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The Sustainables
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Gary Burke, Rick Martin, Rachel Armstrong, John Reed, Peter Grayling
A group of well-known Fremantle musicians formed especially for a performance on 31 May 2013, they have contributed to the music scene in Fremantle for many years and provide a pot pourri of familiar and lesser known songs that reflect aspects of the Heritage and Arts themes of life in Fremantle. They are "The Sustainables" - Rick Martin (guitar vocals), John Reed (cittern vocals) Peter Grayling (cello), Rachel Armstrong (fiddle, vocals) and Gary Burke (double bass). They all play ukulele as well.
A unique performance of acoustic music; part of the quiet revolution.
Sustainability is basically the capacity to endure. The arts, sense of place and heritage are all critical, albeit frequently over-looked aspects of a strong community fabric. This band puts the record straight by encouraging celebration of what we do here in Freo.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally hosted at freotopia.org/people/garyburke/sustainables.html, and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.