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Colin McCrorie
Birth nameColin Haddock McCrorie
Born(1923-09-29)29 September 1923
Dunedin, New Zealand
DiedApril 5, 2013(2013-04-05) (aged 89)
Dunedin, New Zealand
GenresCountry
OccupationMusician
InstrumentLap steel
Years active1949–1993
LabelsTANZA, Viking Records

Colin Haddock McCrorie (29 September 1923 – 5 April 2013)[1] was a musician who was one of the founding members of New Zealand band The Tumbleweeds in 1949. He also fronted the spin-off band Colin McCrorie's Kalua Islanders.[2] He played guitar, was a vocalist, and played lap steel. He recorded most of the group's work at his home at 181 Signal Hill Road, Opoho, Dunedin.

In 1944 he performed "Sing Me a Song of the Islands" on the radio playing a steel guitar his brother made. Bill Ditchfield heard the song and reached out to him to form a band.[3]

McCrorie, as part of The Tumbleweeds, entered the New Zealand Country Music Association Hall of Fame in 1988. In 1997, McCrorie's handprints were embedded in cement as part of Gore's Gold Guitar Awards "Hands of Fame".[4]

Personal Life

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Colin married band member Nola Hewitt in a double wedding with bandmates Cole Wilson and Nola's sister Myra Hewitt on 1 March 1952 at the First Church of Otago. He died 5 April 2013 aged 89, 25 days before sister-in-law and bandmate Myra's death. He was cremated and buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery.

Legacy

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"Maple on the Hill" is a 1998 documentary film on The Tumbleweeds.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "With love we remember Colin Haddock McCrorie," tributes.co.nz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. ^ Bourke, C., "The Tumbleweeds," audioculture.co.nz, 9 November 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=dU_lAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT434&dq="Colin+McCrorie"&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJ0uyNvqOPAxXjSjABHdJ1EDsQ6AF6BAgHEAM
  4. ^ "Hands of Fame induction," goldguitars.co.nz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. ^ https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/maple-on-the-hill-1988



Category:1923 births Category:2013 deaths Category:Burials at Andersons Bay Cemetery Category:Musicians from Dunedin