Bruce William Woodley (born 25 July 1942), is an Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, banjo and mandolin-player. He was a founding member of the successful pop-folk group The Seekers, and co-composer of the song "I Am Australian". Woodley attended Melbourne Boys' High School with Seeker bandmates Athol Guy and Keith Potger, and is an esteemed Old Boy.
Bruce Woodley had a 'residency' performing at the Treble Clef restaurant in Prahran. With fo...
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Bruce William Woodley (born 25 July 1942), is an Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, banjo and mandolin-player. He was a founding member of the successful pop-folk group The Seekers, and co-composer of the song "I Am Australian". Woodley attended Melbourne Boys' High School with Seeker bandmates Athol Guy and Keith Potger, and is an esteemed Old Boy.
Bruce Woodley had a 'residency' performing at the Treble Clef restaurant in Prahran. With former schoolmates, Athol Guy and Keith Potger, he formed a folk music trio, The Escorts, in the early 1960s. With the arrival of vocalist Judith Durham in 1962 they became The Seekers, which had some success in Australia before travelling to London in 1964 and recording four international hit singles written and produced by Tom Springfield. Woodley played guitar, banjo, and mandolin, as well as one of the four-part vocal harmony, and was the chief songwriter. While Durham sang the majority of lead vocals for the group, Woodley usually handled...
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