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Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band

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The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, also known as Soapbox Circus or Matchbox, were an Australian jug band formed in 1969. It centred on Mic Conway ("Captain Matchbox") on lead vocals, washboard and ukulele; and his brother, Jim Conway, on harmonica, kazoo and vocals. They issued four studio albums, Smoke Dreams (June 1973), Wangaratta Wahine (late 1974), Australia (November 1975) and Slightly Tropp…

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Type: Group
Area: Australia
Founded: 1969
Dissolved: 1980
Labels: ESP-Disk’

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Last updated: May 15th, 2012