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George Sich has a new EP – “True Story, I Swear”

March 5, 2010
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George Sich, an old friend of mine, has just released a brilliant new E.P. entitled “True Story, I Swear”. I’ll admit to being biased ’cause I know George and did his website, but this is a great recording. He is a very talented songwriter/musician and had the help of some other great Australian musicians such [...]

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The John Rickleman Collection – Little River Band and Richard Clapton

July 16, 2009

I’ve received quite a bunch of really unique and top quality photo’s recently. Obviously people are digging through their old collections and coming up with some real gems. Here’s another set that you won’t find anywhere else.
They were submitted by John Rickleman who has a great eye for a band shot. His collection (unfortunately for [...]

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Dave Evans

July 13, 2009
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Dave Evans originally arrived in Australia from Carmarthen Wales, aged five, and settled in North Queensland with his family.
After forming his first band In Session in Charters Towers when he was seventeen he moved to Sydney where he helped form a band (no name yet!) with Malcolm Young, Colin Burgess and Larry van Kriedt – [...]

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John “Swanee” Swan

December 15, 2008
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About John Swan
John Swan, more commonly known as Swanee, was born John Archibold Dixon Swan in 1952 in Glasgow, Scotland. He came to Australia with his family in 1961 and is the only one of his siblings to keep his natural fathers surname. He is the older brother of Jimmy Barnes and the uncle of [...]

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Jimmy Barnes – Freight Train Heart

November 23, 2008
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The first hit single from the Freight Train Heart album was “Too much ain’t enough love”. This was the first no. 1 solo hit single for Jimmy Barnes. The album was first released in Australia by Mushroom Records in 1987 and then later released in the US by Geffen in 1988.
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Jimmy Barnes

November 10, 2008

About Jimmy Barnes
Jimmy Barnes is a popular Australian rock singer. He was born James Dixon Swan on April 28, 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland. His father Jim Swan was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan is also a rock singer. His career as both a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the [...]

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Susan Wyllie “God Bless The Child”

October 15, 2008

Susan is a Perth musician with a great jazzy / Blues voice.
She sings here live with the Hey Hey Band “God Bless The Child”
Broadcast on Hey Hey it’s Saturday 22.06.1991
I have left the segment intact as it was a classic Hey Hey moment.
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Richard Pleasance

October 8, 2008

About
Richard Pleasance (ex Boom Crash Opera) has had great success outside of the band. His 1991 album Galleon featured the singles “Sarah (I Miss You)” and “Don’t Cry”. The album featured some of his closest friends in the music industry including Paul Hester and Deborah Conway. Galleon was critically acclaimed and went on to earn [...]

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Ross Hannaford APB for stolen gear

October 22, 2007

From Daddy Cool’s manager, Mark Sydow …

A tragedy has befallen Ross Hannaford, the guitarist of iconic Australian band Daddy Cool.
In the early hours of Saturday morning Ross Hannaford’s white 1989 Toyota Hi-Ace Van QRN 479 was stolen from a Yarraville street. The van was most likely stolen by joy riders, but the real loss is [...]

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Brian Baker

July 23, 2007

About
Brian Baker is a composer, singer/songwriter and producer living in the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne, Australia. From his studio he is currently creating music for the Fable/Image production library, writing and recording his own original material, composing jingles and soundtracks, and writing with other songwriters to pitch songs to various artists around the world.
from Brian’s [...]

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