IVA DAVIES INDUCTED TO THE ARIA HALL OF FAME

IT WAS NICE TO SEE IVA DAVIES INDUCTED LAST NIGHT, HE AND ICEHOUSE WERE MAGNIFICENT CONTRIBUTORS TO THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC SCENE.
I HAVE A CONNECTION. IVA DAVIES VERY FIRST RECORDING WAS WITH MYSELF AND STEVE GARD. IN 1972 IVA WAS A STUDENT AT THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC. (STEVE AND MYSELF ALSO WENT THERE AT OTHER TIMES). STEVE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE NEW THEATRE AT THE TIME, WHERE HE MET CHRIS NOONAN, (THESE DAYS A HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR, [BABE, ETC] AND CHRIS ASKED STEVE TO SCORE MUSIC FOR A MOVIE CALLED "GARBO" HE WAS MAKING. STEVE WROTE THE THEME MUSIC AND WE RECORDED IT AT ATA STUDIOS IN GLEBE. IVA PLAYED OBOE AND TUBA, STEVE PLAYED GUITAR AND PIANO AND I PLAYED FLUTE. STEVE AND I STILL COLLABORATE, AND I THINK IVA (IVOR) HAS LONG FORGOTTEN.