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Glenn Wheatley Glenn Wheatley i(A136315 works by)
Born: Established: 23 Jan 1948 Nambour, Nambour area, Nambour - Palmwoods - Yandina area, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, South East Queensland, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 1 Feb 2022 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Paper Paradise : Do What You Want to Do Glenn Wheatley , Melbourne : Wilkinson Publishing , 2022 24744874 2022 single work autobiography

'Paper Paradise: Do what you want to do is a roller coaster ride through the sex, drugs and rock and roll of the '60s and '70s to the high-flying business world of the '80s and into the '90s and beyond—with someone who lives it all right up to today.

'It is a book about ambition, hunger, desperation, success and the fruits thereof. Oh yes, it is also about failure and fighting back. Charting the extraordinary life and times of Glenn Wheatley, from working class boy to rock star of the 1960s and 1970s as a member of one of Australia's most successful early bands, the Masters Apprentices, now immortalised in the ARIA Hall of Fame.

'In their heyday, the Masters drew bigger crowds than the Beatles in Australia. In the 1980s he soared from rock star to star manager of the Little River Band and Whispering Jack, John Farnham. He also pioneered the FM Radio industry with the first FM radio station to go to air in Australia, EON FM in Melbourne. He then went on to build the foundation of what is now the Triple M radio network. It is a narrative littered with casualties and is an actual account of a self-protective society that has its own Kings and Queens, its own iconography, its own language.

'After a meteoric rise in the fast lane, and an equally spectacular fall, he is back on top and determined to stay there. Glenn is the ultimate rock and roll survivor.'  (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon Facing the Music Glenn Wheatley : Facing the Music. Glenn Wheatley , Prahran : Hardie Grant Books , 2010 Z1730052 2010 single work autobiography 'For more than four decades Glenn Wheatley has been known on the Australian music scene as both the bass guitarist of the 1960s Australian pop group The Masters Apprentices, and as a successful music manager whose clients have included John Farnham, The Little River Band and Delta Goodrem. But in 2005, he hit the front pages for more infamous exploits-as a key suspect in the Australian Tax Office's Project Wickenby. After terrifying raids on his home and a gruelling court case in which the DPP reneged on a non-custodial sentence in return for his co-operation, Glenn Wheatley found himself sentenced to fifteen months' jail. Told with both candour and courage, this is Glenn's story about how he became entangled in tax fraud, his time behind bars, and his life in the public eye since his release.' Source: Libraries Australia (Sighted 05/05/2010)
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