Bruce Morrisby Watson (born February 1956, in Terang) is an Australian singer-songwriter, satirist, and children's entertainer.
He has issued eight solo albums Politics, Religion and Sex (1990), Real World: Songs of Life, Love & Laughter (1994), Out My Window (1999), Are We There Yet?
One of the tracks, "Amazon", was later covered by fellow folk artists Blackwood, Eric Bogle, and Zampoñistas,[4] as well as a number of other performers in Europe and the United States.
[5] In May that year, he launched his book, Songs of a Satirical Bloke, with the Canberra Times' Mike Jackson, describing him as "an academic with a wicked sense of humour".
He also performs with Zampoñistas, Melbourne’s Bolivian Panpipe marching band,[11] which includes a panpipe-accompanied version of Amazon in its repertoire.
Bruce Watson has created a presentation telling the story of that song and subsequent events that have resulted from its creation, which can be read athttps://www.brucewatsonmusic.com/documents/TMATWATEP_article_2016.pdf.
Details of a video presentation can be found on his website: https://www.brucewatsonmusic.com/ The song, Olegas, on the album Out My Window, tells the story of Lithuanian/Tasmanian conservationist and photographer Olegas Truchanas, who led the fight against the flooding of Lake Pedder by the Hydro Electric Commission and was influential in the development of Australia's conservation movement.