Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: PJC
Date: 18 Feb 09 - 10:16 AM

Hi Christy,

Congradulations on being a grandad,great to hear from you old mate do you have an e-mail address so we can chat,you can e-mail me at
[e-mail] say hi to Linda, Lindy,and James.

Paul

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST,Kevin- Sydney
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 06:23 AM

Hi John;
Awesome thread!! Unfortunately discovered it only now - 10 days before I leave for Bougainville on a 2 year assignment! It's a bit humid for my vinyl up there, so would be great to have digital Cobbers!
John, I'll check the website before I go and hopefully email you direct too.

Great to see bushie spirit alive and strong as ever!
Keep it up Cobbers!
Kev.

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: cobber
Date: 27 May 09 - 02:56 AM

For anyone who has been trying to get the old bush dancing set, we have finally got it digitised. It's available on the web site www.cobbersbushband.com
It's certainly a lot easier than doing everything with tapes.
Cheers
John

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST,Doug
Date: 22 Aug 09 - 07:37 AM

Hi John great too see you here Im playing an audio cassete if you I found here can you still get bushland dreaming my tape has worn out and would love to get another copy of it if you see this John give me a call regards Doug

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Jan 11 - 07:19 PM

Hi,I do hope the thread is still going,I would like to get in touch with Christy Cooney,we were good mates back in 1969,when I came to Aussie from Ireland,one of the first good blokes I met,actually we did play a bit of Irish and American folk together.
Also lived with Him and Pat In Melbourne.
Hey man, it would be great to catch up.
I am a Grandad too.living in Sth Aussie.
So,,,Christy catch up, post an email address
Regards Tommie Brennan

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST,Branno
Date: 20 Jan 11 - 06:32 PM

Hi John.
Best of luck with the digitisation/reissue project.
The tapes I have from the early Dan O'Connell days
have some sets from the Freewheelers, and possibly
your first performance as a Bush Band with Christy
and the irrepressible Blossom (I don't do Facebook BTW)
There's also enough live Colonials (the inspiration,
remember!?)for at least one CD.

Hi Christy.
How's that banjo going?

Hi Pat.
Very long time no see...

Greetings to other Mudcatter friends, grey in the beard,
long in the tooth, holes in the memories...
Live long and prosper!

Slainte,   Dave B (not averse to email at [e-mail])

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST,slivia
Date: 10 Jan 13 - 04:52 PM

Hi!

Looking for help with my PhD thesis on John Devoy and the Catalpa rescue mission. Am trying to contact John Armstrong from the band The Cobbers. Would be grateful for any sort of contact address. Thanks in advance.

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Jan 13 - 04:57 PM

To Bob Bolton,

Am trying to contact John Armstrong regarding some material they recorded on the Catalpa rescue mission. I'm currently working on my PhD thesis on John Devoy and his work. Can you send me a contact address to John Armstrong or tell me how to best contact him?

Thanks you in advance, this would be of great help!

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: Joybell
Date: 10 Jan 13 - 05:40 PM

To the guests above -- last year I found the author of the song "The Caltalpa" if this is of interest. I posted the info. here but the short version is that it was the minstrel and music hall performer Walter Howson. (Ref: Perth newspaper via Trove).
Cheers, Joy

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: Joybell
Date: 10 Jan 13 - 05:41 PM

Then maybe this needs to be given its own thread.

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Jan 13 - 05:18 AM

Joy, thank you so much for this information! I've found your earlier postings. Can I ask where / how you found this article? Is it available online somewhere? I would love this information in my ohd thesis but I need to reference every minutia in order to make it properly 'scholarly'

regards, Livia
[e-mail]

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Jan 13 - 05:28 AM

Another question: is the song 'The Catalpa' as written by Walter Howson the same as in this you tube video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oxdIzA_AGg

Thank you, regards, Livia

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Mar 13 - 04:18 PM

Im looking for PHOTO of Mark Blossom Brown.

I think the folk festival at Port Fairy should name an award after him.
It was partly due to the cobbers that the festival came into being.
It would be nice to honour him is this way

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: Joybell
Date: 31 Mar 13 - 07:03 PM

Hello Livia. I've had trouble getting into Mucat for a while. I'll send you an email. "Trove" is an Australian site where newspapers (and more)are available online. It's there I found the information about Walter Howson and the song "The Catalpa". The newspaper doesn't give the song words or tune. Just the information that he wrote and performed the song of this name following the actual incident.
Joy

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: Joybell
Date: 31 Mar 13 - 07:58 PM

Ooops sorry. Re "The Caltapa"
Just looked at the newspaper reference.
The song is not named but the chorus is given as:

"Come all you screws warders and gaolers,
Remember Perth Regatta Day:
Take care of the rest of you Fenians
Or the Yankees will take them away."

Cheers, Joy

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST,cobber
Date: 21 Apr 13 - 07:56 AM

John Armstrong here. Sorry folks! I haven't been here for ages and the website crashed a while back. I was working on getting it back up tonight when a link to this came out of the blue. I can be contacted on jjarmstrong47 (at) hotmail.com.

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: freda underhill
Date: 21 Apr 13 - 08:41 AM

Reference to the Cobbers on this youtube recording of The Catalpa

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Sep 13 - 12:26 AM

Hi John ,, PLEASE , PLEASE , PLEASE , CAN YOU PUT ALL YOUR ALBUMS ONTO CDS ??    PLEASE , PLEASE , PLEASE ??

Subject: RE: Pat and Christy Cooney
From: GUEST,Deborah Gray
Date: 21 Feb 16 - 05:30 PM

Lots of time between the last post and this, but can't help commenting on my own connection. Often wondered if Pat and Christy were still married. They were so in love back in the late '60s when we all lived together in that rambling, old house in Sydney. I still have the wedding photo Pat sent me after I moved to Spain. We lost touch, but I was never sure why, because I tried to connect when I was in Australia on visits years ago.   

Pat and Christy, if you do check back, I've lived in various places in the States for many years, although I'm back in Australia 2-3 times a year. I was in Melbourne in September, speaking at a conference. Life takes such strange twists and turns, but I'm very happy.

Pat, just wanted you to know that I'll never forget how good you were to me, a kind and gentle soul. Hope you're doing well.
Best, Deborah

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Mar 20 - 01:22 PM

RIP Christy Cooney   17 march 2020

Subject: RE: Help: Looking for the Cobbers-Australian folk band
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Jul 20 - 10:34 PM