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{{Short description|New Zealand musician, songwriter, composer}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Don McGlashan
| birth_name        = Donald McGlashan
| image             = Don McGlashan in Raglan (cropped mug).JPG
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = McGlashan at the Raglan Club in 2015
| occupation        = Musician, [[songwriter]], multi-instrumentalist, composer
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|07|18}}
| birth_place       = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
| instrument        = [[Vocals]], [[euphonium]], [[piano]], [[guitar]], [[drums]], [[percussion]]
| years_active      = 1979–present
| label             = [[Arch Hill Recordings|Arch Hill]]
| associated_acts   = Auckland Symphonia<br>[[From Scratch (music group)|From Scratch]]<br>[[Blam Blam Blam]]<br>[[The Front Lawn]]<br>[[The Mutton Birds]]<br>The Seven Sisters<br>The Bellbirds
| website           = [http://www.donmcglashan.com/ www.donmcglashan.com]
}}

'''Don McGlashan''' (born 18 July 1959{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}) is a [[New Zealand]] composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for membership in the bands [[Blam Blam Blam]], [[The Front Lawn]], and [[The Mutton Birds]], before going solo. He has also composed for cinema and television.

McGlashan was also a member of [[Philip Dadson]]'s percussion group [[From Scratch (music group)|From Scratch]], and bands The Bellbirds, [[The Plague (New Zealand band)|The Plague]], and composed pieces for New Zealand's [[Limbs Dance Company]]. His first hits were with band [[Blam Blam Blam]] in the early 1980s. He later released four albums as lead singer and writer for [[The Mutton Birds]].

He was a 2023 inductee to the [[New Zealand Music Hall of Fame]].<ref name="The New Zealand Herald">{{cite web|title=New Zealand Music Hall of Fame to induct industry legend Don McGlashan|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/new-zealand-music-hall-of-fame-to-induct-industry-legend-don-mcglashan/YZ6I4RSLCRGCDOIXAUCPWCPKXE/|publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref>

==Early life==
McGlashan was born in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]. Both his parents were teachers: his father Bain taught civil engineering at [[Auckland Technical Institute]] and his mother Alice was a schoolteacher. McGlashan was actively encouraged to pursue music from a young age by his father, who bought him various musical instruments to learn on.<ref name=questions>{{cite news|last=Stuart|first=Sarah|title=Twelve Questions: Don McGlashan|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/music/news/article.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10869213|access-date=27 October 2013|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=5 March 2013}}</ref> McGlashan wrote "Envy of Angels" as a tribute to his father.<ref name=fathers>{{cite news|last=Warner|first=Kirsten|title=Kiwi singers share lyrics written for their dads|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/music/news/article.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10831352|access-date=27 October 2013|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=2 September 2012}}</ref>
At age seven McGlashan began on cello and piano, "then gradually added more instruments to that. [I] went through the tune-a-day for whatever instrument it was, for just about every instrument I think."<ref name="interview">{{cite news|title=Musical Chairs: Don McGlashan|access-date=27 October 2013|newspaper=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=April 1998|url=http://www.geocities.com/~pete-n-shel/iviewdon1.html}}</ref>

McGlashan attended [[Westlake Boys' High School]], on Auckland's North Shore.<ref>{{cite web|title= Westlakers|url= http://www.westlake.school.nz/westlakers/ |publisher=Westlake Boys' High School|access-date=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204937/http://www.westlake.school.nz/westlakers/|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> While at high school he began playing keyboard in local bands. "I carried on sort of following those two strands – of learning how to write songs, learning how to be in a band, learning all the sort of extra musical stuff that you have to learn – and on the other side I was learning the French horn."<ref name="interview2">{{cite news|title=Musical Chairs: Don McGlashan|access-date=27 October 2013|newspaper=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=April 1998|url=http://www.geocities.com/~pete-n-shel/iviewdon2.html}}</ref>

At the [[University of Auckland]], McGlashan studied English and music, and played French horn and percussion in the Auckland Symphonia (later called the [[Auckland Philharmonia]]) from 1979 to 1982. McGlashan began working with [[Philip Dadson]]'s percussion group From Scratch in 1979, while playing in the Auckland Symphonia. McGlashan played a number of eclectic percussion instruments, such as the [[thongophone]] (PVC piping struck with [[jandals]]); the name of the group came from the fact that they produced their own instruments 'from scratch'. On ''Standards'', the album he jointly produced with [[Ivan Zagni]] for [[Propeller Records]] in 1982, he is credited as playing bass guitar, horn, whistle, percussion, marimba and vocals.

