. After finishing his degree in composition and computer music at La Trobe University, he has played in numerous bands including techno-cabaret outfit Fimo and gypsy ensemble Adana. He has also written and played for theatre and dance and also involves himself in recording projects as a sound engineer and producer. Steph also spends time playing with electronic noise making machines and inventing electronic equipment, and writing random music generating programs. He has been working as a sound and lighting engineer in Amsterdam between Blue Grassy Knoll tours.
Alex Miller (double bass) Alex has been playing bass since he was 12 years old. He moved to Melbourne in 1995 from Canberra where he studied jazz at the ANU. He is a full time musician and plays in countless bands around Melbourne including his own project The Case Managers. He teaches bass and double bass and works part time as a music therapist and carer of people with intellectual disabilities.
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Record Label: Unsigned