Russell James Dunlop was an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and record producer-engineer.
13 Facts About Russell Dunlop
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Russell Dunlop's father, Hector Dunlop, was an engineer and his mother was Patricia.
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Russell Dunlop met Judi Johnston and they married three months later.
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In 1970 Russell Dunlop moved back to Sydney and was a member of another pop-rock group, Levi Smith's Clefs.
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In 1973 Rory O'Donoghue on lead guitar and lead vocals formed a band, Cool Bananas, which Russell Dunlop joined alongside Stein Bottington on bass guitar, Wayne Findlay on keyboards and Don Reid on flute and saxophone.
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For Rocco Dunlop provided drums and vibraphone as well as producing the recording, he co-mixed it with Bruce C Brown.
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In May 1976, Russell Dunlop left Johnny Rocco Band and replaced Mark Kennedy on drums in the jazz-rock fusion band, Ayers Rock, which toured the US from May to July and included his previous bandmate, Doyle, as a member.
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Russell Dunlop left that group before the end of the year.
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Russell Dunlop recorded and toured with other acts, while becoming more involved in record engineering and producing.
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In 1985, Russell Dunlop contributed on the Australian supergroup Australia Too, which recorded "The Garden".
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Russell Dunlop continued to play in live bands but session work gradually dried up during the 1990s, especially for drummers, as computerised rhythm machines increasingly replaced live musicians for recording.
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Russell Dunlop worked as a radio operator for a courier company for a decade, before moving with his family to Lismore in 2007, where he set up a small studio, and more recently he worked as an ensemble coach at Southern Cross University.
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Russell Dunlop is survived by his wife, Judi, his son, Aaron and his daughter, Kane.