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Steady Steady: The Life and Music of Seaman Dan
Replete with Seaman Dan's stories of his active and sometimes dangerous life in Queensland, Australia, as a boat captain and pearl diver, this memoir follows his fascinating life and later development as a professional singer and musician. From his birth on Thursday Island in 1929 through the release of his albums following his 70th birthday, this account showcases traditional music from the Torres Strait Islands—which brings together Polynesian, Melanesian, and Indigenous Australian traditions—and reflects the important periods in the life of this Australian national treasure. A CD of Seaman Dan's tracks is also included.
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Steady Steady: The Life and Music of Seaman Dan
Replete with Seaman Dan's stories of his active and sometimes dangerous life in Queensland, Australia, as a boat captain and pearl diver, this memoir follows his fascinating life and later development as a professional singer and musician. From his birth on Thursday Island in 1929 through the release of his albums following his 70th birthday, this account showcases traditional music from the Torres Strait Islands—which brings together Polynesian, Melanesian, and Indigenous Australian traditions—and reflects the important periods in the life of this Australian national treasure. A CD of Seaman Dan's tracks is also included.
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Steady Steady: The Life and Music of Seaman Dan

Steady Steady: The Life and Music of Seaman Dan

Steady Steady: The Life and Music of Seaman Dan

Steady Steady: The Life and Music of Seaman Dan

Overview

Replete with Seaman Dan's stories of his active and sometimes dangerous life in Queensland, Australia, as a boat captain and pearl diver, this memoir follows his fascinating life and later development as a professional singer and musician. From his birth on Thursday Island in 1929 through the release of his albums following his 70th birthday, this account showcases traditional music from the Torres Strait Islands—which brings together Polynesian, Melanesian, and Indigenous Australian traditions—and reflects the important periods in the life of this Australian national treasure. A CD of Seaman Dan's tracks is also included.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781922059208
Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
Publication date: 07/01/2013
Pages: 184
Product dimensions: 7.40(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Henry "Seaman" Dan is not only one of Australia’s oldest active recording artists and performers, he is also one of its best loved and well regarded. He has released several albums, including Follow the Sun, showcasing traditional music from the Torres Strait, and revealing his love of jazz and blues. He is the recipient of the Australia Council for the Art's Red Ochre Award and the Australian Recording Industry Award for Best World Music CD. Karl Neuenfeldt is an editor, a music producer, and the author of Austronesian Soundscapes: Performing Arts in Oceania and Southeast Asia and Landscapes of Indigenous Performance. He is the recipient of various awards, including two Australian Recording Industry Awards for Best World Music and the inaugural Cochrane Smith Award for Sound Heritage by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive.

Table of Contents

Foreword Vic McGrath v

Preface viii

Acknowledgments x

Maps of the Torres Strait and Top End of Australia xi

Part I The Life of Henry 'Seaman' Dan 1

1 An Island Home in the Torres Strait 2

2 Cape York Time 18

3 Cairns During the Second World War 28

4 Learning to Live a Diver's Life 34

5 Adventures Across Northern Australia 39

6 Working Adventures on Sea and Land 51

Part II The Music and Recordings of Henry 'Seaman' Dan 65

7 The Opportunity of a Lifetime 66

8 Follow the Sun 68

9 Steady, Steady 85

10 Perfect Pearl 101

11 Island Way 118

12 Sailing Home 133

13 Sunnyside and Still on Deck: Personal Favourites 149

Epilogue 153

References and Further Reading 154

Select Discography 160

Select Filmography 162

Awards 163

Index 164

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