Dodsworth believes his attraction to the folk genre began with his mother's lullabies, mainly popular songs which had been generated during and before the war years. His career began at the age of 15 with weekly performances of traditional english songs and big ballads at Melbourne's Outpost Inn, Frank Traynors, Fogartys and Dan O'Connell Hotel.
Today Dodsworth performs songs that have stood the test of time and distance from Australian, British, Irish and Blues roots as well as material by contemporaries such as Eric Bogle, Mike O'Rourke, Tony Miles, Colin Dryden, Patrick Sky, Groves & Bourke, and his own material such as the award winning 'Excuse Me', the powerful 'Dear China', 'What Am I Doing Here' and recent 'World I Believe In', the alternate title track of his most recent CD, 'In Our Time'
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Dodsworth
has regularly toured his music around Australia and has been featured
on radio and television many times. Noted equally as a vocalist, guitarist,
composer and entertainer, he has performed at countless public venues
and institutions and over one hundred Australian Folk Festivals. His
unique feel for the Australian folk genre has brought a refreshing bouyancy
to many of the old standard bush songs as well as some of Australia's
finest contemporary compositions. He has a Master of Arts in Australian
Folklore and was awarded the 2005 National Library of Australia Folk
Festival Fellowship. Dodsworth has to date released three albums, 'Summer
Madness', 'In Good King Arthur's Day' and his new CD 'In Our Time'.
Victoria:
University
of Melbourne (formerly Melbourne University),
Institute of Early Childhood Development.
Royal Melbourne University of Technology
Holmesglen College of TAFE
Swinburne University
Monash University
Deakin University
Footscray Institute of Technology
Footscray College of TAFE
Phillip Institute of Technology
Victoria College - Toorak Campus
Victoria College - Rusden Campus
Victoria College - Burwood Campus
Ballarat CAE
Bendigo College of TAFE
Dandenong College of TAFE
Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences
Box Hill College of TAFE
Preston College of TAFE
Moorabbin College of TAFE
N.S.W.
Wagga
College of TAFE
Riverina Murray Institute
Sydney Institute of Education
Macquarie University
Newcastle University
Wollongong University
Charles Sturt University
University of New South Wales
Mount Druitt Technical College
N.S.W. Institute of Technology
Liverpool College of TAFE
North Sydney College of TAFE
Bankstown College of TAFE
Gosford College of TAFE
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Qld.
St Lucia University of Queensland
Griffith University
Mount Gravatt CAE
Kelvin Grove CAE
Queensland University of Technology
Darling Downs Institute of Technology.
A.C.T.
Australian
National University
Canberra CAE
Canberra College of TAFE
Bruce College of TAFE
S.A.
University of South Australia
Flinders University
Adelaide University
Elizabeth College of TAFE
Regency College of TAFE
Sturt CAE
Underdale CAE
South Australian Institute of Technology.
W.A.
University of Western Australia.
Radio:
2XX
ATV 0 Vic. (Channel 10 in Melbourne) -1968
GTV 9 Vic - 1969
Radio Presenter: 1979, 1990, 1997 - 2000
· 2REM FM, Radio Ettamogah, Albury NSW
· 3BBB FM, Ballarat, Vic.
· 3MDR FM, Mountain District Radio, Belgrave, Vic.
· participation in radio interviews on public and commercial stations
throughout Australia including 2JJJ, 2XXX, 3RRR, 3CCC, 3BBB, 3MDR, 4ZZZ,
2REM, 3CR, 5UV, 2AY, 2HD, 3AW, etc., ABC Radio National, ABC FM, and regional
ABC including Canberra, Wollongong, Armidale, Albury, Ararat, Bendigo,
etc.,
Television:
7 Vic - 1967
10 Vic -1968
9 Vic - 1969
ABC
- 1974
4
NSW - 1976
10
Vic - 1978
4
NSW - 1985
7 NSW
- 1990
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Some
Folk
Clubs
& Other Venues:
Frank Traynors -100 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Vic:
1971 - 1974
Out Post Inn - 52 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic: 1971 - 1975
Dan O'Connell Hotel - Cnr Princes & Canning Street, Carlton, Vic:
1972 - 1982
Fogarties Union Hotel - Fenwick Street, Carlton, Vic: 1972 - 1973
Tankerville Arms Hotel - Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, Vic: 1973 - 1975
Elizabeth Hotel - Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW: 1974 - 1975,
Edinburgh Castle Hotel - Castlereigh Street, Sydney, NSW: 1974 - 1976
The Cecil Hotel, Brisbane, Qld: 1974
The Folk Centre, Anne Street, Brisbane, Qld: 1974
Traitor's Gate, Rundle Street, Adelaide, SA: 1980
Cumberland
Arms Hotel, Adelaide, SA: 1980, 1981.
