Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band

The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band were formed in 1969 by Mic and Jim Conway of Melbourne, Australia. Although their father was a wool merchant, the brothers Conway grew up in a family with professional ties to vaudeville, theater, and opera. Inspired by their parents' collection of 78-rpm recordings (including selections by Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller) and fascinated with the rowdier aspects of the classic blues tradition, they formed the Jelly Bean Jug Band while enrolled at Melbourne's Camberwell High School, and expanded it to create the Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band ...