==Career==
===1981–1984: Blam Blam Blam===
{{Main| Blam Blam Blam}}
In 1981, McGlashan replaced Ian Gilroy in punk band [[The Whizz Kids]], who rechristened themselves Blam Blam Blam.<ref name="Blam Blam Blam">{{cite web|title=Blam Blam Blam|url=http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/blam-blam-blam|publisher=Audioculture|access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref> McGlashan's song "Don't Fight It Marsha, It's Bigger Than Both of Us" reached #17 in the New Zealand charts. Local music magazine ''Rip It Up'' deemed it 'best single of the year', and readers voted McGlashan drummer of the year.<ref name="Blam Blam Blam"/>

===1985–1990: The Front Lawn===
{{Main| The Front Lawn}}

In March 1985, a group formed for the purpose, Left, Right and Centre, released a single, "Don't Go", a protest against the proposed [[All Blacks]] tour of South Africa. The song was written by Don McGlashan, Frank Stark and [[Geoff Chapple (writer)|Geoff Chapple]]. McGlashan, [[Chris Knox]] and [[Rick Bryant]] were the main vocalists.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/RIU19850301.2.11 Rip It Up, Issue 92, 1 March 1985, Page 4]</ref>

McGlashan formed multi-media group The Front Lawn with [[Harry Sinclair]]. The duo (in their late stages a trio, thanks to the addition of actor [[Jennifer Ward-Lealand]]) won acclaim for theatre shows which combined music with physical comedy. McGlashan's song "Andy", written in memory of his late brother, was later listed among the [[APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

McGlashan and Sinclair also made and starred in short films ''Walk Short'' (in which each played multiple roles), ''The Lounge Bar'' and 1990's ''Linda's Body''. By now Sinclair was growing increasingly interested in directing, while McGlashan was keen to return to the live circuit.<ref>{{cite news|title=Musical Chairs|url=http://www.geocities.com/~pete-n-shel/iviewdon9a.html|access-date=27 October 2013|newspaper=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=April 1998}}</ref> He had also begun composing for the screen.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

===1991–2002: The Mutton Birds===
{{Main| The Mutton Birds}}
David Long moved from Wellington to Auckland to work with McGlashan, and the two began working together and auditioning drummers. After playing their first gig on St Patrick's Day 1991 with a session drummer, Steve Garden, they heard about Ross Burge and convinced him to move back to New Zealand from New York to join The Mutton Birds.<ref>{{cite news|title=Musical Chairs|url=http://www.geocities.com/~pete-n-shel/iviewdon9b.html|access-date=27 October 2013|newspaper=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=April 1998}}</ref> The band began to become successful—"Anchor Me" won McGlashan the 1994 Silver Scroll Award—and later moved to the UK. However, while the Mutton Birds received acclaim from UK critics and music magazines, they failed to achieve mainstream success. Eventually they disbanded, and McGlashan returned to New Zealand.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

===2003–present: Solo work===
McGlashan's first solo album, ''[[Warm Hand]]'', was released in May 2006. It was nominated for an NZ Music Award for album of the year, and debut single "Miracle Sun" was a nominee for New Zealand's supreme songwriting award, the [[APRA Silver Scroll]].

In March 2009, the album ''[[Marvellous Year]]'' was released through Arch Hill Records. The album is credited to Don McGlashan & the Seven Sisters, a band which had begun when he toured ''Warm Hand''. The album included a new version of McGlashan-penned hit "Bathe in the River", with McGlashan on lead vocals.

