Down Under Hour
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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 119
Startin'
out country, finishing in town, avoiding Nashville
Still
Knockin’ Out - Nicky Del Rey and the Slowtown Social Club, the
album Dead Pig Heaven from 2008.
Misery
Queen - Hana and Jessie Lee's Bad Habits, from their album Say What
You Mean, an April 2024 release.
Early
Morning Sober - Frank Moylan's single from January 2025.
When
The Money's All Gone - Shane Nicholson, from his album Hell Breaks
Loose, a 2015 release.
Tear
Stained Letter - the Cartwheels doing the Richard Thompson song, from
their 2014 album At Home. Richard Thompson led off his 1983 album
Hand of Kindness with it, and Jo-El Sonnier had a hit with it in
1988.
Robert's
Road - the Re-Mains, from 2006, the album Field Conditions.
Rather
Be Gone - the Davidson Brothers, from their 2011 album Here To Stay.
Back
in town
This
Will Be Our Year - the Teskey Brothers, it was on their 2023 album
The Winding Way. Keen eared listeners of a certain vintage will
remember the Zombies doing the song on their 1968 album Odessey and
Oracle. Yes, it should be Odyssey, legend has it that the record
sleeve designer spelled it wrong and no one picked it up.
When
You Walk In the Room - the Sports, from 1978, it was on their album
Reckless.
How
Is the Air Up There - the La De Das, from New Zealand, the island
nation in the southern hemisphere, and for our purposes part of the
Down Under Hour's territory. It was a single from their 1966 debut
album.
James
Baker on the drums - seeya, mate
Television
Addict - the Victims, a 1978 single. The Victims had Dave Faulkner on
vocals and guitar. This
version from Do The Pop! The Australian Garage-Rock Sound 1976-87.
Frantic
Romantic - a 1979 single by Kim Salmon and his band the Scientists.
This version from the collection
Tales From the Australian Underground - Singles
1976-1989.
Leilani
- Hoodoo Gurus.
Baker and Faulker got back together in the Hoodoo Gurus, this is from
their 1984 debut album Stoneage Romeos.
Red
Dress On - Young Modern, from 1979, it was on their album Play
Faster.
About
A Girl - Emma
Russack,
the title track of her album
from August 2024.
A
Pub
With
No Beer
- a
hit for Slim
Dusty in 1957, written
and first recorded by another Australian musician, Gordon Parsons, in
1954.
Intro:
Roulette - Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp, Underwater Casino,
2003.
Exit
and extra: Pacific Heights - Baby Langston from their acclaimed 1998
album.
