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Dave Dobbyn - Overnight Success

1999 Television
  • Documentary
  • Music

To mark the release of his 1999 compilation album Overnight Success, Dave Dobbyn gives broadcaster Jim Mora a wide-ranging interview exploring his musical legacy, the infamous Queen Street riot, his relationship with drugs and alcohol and his newfound identity as a Christian. Dobbyn reveals the origin stories of several hit songs such as scribbling the chords for DD Smash hit 'Whaling' on a beer mat, and suggests the reason Kiwis are "so fond" of him is down to "an enduring affection that goes both ways". The songwriter also describes the "visit from the man himself" that awakened his spirituality.

Key Cast & Crew

Profile picture of Jim Mora
Jim Mora
Writer
DD
Dave Dobbyn
Subject
JF
John Fraser
Editor
MC
Mark Chamberlin
Cinematographer
JA
Jay Adshead
Sound Recordist