I worked for the Classical/Educational Division of Alberts from 1976 -1979. My office was on the 5th floor and adjoined the recording studio where Dragon recorded 'April Sun in Cuba.' I was in my late teens. There was a Steinway grand in my office, brought from Boomerang, the Albert Family mansion. Whenever I had a moment free, I would play, even compose at it. One day, I was working on a piece and looked up to see a tall young man standing at my office door listening. He had coloured streaks in his hair and wore a long flowing scarf. I signalled for him to come in. He entered, and sat down on one of the blue leather chairs by the piano. I did not know who he was. He said the music I was working on reminded him of Ravel. We spoke about French classical music. He told me he was recording with his group in the studio, and promised to visit with me again. It was Marc Hunter. At the time, and mostly because my musical interests and work at Alberts centred around classical/educational publications, I had no idea who he was. Neither did he elaborate much on himself. We just spoke as if we were friends and true to his word, whenever he was at Alberts to record, he would always visit with me, and talk about music. I would play for him. If ever we passed in the corridor outside my office, he would bow to me with a flourish and swirl of his scarf. Marc was a gentleman through and through. At one time, I gave to him a small gold crucifix simply to thank him for the times he spent with me. He was a kind and caring soul. And so elegant in how he carried himself. A true stylist. After leaving Alberts in 1979, I never really saw him again. But my memory of him was such that when decades later he died, I cried. I will still shed a tear for him from time to time. He was a good good man! Someone I will never forget.

@IsaacAsimov1992

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Thanks so much for posting this.

@PhillipLWilcher

Жыл бұрын

@@IsaacAsimov1992 My pleasure! There is never any burden in remembering Marc, only a beautiful memory. Season's blessings!

@katespringsteen8220

Жыл бұрын

What a gorgeous memory to keep

@thecountofmontecristo8280

Жыл бұрын

A wonderful story and one that exemplifies everything I believed Marc to be as a man without ever having known him. Thank you for taking the time to share this with us all.

@PhillipLWilcher

Жыл бұрын

@@thecountofmontecristo8280 My complete pleasure! Blessings!

RIP Marc Hunter..Sensational Band from New Zealand

Marc was such a charismatic frontman, so missed.

Marc was amazing & his voice was too. I met him in the 70's in a cafe in Kings Cross. Beautiful & gentle man. Missed so much xxx

These guys were fantastic, so many great tunes. 'Baby dont speak no evil' - classic!

Hunter Brothers from Taumarunui my home town ..... Thank you for the awesome memories and high school days ... Rest easy Marc ox

Great Kiwi band that we were lucky enough to grow up with in Oz .. Really should have been world wide successes

Was my number one crush as a teen... he was truly beautiful looking! Whenever I hear one of their songs makes me smile and I automatically feel happy!

What a great band. Brings back good memories. R.I.P Mark. I'll never forget Dragon.

So nice to see this. Marc and Todd come across as intelligent people as well as great musicians.

there's a purity in dragon of southern hemisphere mans pride that always brings tears to your eyes as you enjoy a beer with ya best m8

Magnificent band one of Nz greatest exports

Marc was the Jim Morrison of Kiwi rock… legend and so bloody talented! Vale mate!

What a band! They gave so much to us Aussies in the 70's and 80's. Great songs that are still covered by Aussie bands. A band I was in did a few Dragon covers but so amazing that there are no chord charts online for many of their songs.

Great bunch of Kiwis. I still can't believe Marc died so young, absolute shame.

Not a tattoo in sight

Sick, wish there was a time machine I could hop in and go back to the Sommeville Hotel to see Dragon again .

Thank you KZread for putting Dragon "Rain" on my recommends. The song that made me a fan. R.I.P Marc Hunter🌧️

Best group to ever come out of New Zealand

What a fantastic band saw them many many many time's I still play there records baci x

God bless them, one of the greatest bands ever!

