TREK: a long and often difficult journey (Collins English Dictionary)
In the case of our Trek, the fact that we still enjoy each others company and occasionally get the instruments out to play together is a testament to the journey being long, but it certainly hasn’t been difficult. On the contrary, it’s been a big part of some of the best days of our lives.
Trek’s journey really began in the schoolyards of northern NSW in the early 1960’s, where young boys first heard of the music of The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, and home grown heroes such as The Easybeats and Billy Thorpe. This music was exciting to the ears of these young teenagers, and spawned dreams of being a part of what was a musical and existential revolution.
From very humble musical beginnings, with little or no tuition and limited access to musical equipment, the boys managed to find their own voice, and develop a band that could entertain and give pleasure to many and varied audiences in northern NSW.
Although the band never “made it”, and can’t be counted among the great Aussie bands of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s, we all felt we were a part of that movement, and enjoyed our local success just as much as the bigger bands must have enjoyed theirs on a larger stage. Music has been the constant in our lives since our early years, and the glue that has bound our friendships through the stormy years of first relationships, parenthood, career ups and downs, and now the transition to retirement and questions of what next?
This website is designed to celebrate those heady days of our youth, and if perchance is stumbled upon by some young budding musician, perhaps to encourage that person to enjoy his or her music. Success is not all about achieving stardom or infamy. Success can also be just living your best life and taking pleasure in friendships forged along the way.