Roger Hicks (rock musician)
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Birth name | Roger Anthony Glanville-Hicks |
Born | Melbourne, Australia | 10 September 1950
Genres | Pop, rock, classical |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | |
Years active | 1968–2013 |
Formerly of | Zoot, Russell Morris Band |
Roger Anthony Glanville-Hicks (born 10 September 1950) is a former Australian rock and classical musician. As Roger Hicks, he was the lead guitarist in the pop group Zoot from 1968 to 1969 before relocating to Brisbane, where he joined another group, the Avengers. Hicks provided acoustic guitar for Russell Morris's first two singles, "The Real Thing" and "Part Three into Paper Walls" (both 1969) – both reached No. 1 on the Go-Set National Top 40 singles chart. Under his full name, he returned to his classical music origins, during the 1970s. He subsequently provided classical guitar for theatre productions, theorbo for ensemble performances and lute for films.
Biography
Roger Anthony Glanville-Hicks was born in Melbourne on 10 September 1950 to Patricia (née Daley, c. 1921–1988) and Beric Glanville-Hicks (1917–2004), a medical doctor and former World War 2 army captain.[1][2][3] He is the nephew of Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990).[4] Hicks was raised in Toorak with two siblings and trained as a classical guitarist.[5]
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Earlier in 1969, as a session musician, Hicks performed the acoustic guitar introduction to Russell Morris's "The Real Thing" (1969),[10] which became the most recognisable "hook" to the song. He also played all the acoustic guitar parts in Morris's follow up single, "Part Three into Paper Walls" (1969),[10] which ends with a reprise of the opening statement from "The Real Thing". Both "The Real Thing" and "Part Three into Paper Walls" reached No. 1 on the Go-Set National Top 40 singles chart in Australia.[11][12] He relocated to Brisbane where he joined the Avengers (sometimes referred to as Brisbane Avangers) alongside Julian Jones on vocals (ex-Breed), Keith Kerwin on guitar, Don Lebler on drums and Andy Tait on bass guitar.[5][13]
He had worked on El Cimarrón, in 1976 at music festivals in Adelaide and Sydney.[14] In October 1980 Glanville-Hicks provided classical guitar for the musical theatre production of El Cimarrón at Universal Theatre, North Fitzroy.[15] In 1985 he was heard on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) radio's ABC-FM; he provided lute and chittarone (large lute-like instrument) for visiting tenor Gerald English.[16] Glanville-Hicks also performed in ensembles providing theorbo, a Baroque musical instrument.[17] The musician played theorbo for The 43rd Intervarsity Choral Festival, Hobart as a member of a chamber orchestra in 1992 and for "A Purcell Celebration" at Xavier College Chapel, Kew in 1995.[18][19] He provided lute for Paul Cox's feature film Innocence (2000).[20] The musician had met the director when both lived in the same village in southern France, "Cox thought a lute might add variety and interest to the score."[21] Glanville-Hicks took the minor role of "Lute Player" in the director's film Human Touch (2004)[22] and Antwan in Cox's short film To Music (2013).[23]
References
- ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 32, 458. 12 September 1950. p. 14. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Bride in White French Crepe". The Argus. No. 32, 458. 27 May 1942. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Item details for: B883, VX64811". National Archives of Australia (NAA). 29 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2024. n.b.: digital copy of 21 pages here
- ^ National Foundation for Australian Women. "Wendy Beckett Collection of Interviews [sound recording]". The Australian Women's Register. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b c d e f g Kimball, Duncan. "MilesAgo - Groups & Solo Artists - Zoot". MilesAgo. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the originalon 9 August 2004.
- ^ Holmgren, Magnus. "Zoot". Australian Rock Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
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- ^ Birtles, Beeb. "Zoot". Beeb Birtles Offical Website. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010.
- ^ a b Culnane, Paul (2007). Duncan Kimball (ed.). "MilesAgo - Groups & Solo Artists - Russell Morris". MilesAgo. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Nimmervoll, Ed (31 May 1969). "National Top 40". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ Nimmervoll, Ed (18 October 1969). "National Top 40". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the originalon 3 August 2004.
- ISSN 0007-4039.
- ^ "Event: El Cimarron". AusStage. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Today's Radio". The Canberra Times. Vol. 59, no. 18, 162. 21 June 1985. p. 10. Retrieved 8 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Baroque at Temple". The Australian Jewish News. 31 July 1987. p. 14. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "HIV1992". AICSApedia. 24 May 2010. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "'A Purcell Celebration' (1995): Choir". Ensemble Gombert. 21 November 1995. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ May, Jaslyn Lai Yi. "Film: Innocence". Australian Cinema. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Innocence - Review - Photos". OzMovies. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ISBN 978-1-921895-42-5
- ^ Cox, Paul (21 April 2013). "Ebertfest: Roger Ebert's Film Festival: To Music". Ebertfest. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
External links
- Roger Glanville-Hicks at IMDb