Graham Francis "Smacka" Fitzgibbon (12 February 1930 – 15 December 1979)[1] was an Australian banjoist and vocalist in the trad jazz idiom.
Educated at St Bede's College, he began playing ukulele at an early age before switching to the banjo; his earliest influences were Bing Crosby, Al Bowlly and Louis Armstrong.
[3] In 1951 he began playing with "Frank Johnson’s Fabulous Dixielanders",[4] before forming his own band, "The Steamboat Stompers"; his first album was Frisco Joe's Good Time Boys (1953).
[9][10] In 1976 he made recordings with "the father of Australian jazz", Graeme Bell, with Kenny Clayton's trio, and with "Momma" Fitzgibbon.
On 8 November 2004, a tribute show "Remembering Smacka" was performed by his daughter Nichaud at the Arts Centre Melbourne, in honour of the man best remembered for his popular jazz club, his dapper dress code (spotted bow ties, striped jackets, checked pants and two-tone shoes) and his love of vintage cars — he collected Packards.