Yes Chris and Sharyn, it is Peter Greste.. Over to you...
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Chris & Sharyn.
Mitchells Island. NSW.
2016 D-Max, 2012 Jayco Sterling, 1 dog, wife n me.
BG, I hought it would go quicker, due to the subjects' recent death.
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Go again Chris. His initials show when you click on the Pic. Only took a minute to find him.
Ha,
I put them there as a clue for later, did you google them? I just did too but his name didn't come up..... Do you know his music?
Gday...
Are you sure this bloke wrote or performed music?
I think some of his literary works were set to music though ... by others.
cheers - John
Gday, of course not????... No he is not a muso, and yes the Canadian group The Glass Prism did an Album based on his Poetry called POE Through the Glass Prism.
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Chris & Sharyn.
Mitchells Island. NSW.
2016 D-Max, 2012 Jayco Sterling, 1 dog, wife n me.