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months building an entirely new backing track for the song so that it "sounded as though it was recorded today, rather than yesterday." The original version is also included on the CD single. It features former members of
Headband and Fraternity. "Carey Gully" celebrates the Mount Lofty Rangers' stomping ground at that time. The entire project was achieved by many people - musicians and technicians donating their time, talent, and studios to pay tribute to an old friend. The result is one of the best recordings available by Bon Scott, displaying a side of his vocal ability that was not as evident in subsequent releases.
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Australia, our very own musical journeyman; always outside the crap and corruption of the music industry, always laying down a magical rolling chord, a riff, a poignant lyric, a primal honed voice – frayed at the edges as it is, rasping, growling, crackling and about as soulful as it gets....This excellent set, beautifully recorded with passion and empathy by the adventurous Big Beat Music label shows Peter Head in his best light yet, highlighting his splendid songs like
343:"The tracks were recorded for $ 40 which was all the studio time we could afford then" laughs Head. "Bon and I used to help each other out. I'd write music and he'd sing lyrics of my songs. Those were pioneering days. They were recorded at the first 8 track studio in Adelaide. I'd been carting the tapes around for twenty years and then I met Ted Yanni at Round Midnight and we started talking about new technology and what you could do with older material like this."
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238:. "Headband and Fraternity were in the same management stable and we both split about the same time so the logical thing was to take members from both bands and create a new one...the purpose of the band was for songwriters to relate to each other and experiment with songs so it was a hotbed of creativity." The band had its own theme song – "The Mount Lofty Rangers Theme" – and featured mainly Head's original compositions.
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193:) on bass, Mauri Berg (ex Silhouettes) on guitar and backing vocals and Joff Bateman on drums and backing vocals. Headband released three national singles – "Land of Supercars/How I Miss The Country" (1972), "Country Lady/Stay With Me" (1972), and "A Song For Tooley/Brand New Morning" (1973). The album
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If you've ever lived and loved the nightlife, chances are, some stage during your carousing, cruising, boozing and late night losing, you'd have come across Peter Head. His self penned sublime songs and lyrics tell tales tall and true ... Head's night time netherworld of ivory tickling in smoke
346:"They were just rough demos and a few weeks later Bon went off to join AC/DC and that seemed to be it ... The fun of finishing off something first started 22 years ago really appealed to me", explained Head. In the case of "Carey Gulley", Woodhall had only a cassette dub. It was well received.
453:. Head's fresh interpretations of songs from a few of his heroes like Tom Waits, Randy Newman and Ray Charles are not only commendable, but demonstrate the uniqueness of his voice and his very original phrasing. Not to mention his world class piano playing. A master.
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