In 2005, "Anchor Me" was re-recorded by an ensemble of NZ artists to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the [[Rainbow Warrior bombing]].<ref name=nzherald>{{cite news|title=Rainbow Warrior song heading for the top|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10335662|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=27 October 2013|date=14 July 2005}}</ref>

In 2012 McGlashan was one of a select number of artists given permission to visit [[Antarctica]]. The following year he was awarded the two-month Michael King residency.<ref name=questions />

[[File:Mutton Birds 297 (51480459526).jpg|340px|thumb|right|McGlashan playing the [[Euphonium]] in concert with [[the Mutton Birds]], 2012]]

McGlashan played euphonium on album ''[[Time On Earth]]'', by [[Crowded House]]. He played live with the band at [[Glastonbury 2008]] and was a regular member of the touring line-up throughout their 2008 world tour.  Later he played euphonium on track 'Hole In My Head' by Melbourne singer/songwriter Marjorie Cardwell, for her 2012 album ''In Another World''.<ref name="portadowntimes.co.uk">{{cite web|work=Portadown Times |title=Marjorie beats brain illness to release CD |url=http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local/marjorie-beats-brain-illness-to-release-cd-1-4099185 |access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref>

In 2012, McGlashan and [[Dave Dobbyn]] partnered for the Acoustic Church Tour.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11131978|title=Concert review: Kiwi legends' double act is heaven sent|date=30 September 2013|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|access-date=21 July 2019}}</ref>

In 2015 he released his third solo album ''[[Lucky Stars (album)|Lucky Stars]]'', which he described as "his most personal album yet".<ref>{{cite news |first=Russell |last=Bailie |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11434322|title=Don McGlashan: My most personal album yet |work=[[New Zealand Herald]] |date=17 April 2015 |access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref>

In 2022 he released his fourth solo album ''[[Bright November Morning]]'' which includes songs from his early days playing gigs with The Mutton Birds to his song about the 1881 invasion of Parihaka, titled John Bryce.  McGlashan said it was hard to pinpoint where the album fits in his career.

"It'd be like looking at a whole photo album of the last few years and saying this is exactly where I am, these are all the things that sort of make up who I am and who I am right now."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-24 |title='I've pushed myself to break habits' - Don McGlashan |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/music101/audio/2018831881/i-ve-pushed-myself-to-break-habits-don-mcglashan |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref> Soon after its release the album reached the top of the New Zealand Record Album Music Charts<ref>{{Cite web |title=Don McGlashan Gets His First Ever No.1 Album! {{!}} Artist News {{!}} NZ Music Commission |url=https://nzmusic.org.nz/news/artist/don-mcglashan-gets-his-first-ever-no1-album/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=nzmusic.org.nz}}</ref>

===Soundtrack work===
McGlashan began contributing to soundtracks as early as 1980, when he was one of the trio who composed the music for New Zealand police series ''[[Mortimer's Patch]]''. McGlashan composed occasionally for the screen over the next two and a half decades, including work on Jane Campion's film ''[[An Angel at My Table]]''; ''[[Cinema of Unease]]'', a documentary about the history of New Zealand cinema; and long-running detective series ''[[Street Legal (New Zealand TV series)|Street Legal]]''.

From 2005 onwards, McGlashan began to devote a lot more energy to soundtrack work. Since then he has composed the music for more than a dozen screen projects – predominantly feature films (including ''[[The Dead Lands]]'' and the orchestral soundtrack for ''[[Dean Spanley]]'') – as well as short films (''Tick'') and television ([[Katherine Mansfield]] telemovie ''Bliss'', TV series ''[[Orange Roughies]]'').

The song "[[Bathe In the River]]" featured on McGlashan's soundtrack to acclaimed [[Toa Fraser]] film ''[[No. 2 (film)|No. 2]]'' (2006, also known as ''Naming Number Two''). Sung by [[Hollie Smith]], it reached number 2 on the New Zealand music charts and went platinum. The song also won him the 2006 APRA Silver Scroll Award, his second win.

In 2011 McGlashan provided the score to the fireworks during the opening ceremony of the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Toupee|first=Nic|title=Is Don, Is Good|url=http://themusic.com.au/interviews/all/don-mcglashan/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131109143550/http://themusic.com.au/interviews/all/don-mcglashan/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 November 2013|publisher=The Music|access-date=9 November 2013|date=25 July 2012}}</ref>

==Musical style==
McGlashan is noted for writing lyrics that feature New Zealand imagery and vernacular, many involving his hometown of Auckland. Examples include Dominion Road in Auckland ("Dominion Road"), the Auckland Harbour Bridge ("Harbour Bridge"), Takapuna Beach ("Andy"), and the Coromandel ("Passenger 26"). The Valiant in "White Valiant" was a commonly seen car in 1970s-era New Zealand: McGlashan never owned one, though fellow musician [[Dave Dobbyn]] did.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mora|first=Jim|title=NZ Live – Dave Dobbyn & Don McGlashan|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nzlive/audio/2569219/nz-live-dave-dobbyn-and-don-mcglashan|access-date=27 October 2013|newspaper=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=13 September 2013}}</ref>

