Episode 012: Glenn Wheatley
Episode 12 of The Blank Canvas Podcast with Glenn Wheatley.
Rock ‘n’ roll survivor. ARIA Hall of Famer. Serial entrepreneur. Glenn Wheatley’s story is larger than life. A kid from the Sunshine Coast who headed South with his band Bay City Union seeking fame and fortune. He found it…and lost it, and found it again a few times over. Through all the ups and downs, Glenn’s irrepressible enthusiasm and trail blazing management skills, particularly with his mate and client John Farnham, have seen him etch his place in music and radio history.
It’s a wide-ranging chat, everything from working David Bowie, founding Australia’s first FM radio station, to negotiating LRB’s US $8 million advance with Capitol Records, but I particularly love the insights from the early days of Glenn’s transition from bass player in the Masters Apprentices to artist management and entrepreneurship. Rather than sitting around and waiting for it happen, Glenn was always willing to roll up his sleeves and put in the hard yards.
I’ve worked with Glenn on and off over the years, so I’ve seen him in action, but it was a real honour to have this long-form conversation with this legendary figure in Australian music landscape.
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Produced by Lee Rogers & Rien MacDonald.
Audio support by Jason Murphy/GASinc
Music by Rodrigo Enrique Bustos.