Deborah Conway is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actress. At the age of 18, Conway started playing guitar, and in 1980 she joined The Benders as a vocalist whilst still at university. They performed mostly in Melbourne pubs playing original material - mostly written by Conway and Greg Thomas, as well as Blondie and Devo cover versions.
Deborah's bands are as follows:
Do-Ré-Mi - Deborah Conway was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their top-5 hit "Man Overboard" in 1985, which became the eighth-highest-positioned Australian song on the 1985 End of Year Chart. Do-Ré-Mi disbanded in 1988 not long after their second album was released. Rolling Stone (Australia) named Conway 'Best Australian Female Singer' for that year.
Drawcards / Rose Amongst Thorns - In 1990, Conway formed Drawcards as a semi-acoustic band with Vika and Linda, Stephen Cummings, Dror Erez, Tim Finn, Ross Hannaford, Peter Jones, Shane O'Mara and Chris Wilson. Almost immediately it split with half its members - Conway, Hester, Erez, Jones and Wilson - forming Rose Amongst Thorns as a pub rock band from 1990 to 1991.
Solo / Conway and Zygier - Deborah Conway's debut solo album was released in October 1991, titled String of Pearls, which peaked at No. 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Singles from the album include "It's Only the Beginning" which reached No. 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart in August. In 2010, Conway and Zygier released Half Man Half Woman. The album included a track, "Into the Blue" recorded with Conway and Zygier joined by their three daughters, Syd, Alma and Hettie on vocals
From 2005 to 2008, Conway collaborated with different female artists to tour Australia as part of the 'Broad Festival' project. Each year's roster performed their own and each other's songs: Sara Storer, Katie Noonan, Ruby Hunter, Conway, and Clare Bowditch in 2005; Melinda Schneider, Mia Dyson, Kate Miller-Heidke, Conway, and Ella Hooper in 2006; Anne McCue, Sally Seltmann, Conway, Jade Macrae, and Abbe May in 2007; and Laura Jean, Elana Stone, Liz Stringer, Dianna Corcoran, and Conway in 2008.
Deborah has played gigs at St Kilda music venues and events including: Bananas, The Crystal Ballroom, MEMO Music Hall, Palais Theatre, The Newmarket Hotel, The Espy, St Kilda Festival.