McGlashan is also known for writing about real-life events and people, including:
* The 1990 [[Aramoana massacre]] ("A Thing Well Made")
* the 1993 [[Kader Toy Factory Fire]] in Thailand ("Toy Factory Fire")
* [[Opo (dolphin)|Opo the dolphin]] ("Miracle Sun")
* [[John Bryce]] and his invasion of [[Parihaka]] ("John Bryce")
* Polar explorer [[Ernest Shackleton|Sir Ernest Shackleton]] ("Shackleton")

McGlashan noted that while living in England as a member of the Mutton Birds, he still wrote "letters to home" to New Zealand in his songs, as he struggled to find a connection with English imagery.<ref>{{cite news|title=Musical Chairs|url=http://www.geocities.com/~pete-n-shel/iviewdon15.html|access-date=27 October 2013|newspaper=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=April 1998}}</ref>

In 1998 McGlashan explained his writing process as "trying to write about people that I know. I suppose I 'write letters' to people, or try to unpick a moment that I’ve lived through and either tell the story in the first person or make up some characters who then tell the story in their own words – and by using what they don’t say as much as what they do say, try and paint their world in a song."<ref>{{cite news|title=Musical Chairs|url=http://www.geocities.com/~pete-n-shel/iviewdon16.html|access-date=27 October 2013|newspaper=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=April 1998}}</ref>

He has also played a number of different instruments throughout his musical career: asked what instruments he plays, he answered, "Well I don't play violin".<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.donmcglashan.com/about-2/|access-date=22 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061752/http://www.donmcglashan.com/about-2/|archive-date=23 October 2013}}</ref> However, he is noted for playing the euphonium and French horn. With Blam Blam Blam, McGlashan played drums and euphonium. He later picked up guitar duties for his work with The Front Lawn and The Mutton Birds.

==Discography==

=== Albums ===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! rowspan="2" | Details
! Peak chart<br>positions
|-
! <small>[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|title=Don McGlashan in New Zealand Charts|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Don+McGlashan|publisher=charts.nz|access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref> 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Warm Hand]]''
|
* Released: 1 May 2006
* Label: Arch Hill Recordings
* Catalogue: AHR024
| align="center" | 11
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Marvellous Year]]''
|
* Released as Don McGlashan and the Seven Sisters
* Released: 2 March 2009
* Label: Arch Hill Recordings
* Catalogue: AHR038
| align="center" | 26
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Lucky Stars (album)|Lucky Stars]]''
|
* Released: 17 April 2015
* Label: Self-released
| align="center" | 5
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Bright November Morning]]''
|
* Released: 25 February 2022
* Label: Self-released (Doncorp)
| align="center"| 1
|}

====With From Scratch====
{{main list|From Scratch (music group)}}
* ''From Scratch Perform Rhythm Works'' (1979) self-released
* ''3 Pieces From Gung Ho 1,2,3D'' (1983) Hit Singles
* ''Pacific 3,2,1,zero (Part 1) – Drum/Sing'' (1985) [[Flying Nun Records]]
* ''Gung Ho 1,2,3D'' (1988) [[Flying Nun Records]]

====With Blam Blam Blam====
{{main list|Blam Blam Blam}}
* ''Luxury Length'' (1982) [[Propeller Records]]/Festival Records

====With The Front Lawn====
{{main list|The Front Lawn}}
* ''[[Songs from the Front Lawn|Songs from The Front Lawn]]'' (1989) Front Lawn Records
* ''More Songs from The Front Lawn'' (1993) Virgin Records

====With The Mutton Birds====
{{main list|The Mutton Birds}}
* ''[[The Mutton Birds (album)|The Mutton Birds]]'' (1992) Bag Records
* ''[[Salty (album)|Salty]]'' (1993) EMI Records
* ''[[Envy of Angels]]'' (1996) EMI Records
* ''[[Rain, Steam and Speed]]'' (1999) Shhh! Records
* ''Flock: The Best of the Mutton Birds'' (2002) EMI Records