Dragon ❤ were one of my favourite groups ❤ had a crush on Marc Hunter. Still listen to them regularly. Are you old enough? This time April Sun in Cuba Rain ❤

Surly missed Mr Mark Hunter,RIP xxxx

20:20 How prophetic Marc, Identity politics, Foreign Investment. Wow

@jamcofec

Жыл бұрын

Incredible right.... BANG ON!

anyone still alive in 2020 who remember dragon performing at the bondi astra ....?

Great music and these guys great philosophers!!!

I miss seeing you guys with Marc upfront, they were awesome times and have great memories of those days

I got to play a solo support for them a few years ago in some suburban tavern in Brisbane. Mark Williams was on vox. They played a great set. The band and crew were very nice people.

So so sad Mark is not around here anymore, the music of my youth.💜

Saw them whenever they came to Adelaide. When they were ‘on’ they were incendiary, but at times they were way less than that. Still, the band I prefer to remember in the incendiary one. Mighty, mighty times. Todd was a thundering bass player and great harmonist, and Marc, well, I loved him, he was a genuine force of nature…

Vale Marc Hunter. Forever Young.

That part where they raised money for Bondi just made my day, and is that Johnny Farnham himself!

Sublime ❤️

Good ol’ Parra Leagues, love it!

Brings back great memories!

Excellent documentary.

Todd lives out back of Berry where Marc is buried

A great Kiwi export! embraced them as our own!

@eamonstafford2056

5 жыл бұрын

I'm a Kiwi and what you say is fair enough. NZ has never ever given its talented musicians a break but Australia certainly has. I love Australia

OMG 44, so sad. I didnt know music till i came here. at 10 but aussie music became my life, at schcol always Rain.

Marc certainly not scared to speak his mind about N.Z.

@starquant

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed, try doing it now and telling everyone why you had to leave because you simply couldn't afford to buy groceries or pay for a roof over your head..Without the financial support of the family to give you a help up, you simply drown in the masses of the "have nots" that line the Motorway as you leave New Zealand for good.

@eamonstafford2056

5 жыл бұрын

@@starquant that is 100% right.

@taniagilbody1745

3 жыл бұрын

@@eamonstafford2056 stay there

@eamonstafford2056

3 жыл бұрын

@@taniagilbody1745 ha ha ha - tell me, did Australia deport you recently? Have a nice day and please start taking your medication.

@taniagilbody1745

3 жыл бұрын

@@eamonstafford2056 haha, nope have never lived there, and have no wish to live in such a racist country, we don't need meds here, our country is one of the most beautiful in the world. Thank you for your advice, I'm thinking you must be a Doctor to make such a comment.

I remember seeing Dragon in 1974 in Granny's, a club owned by Tommy Adderley in Auckland. They were a prog band then, Universal Radio and Scented Gardens still grace the turntable. Then they did a 'Genesis' and kind of sold out. Happy daze though

@paulbradley705

2 жыл бұрын

they were starving and wanted money to eat.

Great, so articulate these guys

1964 ..thankyou, I am grateful xxxx

My Dad worked at Kings Cross Police station back in the day and was well aquainted with Marc. Lol. Dad knew that I had a big teenage crush on Marc and got his autograph for me a few times. I was over the moon of course..

Hay Todd where still living in that fog but i totally understand what you mean. Where keeping the fire burning for you.Till you come back.

I love curry with raisins and apple in it . That's how mum made it for us as kids in oz. 😋

1990 and Marc thought the maori demands couldnt get any worse. Haaaaaaaaa .Man if he could comment today

this band is absolutely great live better than recording

@shanethemuzz5060

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Now that's a joke that I've never heard of‼️🤣

What an awesome documentary. Agree about how open Aussies are . Moved from NZ in 2011 and havent looked back . Wouldn’t move back as much as I love NZ . The guys were so much more than brilliant musicians . Correct me if I’m wrong , they were the resident band for a while at a club in Auckland , down queen street , beside the civic theatre (think it was club 21) . Thanks for the amazing music 🎶

Great reminder of a great band, Marcs frustration with NZ culture seems a bit prophetic fast forward 2023. Saw them early 90s supporting Elton John Western Springs, we left when they finished their set, only went to see them.

Thanks for the upload.

love it when they say warnambool where i live. i knew a few songs but was not a fan until "rain" that i really liked them.