Lord
of the Isles Hotel, Ryan Street, Geelong, Vic: 1973
Bush Inn, Geelong, Vic: 1980s
Criterion Hotel, Geelong, Vic: 1970s
Albury
Folk Club, NSW: 1970s & 80s
Ballarat
Folk Club, Vic:
1990s
Barley
Mow Folk Club, Qld: 1970s, 1990s
Bendigo
Folk Club, Vic: 1970s
Dandenong
Ranges Folk Club, Vic: 1999
Peninsula
Folk Club, Vic: 1980s
Selby Folk Club, Vic: 1999, 2000, 2005
The Lark in the Evening, Canberra ACT: 1970s
Victorian Folk Music Club, Vic: 1970s, 2002
Wagga Wagga Folk Club, NSW: 1970s
Wangaratta Folk Club, Vic: 1970s:
Wollongong Folk Club, NSW: 1990s
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Festival Performances
1970 - 2005
(Mainly Folk Festivals):
Albury Folk Festival, N.S.W., 78, 79, 80
Australian National Folk Festival, 73, 75, 76, 79, 88, 89*, 92, 98,
2001, 2005.
Charlton Bush & Country Festival, Vic., 93.
Chiltern Folk Festival, Vic., 75, 76, 77, 78, 79.
Claire Valley Folk Festival, S.A., 80
Clunes Folk Festival, Vic., 1990.
Elmhurst Music Festival, Vic., 95, 96, 97.
Geelong Folk Festival, Vic., 74, 75.
Hill End Folk Festival, N.S.W., 79.
Jamberoo Valley Folk Festival, N.S.W., 88, 90, 92, 94, 96,2003.
Kapunda Folk Festival, S.A., 80.
Kiama Folk Festival, N.S.W., 2000.
Longford Folk Festival, Tas., 77.
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Majors Creek Folk Festival, N.S.W., 95, 96.
Maldon Folk Festival, Vic., 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 91, 92, 94, 95,
97, 98, 99, 2001, 02, 03, 04, 06.
*Maleny National Folk Festival, Qld., 89.
Nariel Creek Folk Festival, Vic., 73-83, 85-92, 94, 2003, 05,06, 07.
Newcastle Folk Festival, N.S.W, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80, 85.
Numeralla
Folk Festival, NSW., 75, 76, 77, 2005.
Port Fairy Folk Festival, Vic., 76, 79, 80, 82, 84,
92, (fringe 2005).
Smeaton Folk Festival, Vic., 88
Sunbury
Rock Music Festival, Vic., 73, 74.
St Albans Folk Music Festival,
N.S.W.,
2004.
Toongabbie Folk Festival, N.S.W., 2000.
Turramurra Folk Festival, Vic., 92.
Wagga Wagga Folk Festival, N.S.W., 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 87,
88, 89, 2005.
Woodford Folk Festival, Qld., 97.
Yackandandah Folk Festival, Vic., 99.
Yinnar Folk Festival, Vic., 74.
United
Kingdom :
Edinburgh Folk Festival. Scotland, U.K. 1982.
Girvan Folk Festival. Scotland, U.K. 1982.
Balloch Folk Festival. Scotland, U.K. 1982.
Graham has also recorded and released three albums, has performed on other artist's recordings, and produced CDs for other artists.
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