===Soundtracks===

====Movies====
* ''[[Other Halves]]'' (NZ 1984)
* ''[[The Grasscutter]]'' (NZ/UK 1988) (with Wayne Laird)
* ''[[An Angel at My Table]]'' (NZ 1990)
* ''[[Absent Without Leave (film)|Absent Without Leave]]'' (NZ 1992)
* ''[[Cinema of Unease]]'' (UK/NZ 1995)
* ''[[Like It Is (film)|Like It Is]]'' (UK 1998)
* ''[[No. 2 (film)|No. 2]]'' (NZ 2005)
* ''[[Out of the Blue (2006 film)|Out of the Blue]]'' (Song: "I Will Not Let You Down") (NZ 2006)
* ''[[The Tattooist]]'' (Song: "I Will Not Let You Down") (NZ 2007)
* ''[[Dean Spanley]]'' (UK/NZ 2008)
* ''[[Show Of Hands (film)|Show Of Hands]]'' (NZ 2008)
* ''[[Matariki (film)|Matariki]]'' – (NZ 2010)<ref name="ODT_51114">{{cite web |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/music/51114/marvellous-year-mcglashan |title=Marvellous year for McGlashan |author=Gilchrist, Shane |date=11 April 2009 |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |access-date=29 September 2011}}</ref>
* ''[[Sione's 2: Unfinished Business]]'' (NZ 2012)
* ''Kiwi Flyer'' (NZ 2012)
* ''[[The Dead Lands]]'' (NZ/UK 2014)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3399916/reference The Dead Lands (2014)] – IMDb</ref>
* ''Vermilion'' (NZ 2018)

====Short films====
* "The Lounge Bar" (1989) (as The Front Lawn)
* "Linda's Body" (1990) (as The Front Lawn)
* "The Painted Lady" (2000)
* "Tick" (2002)

====TV====
* ''[[Mortimer's Patch]]'' (NZ 1979–1984) (with Wayne Laird and Keith Hunter)
* ''[[Terry and the Gunrunners]]'' (NZ 1985)
* ''[[Street Legal (2000)|Street Legal]]'' (NZ 2000–2003)
* ''[[Orange Roughies]]'' (NZ 2006)
* ''[[This Is Not My Life]]'' (NZ 2010)
* ''[[RocKwiz]]'' contestant and guest ([[List of RocKwiz episodes|episode 94]]), along with [[Jenny Morris (musician)|Jenny Morris]]<ref>{{cite web |work=RocKwiz |title=Episode 94 – Jenny Morris & Don McGlashan |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/rockwiz/watch/866/RocKwiz-Episode-94---Jenny-Morris-%26-Don-McGlashan- |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service |access-date=14 May 2011 |archive-date=19 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519161906/http://www.sbs.com.au/rockwiz/watch/866/RocKwiz-Episode-94---Jenny-Morris-%26-Don-McGlashan- |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Kiri and Lou'' (2019–24 ) (NZ/Canada)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10146162/fullcredits?ref_=tt_rv Kiri and Lou (2019– ) – Full Cast & Crew] (IMDb)</ref>

==Acting in film==

===Shorts===
The Front Lawn:
* "Walkshort" (NZ 1987){{snd}}all the characters were played by Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair.
* "The Lounge Bar" (NZ 1989) Don McGlashan – Mike
* "Linda's Body" (NZ 1990) Don McGlashan – Ben

===Feature film===
* ''Perfect Strangers'' (NZ 2003): singing "Anchor Me" with band in bar.

==Theatre==
*Co-founder of Watershed Theatre, Auckland 1990 (disbanded 1995)
*''Play 2'', Maidment Studio Theatre, October 2002: Don McGlashan played a choirmaster.

==Dance==

===Music for Limbs Dance Company===
New Zealand
* "Arcade" (1981)
* "This Is A Love Song" (1983)
* "Decoy" (1984)
* "Souvenirs" (1984)
* "Vigil Switch" (1985)
* "[https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/explore-stories/stories/television/now-is-the-hour/ Now Is The Hour]" (1988)

===Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians===
New York, 1983
* He co-composed the scores to two new Dean pieces
* Later appointed music rehearsal director.
* Toured with the company on US and European tours, playing drums and synthesiser.

