There Moffatt learned of John Finlinson, a brass musician in Waipawa\u2019s Harding\u2019s Band, who died in a fire in 1888.<\/p>\n
Finlinson\u2019s death brought his band and their local brass rivals together.<\/p>\n
They led his funeral procession, which resolved the issues between the groups. They became, as the Waipawa Mail put it, \u201cone united band\u201d over Finlinson\u2019s grave.<\/p>\n
The cover of the Ashley Clinton Sheep’s Choir LP.<\/p>\n
To the west of Waipawa, lies the rural community of Ashley Clinton, where in the late 1950s, an ovine singing group needed regular grooming.<\/p>\n
Shepherd, teacher and choir conductor Donald J Squire recorded the baas of solo sheep at different pitches.<\/p>\n
He spliced notes together and produced the sheep \u201csinging\u201d hits such as P\u014dkarekare Ana, P\u014d Atarau<\/a>, and Baa Baa Black Sheep, well before music editing software was in vogue.<\/p>\n Moffatt listened to the album when writing the piece.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not something you\u2019d listen to more than once,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Northeast of Ashley Clinton is Te Aute College, the alma mater of many politicians and rugby players.<\/p>\n It also helped produce notable Kiwi musicians such as \u201cM\u0101ori Cowboy\u201d Johnny Cooper, Sir Howard Morrison, Rim D. Paul, composer Hirini Melbourne, Troy Kingi and Corella member Pipi Campbell.<\/p>\n Moffatt\u2019s piece also explores Bruno Lawrence and Blerta\u2019s Snoring Waters commune in Waim\u0101rama, concerts at the Pukeora Sanatorium, and the role of the region\u2019s community halls in the past and present.<\/p>\n It also takes in talent quests of the 1960s at Waipukurau\u2019s Municipal Theatre and a Dannevirke home studio that helped launch bands\u2019 careers in the 1950s, and more.<\/p>\n Moffatt said the traditional sound of Central and Southern Hawke\u2019s Bay bands changed in the 1960s, when they began borrowing from British Invasion bands such as The Shadows and The Beatles.<\/p>\n \u201cThe bands that didn\u2019t shift broke up because they couldn\u2019t or weren\u2019t willing to change the music or style,\u201d Moffatt said.<\/p>\n Moffatt said bands like Sir Duke, happy to remain as a covers or party band, had the best success at home without having to move to Wellington, Auckland or Australia.<\/p>\n Arguably Hawke\u2019s Bay\u2019s most popular band, Sir Duke started as Waipukurau party band Theme, or The Theme.<\/p>\n They were the resident band at the Leopard Hotel on Ruataniwha St in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n They moved their show to Napier where they played the Leopard Inn from Thursday to Sunday every week, until the pub was sold in 1987.<\/p>\n Moffatt said the band survived for 50 years.<\/p>\nA map of the areas Glen Moffatt explored in his music map for AudioCulture.<\/p>\n