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AFTER RELEASING A NEW ALBUM, A BEAUTIFUL YOU IN AUGUST, W.A. TRIO THE WAIFS ARE HEADING OFF AROUND AUSTRALIA, BRINGING THEIR FOLK DRIVEN DITTIES TO TAMWORTH FOR A ONE NIGHT ONLY PERFORMANCE. JOSH CAUGHT UP WITH FOCUS AND CHATTED ABOUT THE BAND’S JOURNEY SO FAR ...
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i Josh. Tell us the story about how The Waifs first came to be … It was 23 years ago last August that we all met up in Broome, Western Australia. The girls were travelling around as a duo seeing the country, and I was kind of doing the same thing in another band I was playing in, and our paths crossed in Broome back in 1992. We had a jam, played some music together, and it was very apparent there was a D onna popped musical connection the question, and there was also a join ‘D o you wanna personal chemistry as make up with us and well; we just felt like usic?’ a life playing m family. Donna popped h uc m And I didn’t take the question, “Do you persuading .” wanna join up with us and make a life playing music?” And I didn’t take much persuading. At that time, was “The Waifs” a name that Donna and Vicki were going by, or was it something that was collectively chosen after you became a trio? It was probably about a year after we got together, we were travelling around the country playing music, and as we came
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