Black Allan Barker Explained

Black Allan Barker
Birth Name:Allan Moarywaalla Barker
Birth Date:1942 4, df=y[1]
Death Place:near Onslow, Western Australia[2]
Genre:country,[3] blues[4]
Instrument:Vocals, Guitar
Label:Abmusic

Allan Moarywaalla Barker (12 April 1942  - 5 December 2003), known as Black Allan Barker, is a singer and songwriter from Port Hedland. He described his music as "Aboriginal grassroots blues"[5] and is about Aboriginal oppression and rights.[6] Barker was a co-founder (with Gordon Mutch) of Greenpeace Australia.[7] Barker only recorded one album, 1983's Fire Burning (Abmusic)[4] which is now rare to find.[8] "Black Al" was well known for his performing in Sydney's Central Station tunnel in 1991 where he sang in language whilst his son Alan Jr accompanied him on didgeridoo. Barker spent some time in Nimbin during the 1990s and was involved with local Aboriginal youth in cultural and musical pursuits.

Barker sang both "Run Dingo Run" and "Take Me Back", in both the SBS documentary and accompanying cd, .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Aboriginal Culture & Didgeridoo News and Articles. Allan Moarywaalla. Barker Senior. 13 February 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20190308212140/http://www.wadidge.com.au/didgeridoo-news/allanbarker.html. 8 March 2019. dead. Blog. No info.
  2. Book: Gilbert, Kevin . Living Black . Penguin . Melbourne . 161–171 . The Search For Identity . 1978 .
  3. Webb . Hugh . Say Goodbye to the Colonial Bogeyman: Aboriginal Strategies of Resistance . Altitude . 6 . 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111012095156/http://www.api-network.com/scgi-bin/altitude21c/fly.cgi?page=Issue6&n=6 . 2011-10-12 .
  4. Book: Walker, Clinton . Clinton Walker . . Pluto Press . 1-86403-152-2 . 94 . I'm a bludger, I'm a drunk, I'm a jailbird . 2000 .
  5. Book: Breen, Marcus. Our Place Our Music. Aboriginal Studies Press. 1989. 0-85575-197-5.
  6. Book: 1989 . Our Place, Our Music: Aboriginal music: Australian popular music in perspective, Volume 2 . . 127 . 0855755679 . August 23, 2015.
  7. Book: Syron . Brian . Briann . Kearney . Kicking Down the Doors - A History of Indigenous Australian Filmmaking 1968 - 1993 . Lulu.com . 978-1-84799-364-9 . 2008 .
  8. News: Buried Country reissue illuminates once again the rich trove of Aboriginal country music. May 20, 2015. ABC.net.au. August 23, 2015.

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