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Claude Papesch
One of the key figures in the early NZ Rock & Roll scene. Claude Papesch was a blind keyboardist from New Plymouth who was equally at home in jazz, rock & roll and pop. He also produced records.
He moved to Australia in the 1960s where he recorded two albums and appeared on countless sessions.
In later years he was a local politician of some note in New South Wales.
Claude Papesch died in 1987 aged just 45.
