The Jam Tarts were a band based in Fremantle 1981–1991.
Jody Bell, Lucy Lemann, Anna Gare, Sophie Gare (Elton), early 1980s
The Jam Tarts at the Fremantle Arts Centre, 1982 or 1983: Jody Bell, Sophie Gare (Elton), Lucy Lemann, Anna Gare
The Jam Tarts in performance in 1986, photo thanks to Brent Sumner and Fremantle Library Local History collection photo #LH005415.
The Jam Tarts with the Nansing Quartet (a six-piece band).
Tarts: Anna Gare on the ladder, Jody Bell seated right, Sophie Gare (Elton) and Lucy Lemann on the floor.
The men may be, from left, Peter 'Biff' Vincent, Brian Fitzgerald, tba (Peter Bell or Neale Austin?), Sam Lemann (floor), Adam Gare (top), Lucky Oceans (seated), and Ron Fleckner.
The photos that follow are all from the Jam Tarts Facebook page.
El Caballo Blanco
Fitzroy
Rottnest
Recordings
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References and Links
Kate Jones, (with Anna Gare): 'My first job: From girl band to celebrity foodie', The New Daily.
'Anna Gare: A life of food and coffee', Bean Scene Mag.
Wikipedia page for Anna Gare.
The Pursuit of Happiness, feature film dir. Martha Ansara, 1988, starring Anna Gare; the Jam Tarts make an appearance also, performing parts of two songs at the Seaview.
Videos
The Seaview, 1982, vimeo (from John Reed)
So What c. 1985, youtube.
Clancys, 2012, youtube.
Road Trip with Nansing and the Jam Tarts, vimeo
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 created on 20 October, 2015 and hosted at freotopia.org/music/jamtarts/index.html (it was last updated on 28 August, 2023), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.