Story: Popular music

The Mutton Birds, 'Dominion Road', 1992 (1st of 5)

The Mutton Birds, led by singer and songwriter Don McGlashan, formed in 1991. Their first single was 'Dominion Road', a story of one man's suffering and ultimate salvation as he rebuilds his life in a halfway house halfway down Auckland's Dominion Road. 

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Chris Bourke, 'Popular music - The rise of New Zealand music, 1990s to 2000s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/interactive/42665/the-mutton-birds-dominion-road-1992 (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Chris Bourke, published 22 Oct 2014