there was heaps of singing around our house when I was a kid
and we went to church twice on Sundays... a lot of singing happened there!
there was my grandmother's piano in our lounge room
there was a bakelite radio, and later on, a record player... mono
my mum sang songs she heard from her Uncle George
my sisters played stuff like
The Seekers, James Taylor, Simon and Garfunkel
my friends played
Deep Purple, Kraftwerk, Lou Reed
I got a guitar, began to write songs... when I wasn't surfing or skateboarding
some awkward experiments with bands
years passed, the songwriting continued,
influenced by an increasingly wide range of music
one of the songs was used in a documentary soundtrack, and later recorded by a local folkie
years passed, music went on hold for a while
but eventually came sneaking back
the songwriting picked up again, in collaboration with friends
and it became time to take the songs out of the lounge room
solo acoustic, sometimes percussion and harmonies
a few gigs here and there
thanks to Kate Eve, The Triangles,
Min, Pete, Fermin
the first album is recorded
the performance thing builds
years passed and another album... thanks Jeremy!
Richard joins in with double-bass and harmonies
touring opens up wider landscapes
there was no plan
and
this river of music seems to have got hold of me
I just happened to be there
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