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Song of the South Seas - The Life and Music of Bill Sevesi

Short Film (Full Length) – 1992

Persperation running off the walls ... poor Malo, his blisters burst, blood came out on the tea chest, I said 'Malo look at your hands, go put some plasters on' and he said 'no, I'm so bloody happy'. Boom, boom boom, he kept on going.
– Bill Sevesi recalls his bass player's commitment to the groove
Bill loved Hawaiian music and did more than anyone to popularise that style over here, back in the days when musicians often had to make their own instruments and build their own amps.
– Neil Finn on Bill Sevesi's place in New Zealand music history