Suzie Dickinson

Who is Suzie Dickinson?

Suzie Dickinson is an Australian musician and songwriter. Originating from Melbourne, Victoria, she was the lead singer and guitarist in the folk band Banshee, which was critically acclaimed for its original arrangements of American, Irish, English and Australian folk music and lilting, imaginative vocal harmonies. During this time Dickinson won two of Melbourne's "Free Entertainment in the Parks" awards for Most Popular Female Vocalist and Most Popular Female Folk Musician. Banshee was a regular guest on Shirley Strachan's TV show Shirl's Neighbourhood.

Dickinson was then invited to join PC and The Pickups, which was the house band for the Texan Cowboy bars, Spurs. This gave her the opportunity to experience the country music scene, performing nightly around Australia. The band also performed on the festival circuit including the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Dickinson briefly joined Shane and Marcia Howard as a member of Goanna at the invitation of record producer Trevor Lucas, from Fairport Convention. During her time with the band, Dickinson was included in the recording of "Let the Franklin Flow", a song about the ecological damage to be caused by damming Tasmania's Franklin River for hydroelectricity, and performed at the Stop the Drop concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl with Midnight Oil and Redgum.