==Awards==

===New Zealand Music Awards===

{{awards table}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1981 in New Zealand#New Zealand Music Awards|1981]]
| Blam Blam Blam – "No Depression in New Zealand"
| Single of the Year
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma1981">{{cite web|title=1981 Winners |url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1981-winners/ |publisher=NZ Music Awards |access-date=27 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192927/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1981-winners/ |archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> 
|-
| Blam Blam Blam
| Most Promising Group
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma1981"/>
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[1989 in New Zealand#New Zealand Music Awards|1989]]
| The Front Lawn – ''Songs from The Front Lawn''
| Album of the Year
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma1989">{{cite web|title=1989 Winners|url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1989-winners/|publisher=NZ Music Awards|access-date=27 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403024803/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1989-winners/|archive-date=3 April 2013}}</ref> 
|-
| The Front Lawn
| Most Promising Group
| {{won}}<ref name="nzma1989"/>
|-
| The Front Lawn
| International Achievement
| {{won}}<ref name="nzma1989"/>
|-
| The Front Lawn
| Best Film Soundtrack/Compilation
| {{won}}<ref name="nzma1989"/>
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[1993 in New Zealand#New Zealand Music Awards|1993]]
| The Mutton Birds – ''The Mutton Birds''
| Album of the Year
| {{won}}<ref name=nzma1993>{{cite web|title=1993 Winners|url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1993-winners/|publisher=NZ Music Awards|access-date=27 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030143934/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1993-winners/|archive-date=30 October 2012}}</ref> 
|-
| The Mutton Birds – ''Nature''
| Single of the Year
| {{won}}<ref name=nzma1993/>
|-
| The Mutton Birds
| Best Group
| {{won}}<ref name=nzma1993/>
|-
| [[Fane Flaws]] and The Mutton Birds – "Nature" (The Mutton Birds)
| Best Video
| {{nom}}<ref name=nzma1993/>
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[1995 in New Zealand#New Zealand Music Awards|1995]]
| The Mutton Birds – ''Salty''
| Album of the Year
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma1995">{{cite web|title=1995 Winners |url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1995-winners/ |publisher=NZ Music Awards |access-date=27 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016004941/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1995-winners/ |archive-date=16 October 2013}}</ref> 
|-
| The Mutton Birds
| Best Group
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma1995"/>
|-
| Don McGlashan – "Anchor Me"
| Best Songwriter
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma1995"/>
|-
| [[1996 in New Zealand#New Zealand Music Awards|1996]]
| The Mutton Birds
| Best Group
| {{nom}}<ref>{{cite web|title=1996 Winners|url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1996-winners/|publisher=NZ Music Awards|access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref> 
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[1997 in New Zealand#New Zealand Music Awards|1997]]
| The Mutton Birds – ''Envy of Angels''
| Album of the Year
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma1997">{{cite web|title=1997 Winners |url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1997-winners/ |publisher=NZ Music Awards |access-date=27 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016024252/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1997-winners/ |archive-date=16 October 2013}}</ref> 
|-
| The Mutton Birds – "She's Been Talking"
| Single of the Year
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma1997"/>
|-
| The Mutton Birds
| Best Group
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma1997"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1998 in New Zealand#New Zealand Music Awards|1998]]
| The Mutton Birds
| Best Group
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzmz1998">{{cite web|title=1998 Winners |url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1998-winners/ |publisher=NZ Music Awards |access-date=27 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613181007/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1998-winners/ |archive-date=13 June 2011}}</ref> 
|-
| International Achievement
| Best Group
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzmz1998"/>
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[2000 in New Zealand#New Zealand Music Awards|2000]]
| The Mutton Birds – ''Rain, Steam and Speed''
| Album of the Year
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma2000">{{cite web|title=2000 Winners|url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/2000-winners/|publisher=NZ Music Awards|access-date=27 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023224426/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/2000-winners/|archive-date=23 October 2013}}</ref> 
|-
| The Mutton Birds – "Pulled Along By Love"
| Single of the Year
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma2000"/>
|-
| Don McGlashan (The Mutton Birds)
| Top Male Vocalist
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma2000"/>
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[2006 New Zealand Music Awards|2006]]
| Don McGlashan – ''Warm Hand''
| Album of the Year
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma2006">{{cite web|title=2006 Winners |url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/2006-winners/ |publisher=NZ Music Awards |access-date=27 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194234/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/2006-winners/ |archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> 
|-
| Don McGlashan – ''Warm Hand''
| Best Male Solo Artist
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma2006"/>
|-
| Don McGlashan, [[SJD (musician)|Sean Donnelly]], [[Edmund Cake|Ed McWilliams]] – ''Warm Hand'' (Don McGlashan)
| Best Producer
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma2006"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[2009 New Zealand Music Awards|2009]]
| Don McGlashan and the Seven Sisters
| Best Male Solo Artist
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma2009">{{cite web|title=2009 Winners|url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2010/03/29/2009-winners/|publisher=NZ Music Awards|access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref> 
|-
| Don McGlashan, [[SJD (musician)|Sean Donnelly]] – ''Marvellous Year''
| Best Producer
| {{nom}}<ref name="nzma2009"/>
|}

