The Webb Brothers (Australian band)

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The Webb Brothers
Origin Widgee, Queensland, Australia
Genres Country
Years active1953 (1953)–2014 (2014)
LabelsRodeo Records, Festival Records, W&G Records, ATA Records, RCA Victor
Past membersFabian Webb
Marius Webb
Berard Webb

The Webb Brothers were an Australian family country music band originating out of Queensland. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Early life

Fabian (16 July 1930 - 2014), [6] Marius (19 January 1932 - 2014) [7] and Berard (4 June 1934) were all born in Gympie, [8] [9] to Mr and Mrs W. S. Webb. [10] The trio grew up in Upper Widgee, on ''Thornside'' Station, a 5000-acre property west of Gympie. [11] [12]

Career

The Webb Brothers was formed in 1953. That same year at the Buddy Williams Show in Gympie, the boys entered Buddy’s talent quest and won first prize – a recording contract with Rodeo Records.

In 1954, the group auditioned for Australia's Amateur Hour and were successful in winning their heat with a massive 13,000 votes from all over Australia.

In 1958, Columbia Records released two of their original songs, ''The Call of the Bellbird'' (written by Berard), which sold 40,000 copies by the end of 1959, [13] and ''Just Sing, Sing, Sing'' (written by Fabian and Marius).

The Gympie Music Muster was first held on 24-26 September 1982. It grew from a plan to celebrate both the centenary of the Webb family's occupation of the rural property Thornside at Widgee, which was selected by George Slater Webb in 1882 combined with celebrating The Webb Brothers' 25 years in the country music industry and their 1982 Golden Guitar Award for their song "Who Put the Roo in the Stew?". [14] [15]

Discography

Albums

TitleYearLabelNotes
Clancy Of The Overflow1959 W&G Records
Big Country1972ATA Records
I'm Gonna Be A Country Boy Again1974 [16]
Call Of The Bellbird Festival Records
Live In New Zealand1975
Town And Country1976
Silver Jubilee Album1982 RCA Records

Singles and EPs

TitleYearLabelNotes
The Call Of The Bell Bird1958Philips
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
The Battle Of New Orleans1959Festival Records
Riding Down From Bangor [17]
The Jockeys Are Striking1961 [18]
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Courtin' In The Rain
The Fox1964Bluebird
The Purple Petrol Eater1966W & G
From A Rich Man To A Beggar
The Call Of The Bell-Bird1972ATA Records
The Webb Brothers1973Hadley Records
Goondiwindi Grey (The Gunsynd Song)ATA Records
The Old Palmer River Song1974Festival Records
June Rose WaltzATA Records
Melodie D'Amour1976Festival Records
The Colonel Put The Lickin' In The Chicken But Who Put The Roo In The Stew1981RCA Victor [19] [20]

Awards

YearAward giving bodyCategoryWorkResult
1974 Country Music Awards of Australia Vocal Group or Duo of the YearPalmer River Song (Festival)Won
1982Country Music Awards of AustraliaTop SellingWho Put The Roo In The StewWon

References

  1. ↑ Moore, Tony (6 August 2016). "Inside the Gympie Muster – from where it all began to the newest songs". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ↑ NEWS-TIMES, MATTHEW ADKINS. "Seaside Arts Council enhances access to art in community". Carolina Coast Online. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Webb brothers' country music legacy remembered". The Courier Mail . 2 February 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "The Webb Brothers, Rocket, Leeds". the Guardian. 31 March 2004. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "The Black Stump is their stage - The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) - 31 May 1961". Trove. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "No title". Queensland Country Life. 30 June 1938. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "LEG BROKEN". Brisbane Telegraph. 15 June 1954. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "WEBB BROTHERS; WEBB BROTHERS; HOF_1979_WEBB BROTHERS on eHive". eHive. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Lively ENTERTAINMENT Noosaville". Noosa News. 9 January 1970. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "SOCIAL TOPICS". Brisbane Courier. 11 August 1933. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "BUSH BOYS WITH THE BEAT - With names like Fabian, Marius, and Berard, the Webb Brothers sound more like a rock-n-roll trio than husky cattlemen from Queensland, but these boys are both — so they're known as the harmonising graziers. - The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) - 30 Dec 1959". Trove. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Singing cattlemen change their style - During a visit to Sydney, in which they arranged for the release of their first LP and appeared on". Australian Women's Weekly. 9 May 1962. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  13. ↑ Stapleton, Marjorie (30 December 1959). "Bush Boys with the Beat". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 27, no. 30. Australia. p. 4 (Teenagers' Weekly). Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ "40 years of the Gympie Muster". Gympie Regional Memories. Gympie Regional Libraries. 25 August 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  15. ↑ "How the Gympie Muster looked in the 1980s". The Gympie Times . 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  16. ↑ "COOROY CONCERT". Noosa News. 10 October 1974. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  17. ↑ "LISTEN HERE — with Ainslie Baker". Australian Women's Weekly. 2 December 1959. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  18. ↑ "LISTEN HERE —with Ainslie Baker". Australian Women's Weekly. 22 March 1961. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  19. ↑ "The Colonel put the lickin' in the chicken, but who put the 'roo in the stew? [music] / words and... - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  20. ↑ "NFSA - Search the Collection". www.collection.nfsa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
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