Vic Simms on his big break
2009
Vic Simms on his big break
2009
- NFSA ID21D9KN78
- TypeMusic and Sound Recordings
- MediumAudio
- FormInterview
- GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year2009
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Born on the La Perouse Mission in Sydney in 1946, Vic Simms was a fiercely proud Bidjigal man.
He discovered his love of music at a young age. When he was ten years old, he was singing at the Maroubra Rugby League Club and was heard by Sydney band leader Kevin Jacobsen, whose quintet was playing at the club.
Kevin was so impressed by the young Vic that he sought him out, as Vic relates in this excerpt from his NFSA Oral History interview with Brenda Gifford in 2009.
Vic Simms recorded his album The Loner, considered to be the first Indigenous protest album released in Australia, while he was in Bathurst Jail. In 2009, The Loner was inducted into the NFSA’s Sounds of Australia registry.
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Born on the La Perouse Mission in Sydney in 1946, Vic Simms was a fiercely proud Bidjigal man.
He discovered his love of music at a young age. When he was ten years old, he was singing at the Maroubra Rugby League Club and was heard by Sydney band leader Kevin Jacobsen, whose quintet was playing at the club.
Kevin was so impressed by the young Vic that he sought him out, as Vic relates in this excerpt from his NFSA Oral History interview with Brenda Gifford in 2009.
Vic Simms recorded his album The Loner, considered to be the first Indigenous protest album released in Australia, while he was in Bathurst Jail. In 2009, The Loner was inducted into the NFSA’s Sounds of Australia registry.
- NFSA ID21D9KN78
- TypeMusic and Sound Recordings
- MediumAudio
- FormInterview
- GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year2009
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