===Silver Scrolls===
McGlashan has won the [[APRA Awards (New Zealand)|APRA Silver Scroll]] twice. In 2006, McGlashan had two songs nominated for this award – a feat last achieved by [[Dave Dobbyn]] in 1995. "[[Bathe in the River]]", written by McGlashan for the film ''No. 2'', later won the award.
{{Wikinews|New Zealand songwriter Don McGlashan wins second Silver Scroll}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Work<ref>{{cite web|title=Silver Scroll Award Winners|url=http://www.apra-amcos.co.nz/apra-awards/apra-silver-scroll-awards-2012/silver-scroll-award.aspx|publisher=APRA|access-date=26 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124074709/http://www.apra-amcos.co.nz/apra-awards/apra-silver-scroll-awards-2012/silver-scroll-award.aspx|archive-date=24 November 2012}}</ref> 
! Result
|- 
| 1994
| "[[Anchor Me (Greenpeace song)|Anchor Me]]"
| {{won}}
|-
|  rowspan=2 | 2006
|"[[Bathe In the River]]"
| {{won}}
|-
| "Miracle Sun"
| {{nom}}
|}

In 2001, a vote by members of [[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]] to find [[Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time|New Zealand's Top 100 songs]] (what would eventually become the ''[[Nature's Best]]'' series) included 5 McGlashan songs. These were:

* [[Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time#23|23]]:  The Mutton Birds – "[[Dominion Road (song)|Dominion Road]]"
* [[Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time#49|49]]: The Mutton Birds – "Anchor Me"
* [[Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time#66|66]]: Blam Blam Blam – "Don't Fight It Marsha, It's Bigger Than Both of Us"
* [[Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time#69|69]]: Blam Blam Blam – "There Is No Depression in New Zealand"
* [[Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time#82|82]]: The Front Lawn – "Andy" (co-written with Harry Sinclair)

In October 2023, McGlashan was inducted into the [[New Zealand Music Hall of Fame]].<ref name="The New Zealand Herald"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2023/10/silver-scroll-awards-2023-the-beths-win-top-award-for-expert-in-a-dying-field.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325032543/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2023/10/silver-scroll-awards-2023-the-beths-win-top-award-for-expert-in-a-dying-field.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 March 2024 |title=Silver Scroll Awards 2023: The Beths win top award for 'Expert in a Dying Field' |date=4 October 2023 |first=Darren |last=Bevan |work=[[Newshub]] |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>

