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Podcast: The Music Show
Episode: The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band and remembering Marianne Faithfull
Description: British singer and songwriter Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78. In 1996, Andy spoke to her about finding her true voice, why she was drawn to the music of Kurt Weill and the Weimar Republic, and why she was wrong about The Rolling Stones.Armed with homemade instruments and a larrikin spirit, Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band were mainstays of Melbourne's alternative music scene in the 1970s. Brothers and founding members Jim and Mic Conway are the subjects of a new documentary film by Fiona Cochrane called Whoopee Blues. Mic and Fiona are on The Music Show to...