I have been with the Toorak Times since April 2012. I worked as Senior Editor of the Toorak Times for 10 years before retiring in 2012. I continue now as an occasional feature writer. I've been in the Australian music scene as a musician since 1964, and have worked in radio and TV and newspapers (when they were paper ), serious experience in audio editing, and a lot of video editing experience.
I retired from paid radio work in 2022 and took up a position in the Education Centre at Puffing Billy
Welcome to Listen To Older Voices, a program produced by Rob Greaves and podcast through the Toorak Times and Tagg” style=”3d” color=”orange”][/vc_cta][/vc_column][/vc_row]This is Part 1 of a 3-part program featuring the Life and Times of “war baby” – Murray Robertson.
Born in 1940, Murray was born into a “musical family”. His mother was a classical pianist and being bought up in a home with a grand piano, he was encouraged to play from a very early age.
His father, born in 1890, fought in WWI and came back injured, with a loss of one eye as a result of shrapnel. As Murray comments, a cm or so closer to the brain and he may never have been.
Although growing up as a teen in the 1950’s when Rock & Roll was rearing its head, Murray was more involved in playing classical piano and in fact undertook Australian Music Board exams for seven years.
However, we also learn how the music of the big band era drew him away from classical piano and put him on the road to a his first band – The legendary Thunderbirds.
Murray: Middle rear – [Click to enlarge]
Thunderbirds: Murray in dark glasses – [CLICK to enlarge]
Yet, having not thought about music as a full time career Murray undertakes a five-year apprenticeship in Aircraft electrical Engineering, which he completes.
There is much to tell in this first part of his story so i invite you to begin your journey with Murray.
Click to hear – Murray Robertson – Part 1
Previous Listen To Older Voices Programs can be found in our archive, by clicking on one link or the other
– 2012 to 2016
– 2016 onward
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This is Part 1 of a 3-part program featuring the Life and Times of “war baby” – Murray Robertson.
