Wayne Duncan (musician)

Wayne Duncan
Birth nameWayne Ian Duncan
Born(1944-05-31)31 May 1944
Preston, Victoria, Australia
Died4 December 2016(2016-12-04) (aged 72)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Bass guitar
  • backing vocals
Years active1959–2016
Formerly of

Wayne Ian Duncan (31 May 1944 – 4 December 2016) was an Australian rock musician. In 1970 he was a founding member of the doo-wop band, Daddy Cool, providing bass guitar and backing vocals. They were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2006. During his career he had also been a member of the Rondells, Sons of the Vegetal Mother, Gary Young's Hot Dog, Jane Clifton and the Go Go Boys, the Black Sorrows, and the Hornets. In late November 2016 Duncan had a stroke and died a week later, he was survived by his domestic partner, Anne, and by two children. According to Australian music journalist, Ian McFarlane, "Duncan was never a sedate bassist. One only has to listen to some of the latter-day DC material... to hear how inventive his playing could be."