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Patsy riggir biography

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All about the story and emotion

A good country song is all about the story, New Zealand legend Patsy Riggir tells Shane Gilchrist.

Patsy Riggir might spend more time in the garden than a recording studio or stage nowadays, but country music still holds the power to transport her elsewhere.

Take Beautiful Lady: The Very Best Of Patsy Riggir; featuring 24 songs selected by Riggir, the album might have only been released yesterday yet, for the singer at least, the process of collating the material prompted a few trips deeper into the past.

''Every song has a memory, an incident, person or place that comes to mind. They are very much like photos.

''The musicians I've worked with, the producers, the studios ... there are always little things that go on during a recording session that will never happen again. People move on, so it's never the same team. Thus those memories are unique,'' Riggir explains via phone from Putaruru earlier this week.

Born ''a few miles down the road'' (in Arapuni, in the Waikato), Riggir has lived in Putaruru for the past 17 years. A keen garde

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Biography

  • Born

    6 October 1945 (age 79)

  • Born In

    Waikato, North Island, New Zealand

Patsy Riggir is a New Zealand country and western singer. Born in the Waikato town of Putaruru, Riggir was the first winner of Gore's Golden Guitar Awards in 1974, Her album 'Patsy Riggir Country' won the top selling category at the 1987 CMAA Country Music Awards held in Tamworth, Australia

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Patsy Riggir

New Zealand singer

Patsy Riggir

QSM

Born

Patsy Evelyn Ann Riggir


(1945-10-06) 6 October 1945 (age 79)

Arapuni, New Zealand

Occupations

Patsy Evelyn Ann RiggirQSM (born 6 October 1945) is a New Zealand country and western singer and songwriter. She was a regular performer on the New Zealand Country and Western television show That's Country, had her own show Patsy Riggir Country in 1986, and has appeared on various shows including the Ralph Emery Show, the Fan Fair International Show and the Grand Ole Opry.

Biography

Riggir was born in the South Waikato town of Arapuni, and was educated at Te Kuiti School, and Te Kuiti and Putaruru High Schools. She entered several talent quests and sang on IXH Hamilton aged 5, but then gave up singing until she joined the local country music club in 1974. Her first album, True Country Music, was released in 1980.[1]

She has received many awards including New Zealand Entertainer of the Year in 1980, various APRA Awards for Best Female Vocalist, Best Song, Best Songwrite

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