Mic Conway & Robbie Long
Pic ref: mic Conway rob long
ARIA award winning Mic Conway is a singer, musician, songwriter, actor, fire eater, magician, tap dancer, juggler and more. Most famous as leader of the Captain Matchbox Whoopee and founding member of Circus Oz, he appears this weekend in duo mode with multi instrumentalist Robbie Long!
Bio
Born out of the legendary Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band,Circus Oz and the National Junk Band, Mic Conway and Robbie Long’s irreverent and hilarious mini-vaudeville show is entertainment plus!
A circus of comedy,music,magic,tap dancing and shameless bad jokes, combined with Robbie’s superb musicianship, timing and cheeky asides and you can expect the unexpected. Idiosyncratic tunes from Tin Pan Alley to now, played on guitars, ukuleles, saws, harmonicas, crazy noises and even newspapers. Add various magic tricks and sight acts etc and you have a unique format of variety/ new vaudeville.
MIC “MICROPHONE” CONWAY is an ARIA award winning performer who has toured Australia and internationally as a singer, musician, magician, actor, juggler, fire eater and tap dancer.
“BIG DADDY ROBBIE LONG LEGS” is an award winning multi- instrumentalist and recording artist, who also has toured internationally with Mic and others.
INSTRUMENTS :
MIC CONWAY : Vocals, tenor guitar, musical saw, harmonica, ukulele, gumleaf, silly noises, tap-dancing, fire-eating, juggling, magic.
ROBBIE LONG : Guitars, ukulele, stomp box, mandolin, dobro