Best Doco I've seen of Dragon!

A great band always saw them when in Perth

absolutely great I love Dragon

Miss this NZ group legends they were and goodtimes had ❤

Ok..thanks..u r 1 of my kind .amen

great doco..Marc surely knows some big words.;)

great doco thanks. Marc had such a powerful voice. Totally agree what they were saying about NZ as i lived there in th 70's - pretty backward place

Incredible

interesting. like it. good on em. like their honesty & spirit. Memories.

I love the ancient Apple computer (in the background) at 16:38

Wonderful

I’m a kiwi , live in Australia, it’s funny but they were probably more popular per head in Australia than Nz . They got air play in Nz but didn’t have that same loyal fan base , around the April sun in Cuba days Aussies loved them , they were massive . It’s complex , but bands like dragon were massive in the suburbs , the inner city crowd were usually more into alternative rock that didn’t get commercial airplay, it was the post punk era . Nz had an alternative inner city rock crowd too , but didn’t have those massive music venues out in the burbs for the average joe blogs as well like Australia, just local smaller pubs with cover bands and rugby clubs lol .

Split enz named one lp after new zealand but did mark forget he sung about his home in "speak no evil".

Wilder world and Dreams of Ordinary Men and Bondi road have no filler.

A few kiwis would have and will struggle with some comments by Marc. As an Australian who left asap and never went back, I understand what he was saying. There is nothing wrong or right, either way. Just live your life to the max. It is short and goes very quickly!! Two thing are 100% certain, Dragon isn't the same without Marc and Marc was one of those incredibly intelligent, talented people but who underneath had no bravado and was a soft soul. His kind are few and far between.

Parramatta in the late 80s! A bit different now

Great Australian son.

He hit the nail on the head about New Zealand...i agree totally.I lived in Perth and loved it....aussie people have better attitudes

@taniagilbody1745

3 жыл бұрын

yea like how they treat their indigenous people

@eamonstafford2056

3 жыл бұрын

@@taniagilbody1745 ha ha the indigenous people treated pretty well. Australia spends approx $14 billion on 500,000 people theconversation.com/factcheck-qanda-is-30-billion-spent-every-year-on-500-000-indigenous-people-in-australia-64658. So next time you open your big mouth do some research .

@zeeky6847

3 жыл бұрын

Some, not all just like New Zealand . There’s good and bad,

@Andre_Ons_Marshall

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Lived in Australia for 25 years. Would never go back to NZ

She was good in her day !....fooled me

Todd built like a brick shithouse as Bazza McKenzie may have observed. Like his father before him and the gift of music came through that line too it seems. Observant lads the Hunters. Marc a loose cannon but had his days in the sun. Shame what happened in the end for him. Continue to leave a legacy though. Excellent posting this.

I am a green water dragon, VIRGO XXX

Todd lived in Berry.Marc buried in Gerringong

Hopefully you get monetize ,I'm shareing

Looks like Patrick swayze

17:44 Marc sounds like the great Chet Baker.

@blindtoby8967

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like pat swayzie & Ray liotta & larry Hagman

I don’t think I’m a hugely nationalistic Kiwi so understand where Marc is coming from. It just what it is with regard to population and main source of income.

I thoroughly enjoyed listening too this.. I too hate the fights between Maori and Pakeha people, between Aboriginal and tWhite Australian people..

better soul singer than rod stewart

1640 what is that cool song ,sounds gr8 , sounds like dragon but i don't think its on 'bondi road'.

Nice little bitter dig at Split Enz for being too arty and kiwi. Well sorry guys, Dragon was great but Split Enz was the bigger band, both commercially and in terms of impact and reputation. Facts :

This must be a hard watch for kiwis . To hear their beloved dragon swear allegiance to Australia . Saying that ,dragon were nothing until they came to Oz. Thats when they flourished so in this case ,i would tend to say dragon arr more an Australian band than kiwi .controversial but realistic

All looking tubby, so, yeah, Sydney was "paying" them and supporting them better than New Zealand.

RIP Marc Hunter..Sensational Band from New Zealand