===Other awards===

* 2001 – [[University of Auckland]] Literary Fellowship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Don McGlashan named Distinguished Alumnus|url=http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/news/template/news_item.jsp?cid=466194|publisher=University of Auckland|access-date=27 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200646/http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/news/template/news_item.jsp?cid=466194|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>
* 2002 – [[Arts Foundation of New Zealand]] Laureate Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Don McGlashan – Musician|url=http://www.thearts.co.nz/artist_page.php&aid=65&type=bio|publisher=The Arts Foundation|access-date=27 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190227/http://www.thearts.co.nz/artist_page.php%26aid%3D65%26type%3Dbio|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>
* 2003 – [[2003 New Zealand Television Awards|New Zealand Television Awards]], Best Original Music for ''[[Street Legal (2000)|Street Legal]]''.
* 2007 – [[Auckland City Council]] Living Legend Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Auckland stars become Living Legends|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0704/S00240/auckland-stars-become-living-legends.htm|publisher=Scoop|access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref>
* 2012 – [[University of Auckland]] Distinguished Alumni Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Distinguished Alumni|url=https://www.alumni.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/alumni/af-alumni-profiles/af-distinguished-alumni/2012-distinguished-alumni|publisher=University of Auckland|access-date=27 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029214218/https://www.alumni.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/alumni/af-alumni-profiles/af-distinguished-alumni/2012-distinguished-alumni|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>
* 2012 – [[Antarctica New Zealand]]'s Writers and Artists residency programme.<ref>{{cite web|title=Artists & writers programme|url=http://antarcticanz.govt.nz/scholarships-fellowships/artists-writers-programme|publisher=Antarctica New Zealand|access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref>
* 2013 – [[Michael King (historian)|Michael King]] Writer's Centre Writer in Residence.<ref>{{cite web|title=Writers In Residence 2013 |url=http://www.writerscentre.org.nz/writers_in_residence.php?bio_id=79|publisher=The Michael King Writer's Centre|access-date=27 October 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
McGlashan married dancer and writer Marianne Schultz in 1989. The couple separated in 2012, and divorced in 2017.  They have two children, Louie and Moe.<ref name=fathers /><ref>{{cite news|title=Don McGlashan|url=http://events.nzherald.co.nz/artist/don-mcglashan|access-date=27 October 2013|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] }}</ref> McGlashan married Ann McDonell in 2018.

In 2008 McGlashan was angered that [[Television New Zealand|TVNZ]] had used a song performed by the Mutton Birds ("Anchor Me") when the election results showed that the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] had won the [[New Zealand general election, 2008|New Zealand elections]].
McGlashan stated that he "would rather have sex with a very ugly [[crayfish]]" than let the National Party use his music. The song had been used by TVNZ in terms of the [[Australasian Performing Right Association]]'s blanket licence with TVNZ.<ref name=questions /><ref>{{cite news|first=Anna |last=Rushworth |title='I would rather have sex with a very ugly crayfish' – McGlashan |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |publisher=APN Holdings |date=16 November 2008 |access-date=14 May 2011 |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10543281}}</ref>

On 28 March 2011 McGlashan suffered three broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a broken collarbone after he hit a car door while cycling down Valley Road, Auckland. He was hospitalised.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10716334 |title=Car door puts Kiwi star in hospital |first=Amelia |last=Wade |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=1 April 2011 |access-date=1 April 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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==Other sources==
* Chunn, Mike and Chunn, Jeremy, ''The Mechanics of Popular Music, A New Zealand Perspective'', GP Publications, 1995. {{ISBN|1-86956-130-9}}
* Dennis, Jonathan and Bieringa, Jan (eds), ''Film in Aotearoa New Zealand'', Victoria University Press, 2nd Edition, 1996. {{ISBN|0-86473-309-7}}
* Dix, John, ''Stranded in Paradise'', Penguin, 2005. {{ISBN|0-14-301953-8}}
* Eggleton, David, ''Ready To Fly'', Craig Potton, 2003. {{ISBN|1-877333-06-9}}
* Martin, Helen and Edwards, Sam, ''New Zealand Film 1912–1996'', Oxford, 1997. {{ISBN|0-19-558336-1}}
* Shute, Gareth, ''NZ Rock 1987–2007'', Auckland, Random House, 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-86979-000-4}}
* Spittle, Gordon, ''Counting The Beat'', GP Publications, 1997. {{ISBN|1-86956-213-5}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070110190726/http://www.donmcglashan.com/index.php Don McGlashan – Official Home Page] (2007 archived version)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060819011239/http://www.mana.com.au/composers/d_mcglashan.htm Don McGlashan – Mana Music] (2006 archived version)
*[http://www.artsfoundation.org.nz/don.html Don McGlashan – Laureate Artist 2002, Arts Foundation of New Zealand]
*{{IMDb name|id=0569429|name=Don McGlashan}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091028143500/http://geocities.com/~pete-n-shel/iviewdon.html#List 1998 Radio New Zealand "Musical Chairs" interview (reposted on Geocities)] (archived)
*[https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/dont-go-1985 "Don't Go", Right, Left and Centre, Music Video – 1985] (NZ On Screen)
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