Mother Goose

In the era before Flying Nun, Mother Goose were the most successful band to emerge from Dunedin. Their madcap image and onstage antics blended rock'n'roll theatricality and high level musicianship. The band's 'characters' included a sailor, a bumblebee, a ballerina and a nappy-clad baby. Their most enduring hit, 1977's 'Baked Beans', did better in Australia than New Zealand. Ultimately removed from their live set list, it threatened to overwhelm more serious music, and a career which ran to three albums, extended stints in Australia, eight months in the United States, and an APRA Silver Scroll for 1981 single 'I Can't Sing Very Well'.