Jim Conway (musician)

Jim Conway
The handprints of Jim Conway in front of Hollywood Hills Amphitheater at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	blues, jazz, country
Instruments	harmonica
Years active	1971–2014
Associated acts	The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, Conway Brothers Hiccups, Backsliders, Jim Conway's Big Wheel
Website	jimconway.com.au

Jim Conway is an Australian harmonica player and with his brother, Mic Conway, was a co-founder of the 1970s humour, theatre and rock group, The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band.

Conway plays blues, jazz and country music, and has undertaken national tours with American bluesman Brownie McGhee, The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, Circus Oz and Backsliders and more recently Jim Conway's Big Wheel.

During his high school years, Conway, along with his brother Mic, attended Camberwell High School.

Conway was a member of the Conway Brothers Hiccups Orchestra from 1984–1988 and toured the UK in 1986 appearing at the Edinburgh Festival, the Capitol Music Festival and the Newcastle Festival. In 1988, the Conway Brothers appeared at the Houston International Festival, World Expo 88 and the Perth festival. Conway joined the Backsliders in 1989, touring nationally at festivals including the Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne Festivals, Womad, the East Coast Blues Festival, the Port Fairy Folk Festival, the Wangaratta Jazz Festival, the Bellingen Jazz Festival and the Gold Coast International Jazz and Blues Festival. He has twice been a judge at the Hohner Australian Harmonica Championships at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Apart from four successful recordings, including two gold records with Captain Matchbox, Conway co-produced two of the Backsliders eight albums; "Sitting on a Million" and "Hellhound". In 2003 he produced a recording funded by the Australia Council for his band "Big Wheel".