Athol Guy (born January 5, 1940, in Colac, Victoria, Australia), is one of the members of the Australian pop music-folk musicgroupThe Seekers. Guy played the double bass. January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Colac is a town in the western district of Victoria, Australia, situated approximately 150 kilometres south-west of Melbourne on the southern shore of Lake Colac. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... The Seekers in the 1960s The Seekers are a group of Australian folk-influenced popular musicians which was formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1963. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ...
Post-Seekers, he had his own variety series on Australia's 7 Network: "A Guy Called Athol." 1971 saw him elected to the Victorian Parliament as one of its youngest members, winning three terms with an ever increasing majority, before he returned to the commercial world as a corporate consultant. The Parliament of Victoria is a bicameral, or two-house, legislature. ...
In recent years, Athol has invested in Hanging Rock Winery and West Rock Farm, the latter being a health and lifestyle centre.
External links
Athol Guy at IMDb
The Seekers - Groups and solo arts at the MILESAGO website
The Seekers were formed by AtholGuy, double bass, and guitarists Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley, who all attended Melbourne High School.
The founding members of the Seekers, AtholGuy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley, made an appearance at the closing ceremony of World Expo '88, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with Australian soprano Julie Anthony (as their lead singer in place of Judith Durham), to sing The Carnival is Over.
The Seekers re-formed, with the original lineup of AtholGuy, Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley and Judith Durham, during the 1990s and continue to tour as a nostalgia act in Australia and overseas.
The Seekers were formed by AtholGuy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley, who met at high school in Melbourne.
The founding members of the Seekers, AtholGuy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley, made an appearance at the closing ceremony of World Expo '88, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with Australian soprano Julie Anthony (as their lead singer in place of Judith Durham), to sing their hit "The Carnival is Over".
The Seekers reformed, with the original lineup of AtholGuy, Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley and Judith Durham, during the 1990s and continue to tour as a nostalgia act in Australia and overseas.
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