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Wondrous Fair/ Brisbane Band Wondrous Fair were a Brisbane avant garde, folk, rock, modern classical, jam around jazz middle of the road pop group who are now disbanded (however, they stay in touch thru FB). People compared them to The Velvet Underground but they knew they were much talented and adventurous. They found in inspiration in Phillip Glass, The Residents, Zappa, The Go-Betweens, Ligetti, Igor Stravinsky, Stereo Lab, Xero and Abba – just to name a few. WF were popular and performing in the early 1990's. They disbanded circa 1996. Members Debbsie Cavollaro : Art & Music educator, songstress, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and heart of the band. Brothers Stephen & Martin Mackerras : Music educators, composers, song scribes, very vocal vocalists, multi-instrumentalists and band instigators. Michael Bowman: Composer, song scribe, excellent lyricist, multi-instrumentalists, vocalist & lawyer who kept band members out of harm’s way. Rodney Macalister: Educator, percussionist, songster, excellent lyricist, multi-instrumentalists, vocalist and all round funny philosopher. Jeanette Gilffeder: Academic, multi-instrumentalists, viola, vocalist and all round advocate for modern music of the formal variety. A collection of Wondrous Fair songs and clips are now available on You Tube and Bandcamp.

This page was composed by member Stephen Mackerras Oct 2019