Clem Parkinson

Cantautore impegnato australiano nato a Melbourne.


Clem Parkinson is a Melbourne Folk Song writer
In 1964, Parkinson penned the Pig Iron Song, which retold the story around how Menzies got one of his most well known nicknames. Clem Parkinson has also written many Union Songs (ie. Galloway and Stephens – a song about the fight for an 8 hour working day / 40 hours a week)
Clem Parkinson’s controversial song-attack on the Victorian government over the King Street Bridge reactivated old traditional vs contemporary tensions within the Victorian Folk Music Club
Clem Parkinson also had long history of support for the Maritime Union of Australia.

Lyell Sayer & Clem Parkinson – Two Up (1983)