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John Munro was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1947 and escaped to Australia at the age of 18. Having had a flirtation with Folk Music in his home country John soon headed for the local folk haunts. He admits to being a founder member of Country Express (born 1969) and Colcannon (born 1988) and, more through luck than talent, has worked since 1980 as accompanist to Eric Bogle.
In the former capacity John has been a regular on Reg Lindsay's Country and Western Hour (although regular self abuse since then means you would never recognise him) and at Folk Festivals from Victor Harbor to Port Fairy to Maleny to the National to Nannup in WA.
In his later work (with Eric Bogle) he has toured Canada, the USA and the UK four times, Europe three times and side trips to Bermuda and New Zealand. This has resulted in an in depth knowledge of the Geography questions in Trivial Pursuit and a vast collection of street directories.
John's recording credits include 8 albums with Eric, four with Country Express, nine with Colcannon, three with Gordon Mcintyre and Kate Delaney, two with Mike Quarmby and one with Margaret Christl (Canada), Mary-Jane Field (Sydney), Irene Petrie, Denis and Lynne Tracey, as well as countless guest appearances. His experience extends to production as well as performing.
John has won two Celtic Music Club Awards for Guitar and one for Mandolin, two Folk Federation awards and two SAMIA (South Australian Music Industry) awards with Colcannon - the latter being for "Most Outstanding Contribution to Folk Music". He has also won the SCALA-run Songwriters Event (songwriter award) in 1990 and 1996.
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