Graham Brazier
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Infobox musical artist Graham Philip Brazier (6 May 1952 – 4 September 2015) was a New Zealand musician and songwriter. He first came to prominence in the band Hello Sailor. After Hello Sailor, he formed a band called the Legionnaires. When he was growing up, he lived above his mother's bookshop in Dominion Road in Auckland and he collected first editions.
Early life
His childhood was fashioned seeing R.A.K. Mason, Rex Fairburn, Kevin Ireland and other writers in the shop.<ref name="Elsewhere ">Template:Cite web</ref> Graham left Mt Roskill Grammar at age 15 for his first job at Whitcombe & Tombs. He began writing songs when he was 19.<ref name="NZ Herald Obituary">Template:Cite news</ref>
Career
Although Brazier claimed he turned down an offer to join The Doors post-Jim Morrison,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> it was stated by Doors ex-manager and biographer, Danny Sugerman, to be "somewhat exaggerated".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Two Brazier associated songs are included in the official top 100 New Zealand songs. They are "Blue Lady" alongside his first band, Hello Sailor, as well as "Billy Bold" from his solo career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
It was reported on 7 October 2012 that Brazier was charged with assaulting his two former partners.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He pleaded guilty to two counts of male assaults female and one count of common assault.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Brazier suffered a heart attack in August 2015, and died in Auckland on 4 September 2015.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Brazier's posthumous solo album Left Turn at Midnite, completed after Brazier's death by close friend producer Alan Jansson,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> was released in May 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Solo discography
- Inside Out (Polygram), 1981
- Brazier (CBS), 1987 (spent one week in the NZ album chart at No. 49 in February 1988)
- East of Eden (Wildside) March 2004
- Left Turn at Midnite (Ripe Coconut) May 2017
Awards
Aotearoa Music Awards
The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965.
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References
Further reading
- Dix, John, Stranded in Paradise, Penguin, 2005. Template:ISBN
- Eggleton, David, Ready To Fly, Craig Potton, 2003. Template:ISBN
- Spittle, Gordon, Counting The Beat, GP Publications, 1997. Template:ISBN
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