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at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,
if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,
look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."
(Slim Dusty)
Show 128
Hey,
Joe
For
50 years Melbourne's own Joe Camilleri and his mates have been making
music, from Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, to the Black Sorrows. With Joe
up front singing, playing guitar and saxophone, writing and
producing, the Sorrows have released 18 albums that have featured
more than 30 of Australia’s finest musicians.
Joe
Camilleri and the Black Sorrows
Chained
To the Wheel - from their 1988 album Hold On To Me.
Harley
& Rose - the title track of their 1990 album.
Have
Mercy - from 1984, the album Sonola, the first Black Sorrows album,
with Joe working under the name Joey Vincent - Vincent is his middle
name. Featured on the album is George Butrumlis on piano accordion -
Sonola, the album's title, is also a world-famous brand of accordion.
Daughters
of Mercy - from the 1987 album Dear Children.
Evil
Eye - from their album The Way We Do Business, an October 2024
release.
July
5, 1997 was opening night of the first all-female touring music
festival, Lilith Fair, created by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah
McLachlan.
Call
Out - Emma Donovan and her band the Putbacks, from 2021, their album
Under These Streets.
Heavy
Change - Liz Stringer, from her 2012 album Warm In the Darkness.
Green
Tabasco / Words Fail Me - Opelousas, featuring Kerri Simpson and
Alison Ferrier on guitars, vocals and more, and drummer Anthony
Shortte. from their album Opelousafried, a February 2024 release.
Opelousas is also a town in Louisiana that's been called the zydeco
capital of the world.
Alive
And Brilliant - Deborah Conway from her 1993 album Bitch Epic.
The
Day of the Triffids,
a 1963 British monster
movie based on the 1951
novel by
John Wyndham. Also a
band from Perth in
Western Australia.
In 1986 the
Triffids released two
albums, In The Pines and
Born Sand Devotional. So here's a battle of the bands, Triffids
versus Triffids.
Suntrapper
- from In The Pines,
recorded in a sheep-shearing shed on the McComb family farm - David
McComb was the band's songwriter, singer, and played guitar, his
brother Robert McComb played guitar and violin.
Lonely
Stretch - from their album Born
Sandy Devotional, recorded in a
London studio in 1985 and
released in August 1986. It's
widely regarded as one of the best Australian albums.
More
Triffids.
Kathy
Knows - In The Pines.
Life
of Crime - Born Sandy Devotional.
Intro:
Roulette - Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp, Underwater Casino,
2003.
Exit
and extra: Pacific Heights - Baby Langston from their acclaimed 1998
album.
