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Winifred Atwell interviewed on The Mike Walsh Show

1981

Winifred Atwell interviewed on The Mike Walsh Show

1981

  • NFSA IDN6CDWSPR
  • TypeTelevision
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormSeries
  • Duration1 hr, 30 mins
  • GenresVariety show
  • Year1981

Winifred Atwell is interviewed by Mike Walsh in 1981. In this clip she discusses her start in music and her training for an alternative career as a pharmacist. She talks about how her mother taught her not to be a musical snob, and how she switched from classical to honky-tonk piano. At her peak, Winifred practised the piano for 10 hours a day!

From The Mike Walsh Show Episode 1087, broadcast on 17 June 1981.

Courtesy of
Mike Walsh AM, OBE and Hayden Productions

Winifred Atwell is interviewed by Mike Walsh in 1981. In this clip she discusses her start in music and her training for an alternative career as a pharmacist. She talks about how her mother taught her not to be a musical snob, and how she switched from classical to honky-tonk piano. At her peak, Winifred practised the piano for 10 hours a day!

From The Mike Walsh Show Episode 1087, broadcast on 17 June 1981.

Courtesy of
Mike Walsh AM, OBE and Hayden Productions
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