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Helpmanns: Victory!
SYDNEY, August 1 – The Drowsy Drivers struck another blow for the forces of scurrilous rumour and intimidation last night, as KEATING! won Best Original Score at the prestigious Helpmann Awards.
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New Keyboardist
MELBOURNE, August 2 – The Drowsy Drivers announced today that they would be dismissing Enio Pozzebon from the role of keyboardist, replacing him with his one-day old son, Dante Pozzebon.
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Three-Quarter Time
This one hasn’t found its album yet, but it’s fun to play. Continue reading
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Hunting The Governess
I think the Sound Of Music excerpt at the start was Cam Rogers’ idea initially – I ripped off the same moment as part of the incredibly haphazard ‘book’ for A Largely Fanciful History Of The Spiegeltent – and then … Continue reading
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Tullamarine (Reprise)
The ‘Tullamarine’ tag which closed Northcote Country Soul.
Dear John
This song didn’t fit in Northcote Country Soul at all – it’s almost totally humourless (which some might say made it a natural fit!) – but I had to put it in there. I can’t really explain it for those … Continue reading
One More Time
The long-lost other track (apart from “Senseless”) performed by the gorgeous 5 Wayz from Gippsland in Victoria. This was part of Northcote Country Soul. Don’t ever play it… or read the words. Hit ‘Back’ now before it’s too late. Sweet … Continue reading
Churlish
Part of Northcote Country Soul. My mother’s heart was big and strong my father’s heart was true my sisters were delightful in the childhood that I knew and I never had to go without or sleep out in the rain … Continue reading
The Book
Hallelujah! This song may make absolutely no sense to you whatsoever; it barely makes sense to me. It’s the second song from Northcote Country Soul, and introduces the theme that ran like a very very very tenuous thread through that … Continue reading
Tullamarine
This had actually been sitting around for a year or so, but it always seemed like the opening song of a show, for obvious reasons. It opened Northcote Country Soul, which was largely a show about Melbourne, Australia. (Tullamarine is … Continue reading