A beautiful gatefold CD, in a sturdy and environmentally-friendly cardboard package, to honor the music and words of the late Peter Conway. The packaging includes a generous booklet which includes the lyrics, reflections on the songs from bandmates and a tribute to the memory of Peter.
All money raised from the sale of this recording is donated to both UnionAID (the international development arm of the NZ trade union movement) and Atareira (mental health support for families and whānau). www.unionaid.org.nz www.atareira.org.nz
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Narrative:
“Peter wrote this song for the centenary commemorations of the Waihi miners’ strike. In 1912, striking miner Fred Evans sadly became the first New Zealand trade unionist to die in an industrial struggle. The highly bitter and divisive six month strike in Waihi played a significant role in the formation of the Labour Party the following year. On Saturday 10th November 2012 many trade unionists, historians, academics and locals congregated in Waihi for a series of centenary workshops and activities organised by the Labour History Project. You also had the sense the town was still unsettled by the events from a century before. Peter led a full line up of Not The Day job who played a very energetic and passionate version of Remember Waihi to a packed house at the Waihi RSA on that Saturday night.” – Ross Teppett
lyrics
Frederick George Evans, Frederick George Evans
Was killed in Waihi, he was taken from his family
He was a union man, he paid for that with his life
The police took him down, after six months on strike
Remember Waihi, remember Waihi, remember Waihi, remember Waihi
Tuesday twelfth of November, Tuesday the twelfth of November
He went to the union hall, and the cops and the scabs did call
And then there was a fight, and Evans he made a stand
For the union cause, he died in this land
Remember Waihi, remember Waihi, remember Waihi, remember Waihi
Thousands lined the streets, for the funeral in Auckland
Sixty eight had gone to jail, for making a union stand
Those principles live on, in our values of today
Solidarity my friends and remember Waihi
Remember Waihi, remember Waihi, remember Waihi, remember Waihi
Frederick George Evans, Frederick George Evans
Was killed in Waihi, he was taken from his family
He was a union man, he paid for that with his life
The police took him down, after six months on strike
Remember Waihi, remember Waihi, remember Waihi, remember Waihi
Remember Waihi, remember Waihi, remember Waihi, remember Waihi
credits
from For Pete's Sake,
released May 1, 2017
Words and Music Peter Conway
Vocals - Ross Teppett, George Hollinsworth, Janet Roddick, The Solidarity Sisters (Anna Kenny, Sue O’Shea, Therese O’Connell, Janet Elliot, Angela Roestenburg) *
Guitars – David Long, George Hollinsworth, Bill Newson, Ross Teppett *
Mandolin - Glenn Barclay *
Bass – Nick Bollinger *
Drums -Kieran Monaghan
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