Warren Fahey will perform at the Anzac Day Brunch on Monday, 27 April, 2015. At this special time in our history, hear renowned Warren Fahey AM, cultural historian, author, folk musician and raconteur, present a unique illustrated talk on World War 1 with songs, ditties and humour associated with the ANZACs.
Warren Fahey was born, Sydney, 3rd January, 1946, making him a post-war baby rather than a baby boomer. His father, George Patrick Fahey, was the eldest son of an extremely large (18 surviving children) Irish family raised in Balmain Street, Leichhardt, and his mother, Deborah Miriam Phillips (nee Solomon) was the eldest daughter of a British Jewish family of nine. He has one sibling, Zandra Stanton. Educated at the Marist Brothers College, Kogarah, he commenced his commercial life in advertising agencies and as a youth worker before working exclusively in music. Throughout his music business life Fahey also managed a performance career and another life as a folklorist. He was a regular broadcaster on ABC radio for over twenty five years and has performed extensively as a solo artist and with his group, The Larrikins. His interest in the music industry saw him establish Folkways Music and Larrikin Records and then, at a later stage, a period working as Deputy Managing Director of the Festival Mushroom Group.
Warren has been collecting, writing about and performing Australian folk songs and verse for 40 years. His Australian Folklore Unit website (www.warrenfahey.com) is regarded as a major resource for songs, poems, curious history and folklore. His latest book, Australia: Its Folk Songs & Bush Verse (ABC Books) has been published in hardback and as a three volume set of enhanced e-books.