Mic Conway
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mic Conway
| image = Conway_Hiccups_Orchestra,_Port_Fairy_1989.jpg
| caption = Mic Conway, centre, with the Conway Brothers Hiccups Orchestra, on stage at the 1989 Port Fairy Folk Festival, Australia
| landscape =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|02|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| death_date =
| instrument = Vocals, harmonica, ukulele, musical saw, tenor guitar, washboard, jug
| genre = Children's, jug band, ragtime, vaudeville
| occupation = Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, entertainer
| years_active = 1968–present
| label =
| associated_acts = The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, The National Junk Band, Mic Conway and Robbie Long, The Wiggles
| website = {{URL|www.micconway.com}}
}}
Mic Conway (born 15 February 1951) is an Australian vocalist and with his brother, Jim Conway, was a co-founder of the 1970s humour, theatre and rock group, The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band.McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for {{cite web|url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=167 |title=Captain Matchbox |access-date=2004-08-29 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040829235219/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=167 |archive-date=29 August 2004 }}. Retrieved 31 January 2010.Spencer et al, (2007) [http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=32960 CAPTAIN MATCHBOX WHOOPEE BAND] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025033512/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=32960 |date=2014-10-25 }} entry. Retrieved 31 January 2010.{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book Ltd|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association(ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
Conway also was a founding member of Soapbox Circus and Circus Oz.
Conway plays an assortment of oddball instruments, and performs magic, juggling, tap dancing and fire eating.
Biography
Conway, along with his brother Jim, attended Camberwell High School. There they formed the Jelly Bean Jug Band which would later become The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band. Captain Matchbox would later find success in the 1970s where the group produced seven records, two of which reached gold status. Also in the 1970s, he joined the Pram Factory Theatre and created the Soapbox Circus with Matchbox where he served as the ringmaster, musician, juggler and acrobat. The act would become Circus Oz in 1978.{{cite web | url = http://chessmoves.com/2012/11/13/mic-conway/ | title = Mic Conway | work = Camberwell High School Ex-Students Society | access-date = 23 June 2013}}
Conway was a member of the Conway Brothers Hiccups Orchestra from 1984 to 1988 and toured the UK in 1986 appearing at the Edinburgh Festival, the Capitol Music Festival and the Newcastle Festival. In 1988, the Conway Brothers appeared at the Houston International Festival, World Expo 88 and the Perth festival.{{fact|date=February 2020}}
He reinvented himself as a children's performer in the 1990s, appearing on shows such as Humphrey B. Bear (on which he was known as 'Magic Mic'), Play School, Mr. Squiggle and ABC 4 Kids,"[http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/mic-and-jim-conway/3412860 Mic and Jim Conway]", abc.net.au, 1 June 2004. Retrieved 17 November 2012 and Conway received an ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) award in 1994. Conway was a regular part of The Wiggles where he provided the voice of Wags the Dog for the TV series in the 1990s and 2000s, co-wrote songs, and made appearances on various videos, including the group's feature movie.{{cite web|url=http://www.micconway.com/micconway.html |title=Mic Conway |publisher=Mic Conway |access-date=2014-02-19}}
Awards and nominations
=ARIA Music Awards=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Nominated works ! Award ! Result ! Ref |
|---|
| 1994
|Whoopee! |rowspan="2" |Best Children's Album |{{won}} |rowspan="2" |{{center|{{Citation | title = Best Children's Album | periodical = ARIA | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/best-children-s-album}}}} |
| 1997
|What's That Sound? |{{nominated}} |
References
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- {{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |title=Whammo Homepage |url=//www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |access-date=4 January 2010 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |archive-date=5 April 2004 }} Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- {{cite book|title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock|last=Spencer|first=Chris|author2=Zbig Nowara |author3=Paul McHenry |orig-year=1987|year=2002|publisher=Five Mile Press|location=Noble Park, Vic.|isbn=1-86503-891-1}}{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055|title=Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry|work=catalogue|publisher=National Library of Australia|access-date=4 January 2010}} Note: [on-line] version established at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232852/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd] in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
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External links
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- {{Official website}}
{{The Wiggles}}
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Category:Australian male singers
Category:Australian multi-instrumentalists
Category:Musicians from Melbourne
Category:Australian ukulele players