Bob (Buck) Buckley

Electric bass guitar, flute & whistle
vocals: bass harmony
dance caller

Bob was brought up with traditional Australian music. His family was frequently visited by John Manifold, an early collector of Australian traditional music. He started out playing recorder and flutes.

He lived in Newcastle NSW in the late 1960s. He started out playing flute in acoustic and electric folk and rock bands. He learned to play guitar and banjo. He played (banjo mostly) in the Electric Jug Band at the legendary Star Hotel with many legendary musicians. He moved to Sydney in 1972 but continued playing in Newcastle.

In the mid- to late 1970s, he played bass guitar, fiddle and guitar in bush bands and blues bands in Brisbane. He played bass guitar with the Red Brick Bush Band and with the blues singer/pianist, Wiley Reed. He also played fiddle, guitar, flute and whistle with the Bale 'em Up Bush Band.

He had a short period living in England (1979-1982) where he played fiddle, flute and whistle for step-clog dancers. He learned to play for morris dancers. He played in a number of English country dance bands and in many sessions. He had several trips to Ireland.

When he returned to Sydney in 1983 he started Prop-a-Goose, a popular folk dance and concert band. Mostly, he played fiddle and flute. He had a share of the lead vocals. He played for Boadicea Morris. He lead a group of English step-clog dancers who performed on several occasions in the Shell Folkloric Festival at Sydney Opera House. Later he joined Papillon and the Ryebuck Bush Band. He played a major part in getting the Old Empire Band together.

Bob moved to Adelaide in 1991. He played violin in the orchestra for a number of amateur theatre productions. While in Adelaide, he played with the Rocky River Bush Band and occasionally with Jack's Alive.

He moved to Canberra in 1995. He played banjo with Euphillon, a small brass band with an eclectic repertoire. He played bass guitar with The Drop G's and Alive and Pickin'.

Bob joined Paverty in 2003. He is the newest member of the band.

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