(Ed: And as what I think is an interesting aside, Ned Kelly’s horse was named ‘Mirth’.)ĩ/ Who Know Where the Time Goes – Sandy Denny. lang’s version of Joni’s classic song), from Hymns of the 49th Parallel, a magnificently produced album of contemporary Canadian songs ĥ/ Clare to Here (Ralph McTell) – poignant tale from Ralph’s early days as a builder’s labourer, as told here in this 2007 live performance Ħ/ It’s Raining – Stephen Cummings – from the album Spiritual Bum, a beautiful album of songs from the former lead singer of The Sports (and hopefully an omen) ħ/ They Thought I Was Asleep – Paul Kelly – classic story song from Australia’s best – and we’ll never know what happened!Ĩ/ Our Sunshine – Paul Kelly – included here for its brilliant first line ‘So there came a man on a stolen horse and he rode right onto the page.’ New Zealand’s best songwriters reminisce about their childhood growing up in a musical household.ģ/ Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner – Warren Zevon (Genius), the title of the song says it all, the ultimate ballad about mercenaries.Ĥ/ A Case of You– (k.d. Loudon Wainwright’s ever-so slightly wrong tribute to his mother with the last line of every verse left hanging Ģ/ Disembodied Voices – Neil and Tim Finn (Everybody’s Here) They are too many to count, although most will be appalled by the omission of Dylan, Springsteen and other mainstream songwriters from this top 20 Spotify list.īob’s Spotify Playlist (courtesy of Frankie’s Dad) There are Spotify instructions below, but if you’d rather, FD has also compiled a YouTube playlistġ/ White Winos – LWIII (Last Man on Earth) This week, I decided to answer the question I get asked a lot about my (songwriting) influences. The plan is to print them out and paste them into the book. If you missed out leaving a comment in the guest book that was passed around, you could join the many people who have emailed us with comments about our house concerts. We held 40 or 50 concerts at Fairfield when we lived there and another 90 or so from the first one in Maleny in 2003 (Margret RoadKnight featured once again).
Country grammar lyrics misheard series#
In the fullness of time, we’ll be producing a history of our house concert series – the first one in Brisbane in 1996, when Margret RoadKnight agreed to be our guest. Thanks also to Woodfordia Inc for sponsoring our concerts over the years. Not a dry eye in the house! Thanks to Helen Rowe for going the extra mile to get to rehearsals.
The Goodwills Trio ended the day with a set culminating in a medley of well-known travel songs. A sumptuous afternoon tea was provided by the audience (Laurel had packed away her baking trays). We invited hinterland musician friends to perform: Jevan Cole, Karen and Murray Law, Tommy Leonard, Noel Gardner and Alex Bridge and Kelly Cork. Music was uppermost on our minds last Sunday when, against common sense, we held a full-house farewell house concert with just two days remaining to finish packing. I dismantled all of my music-playing technology weeks ago, so now all I have is a tiny IPod with 1700 songs plugged into the car. You will have to permit me a sentimental wallow this week, as I sit here at a bare desk with the laptop (and the dog) – literally the last things to be packed away. I always thought it was a bit corny, but it seems you can get away with corny in the country genre. My songwriter friend Kelly Cork likes the song he thinks it is a sin of omission that is has not caught the attention of a Kasey Chambers or a Garth Brooks. It’s the kind of misheard line you’d expect of a 70-year-old bloke, but I’m not about to elaborate. Last Sunday, as we performed my only country song, Crossroads of Love, I allowed myself a sly inward chuckle at the misheard lyric (well, I mishear it): “S o I look for directions in the stars high above’’. The author (and dog) contemplating the next move
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