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Tony Henry
Tony Henry Gretch Drums

Anthony James Henry, known professionally as Tony Henry, is an Australian drummer and percussionist who has performed as a musician on numerous Wiggles albums. Henry had previously performed as the drummer in the rock band The Cockroaches, where he first worked with founding Wiggles Anthony Field and Jeff Fatt and Field's brothers Paul and John, and as of 2016, currently works with Paul as the drummer in his rockabilly band The Sacred Hearts, having also been an official member of the latter group in the early 1990s.

Henry currently serves as the owner and teacher of Avalon Stand Up Paddle, a Standup paddleboarding instructional school. He is married to Georgia Henry and has three children, including son Theodore, who currently performs as the drummer for the rock band MARVELL.

Album Credits[]

Tony Henry on Recovery

Henry performing with the Wiggles on Recovery.

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Henry during filming of Cold Spaghetti Western.

TonyHenryinLiveHotPotatoes!

Henry playing the drums during the LIVE Hot Potatoes! concert video.

Trivia[]

  • Henry served as the inspiration and namesake for the character Henry the Octopus.
  • Henry also made a brief cameo in the Wake Up Jeff! video (dressed as Elvis Presley during "We Like To Say Hello") and served as the stunt drummer for Captain Feathersword in Cold Spaghetti Western (during "Listen To The Drummer Playing"). Henry's son Theodore also appeared with his father as a young child in the former video.
  • When the Wiggles appeared as the house band on the Australian music program Recovery in 1998, Henry performed with them as their drummer. During the opening performance of "Fruit Salad", Henry initially wore the Wags the Dog costume, but later appeared in a light blue t-shirt with the Wiggles logo added onto it for the rest of the show due to the suit making it difficult to successfully play the drums.
  • Henry is one of three drummers to have not contributed vocals to a Wiggles album (the other two being Anthony Howe and Jae Nelson).

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