Don McGlashan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Don McGlashan
Occupation	Songwriter
Date Of Birth	Jul 18, 1959(1959-07-18)
Age	65
Birthplace	Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Auckland Region
Horoscope	Cancer

Don McGlashan Biography

Don McGlashan is one of the most popular and richest Songwriter who was born on July 18, 1959 in Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand. Don McGlashan (born 18 July 1959) is a New Zealand composer, singer and multi- instrumentalist who Is best known for inclusion in the bands Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Mutton Birds, before going solo. He also composes for television and cinema. Alongside the other instruments, McGlashan played drums, guitars, euphonium , and French horn.

McGlashan’s initial hits were with group Blam Blam Blam in the early 1980s. The band later made four studio albums, as the lead writer and singer in the band The Mutton Birds.

McGlashan married dancer and writer Marianne Schultz in 1989. The couple separated in 2012, and divorced in 2017. They have two children, Louie and Pearl. McGlashan married Ann McDonell in 2018.

McGlashan and Sinclair also made and starred in short films Walk Short (in which each played multiple roles), The Lounge Bar and 1990’s Linda’s Body. By now Sinclair was growing increasingly interested in directing, while McGlashan was keen to return to the live circuit. He had also begun composing for the screen.

McGlashan started working on soundtracks in the year 1980 in the year he was one of the three composers who wrote the music for the New Zealand police series Mortimer’s Patch. McGlashan composed music for film over the following two and a half years and also worked for Jane Campion’s movie An Angel at My Table; Cinema of Unease, an documentary on the history of New Zealand cinema; and the long-running detective show Street Legal.

Don McGlashan Net Worth

Don McGlashan is one of the richest Songwriter from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Don McGlashan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

McGlashan is well-known for his lyrics that incorporate New Zealand imagery and vernacular Many of them are about his home town of Auckland. The examples are Dominion Road in Auckland (“Dominion Road”) as well as The Auckland Harbour Bridge (“Harbour Bridge”), Takapuna Beach (“Andy”) as well as the Coromandel (“Passenger 26”). “The Valiant that was featured in “White Valiant” was a popular car seen in the 1970s in New Zealand: McGlashan never owned one, although his friend Dave Dobbyn did.

Then, at Auckland University he studied English and Music. He also played French the horn as well as percussion in the Auckland Symphonia (later called the Auckland Philharmonia) from 1979 until 1982. McGlashan joined Philip Dadson’s percussion ensemble From Scratch in 1979, as a member of the Auckland Symphonia. McGlashan played many diverse percussion instruments, like PVC pipes that were struck by jandals. The name of the group was derived due to the fact they created their own instruments “from scratch’. On Standards the album that McGlashan co-produced with Ivan Zagni for Propeller Records in 1982, he’s recognized as playing the bass guitar, horn, marimba, whistle, percussion and vocals.

In 1981, McGlashan replaced Ian Gilroy in punk band The Whizz Kids, who rechristened themselves Blam Blam Blam. McGlashan’s song “Don’t Fight It Marsha, It’s Bigger Than Both of Us” reached #17 in the New Zealand charts. Local music magazine Rip It Up deemed it ‘best single of the year’, and readers voted McGlashan drummer of the year.

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Who is Don McGlashan Dating?

According to our records, Don McGlashan married to Ann McDonell , Marianne Schultz. As of December 1, 2023, Don McGlashan’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2005, “Anchor Me” was re-recorded by an ensemble of NZ artists to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing. McGlashan allowed the song to be used but did not perform on it, out of the concern it would turn the attention to him instead of the event the charity song was to represent.

Facts & Trivia

Don Ranked on the list of most popular Songwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Don McGlashan celebrates birthday on July 18 of every year.

Song “Bathe In the River” featured on McGlashan’s soundtrack to acclaimed Toa Fraser film No. 2 (2006, also known as Naming Number Two). Sung by Hollie Smith, it reached number 2 on the New Zealand music charts and went platinum. The song also won him the 2006 APRA Silver Scroll Award, his second win.

How old is Don McGlashan?

62 years (July 18, 1959)

Where did Don McGlashan born?

Auckland, New Zealand

Who is the lead singer of the Mutton Birds?

History. David Long on guitars and Don McGlashan on lead vocals and bass guitar formed the Mutton Birds in Auckland as a three-piece rock group in early 1991. For their first live performance, on Saint Patrick’s Day, they used an interim drummer who was soon replaced by Ross Burge.

Is Don Mcglashan married?

Spouse

Was Dave Dobbyn in the dudes?

Th’ Dudes, whose founding members include Dave Dobbyn , Peter Urlich and the late Ian Morris, are famous for hits including ‘Bliss’ and ‘Be Mine Tonight’. They’re being inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at tonight’s Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.