He is proficient at the guitar and harmonica and his style of music encompasses genres as disparate as bluegrass and dub reggae; however his expertise rests in folk-country. Dan has released three albums, two of which received ARIA Award nominations. Firstly, I’d just like to say thank you to Mandy, It is wonderful to have someone beside me giving an interpretation that is very important. 1 of 17. [9] As Countessa Anne Filippini, she was Australia's first female symphony orchestra conductor. G D A The radio died aft [53] Paul Kelly and the Messengers' final album, Hidden Things, was a collection of previously released B-sides, stray non-LP tracks, radio sessions, and other rarities. He became involved in the pub rock scene and drug culture, and recorded two albums with Paul Kelly and the Dots. [128] In 2003 Kelly undertook a tour of North America, the UK, and Ireland, performing at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival and again at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Am. Paul has 1 job listed on their profile. It's a waking up in the middle of the night song, for anyone who's woken up at 3 am and not been able to get back to sleep". I don't feel like I have got it nailed yet". In March 2014, Wishful performed at the Port Fairy Folk Festival. [49][209] His lyrics capture Australia's vastness both in culture and landscape; he has chronicled life about him for over 30 years and is described as the poet laureate of Australia. He has worked in a variety of roles, principally for The Australian newspaper, and is currently its Editor-at-large. Prof Kelly has been acting in the role since June 2020, and prior to this was Deputy CMO from January 2020. [25], Paul Kelly Band was formed in 1983 with Michael Armiger (Martin Armiger's younger brother, bass guitar), Chris Coyne (saxophone), Maurice Frawley (guitar) and Greg Martin (drums). The museum's statement of significance cites Kelly's talent as a songwriter, his distinctive voice, and his harmonica playing, particularly on Live, May 1992. USA & CANADA Larry Webman, Paradigm Agency
[email protected] Professor Paul Kelly is a public health physician, epidemiologist and health service executive. [196][197] According to Prior after a date in 2011, "[we] came home. 15, and "Darling It Hurts" which reached No. [134][135] Prior, an opera singer, became Kelly's girlfriend in 2002. Kelly's music style has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output straddles folk, rock, and country. [126], Kelly has written songs with and for numerous artists, including Mick Thomas, Geyer, Kate Ceberano, Vika and Linda Bull, Nick Cave, Nick Barker, Kasey Chambers, Yothu Yindi, Archie Roach, Gyan, Monique Brumby, Kelly Willis, Missy Higgins, and Troy Cassar-Daley. 4. Australian songwriter Paul Kelly (born 13 January 1955) is a multi-talented instrumentalist and singer. [8][13] AllMusic's Mike DeGagne felt "While he focuses on life's daily tragedies and tribulations, there is a missing element in the music, as it lacks any vigor or flash". Kelly was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2017 for distinguished service to the performing arts and to the promotion of the national identity through contributions as a singer, songwriter and musician. I still feel like a total beginner. [15] Filippini was touring Australia in 1914 with a Spanish opera company when World War I broke out; Filippini stayed and later married Anne McPharland, one of his students. [138] In December, in Melbourne, Kelly performed 100 of his songs in alphabetical order over two nights. After growing up in Adelaide, Kelly travelled around Australia before settling in Melbourne in 1976. [16], Josephine raised the younger children alone after John's death, but found time to assist others in need. Paradoxically, it can also be heard as a wake up call - a critique of the widespread attitude amongst humans that we are the most important life form on the planet. Kelly’s not just a mirror. Tuning: E A D G B E. Author chantalt [pro] 21. 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[197], During February and March 2013, Kelly and Neil Finn undertook a collaborative tour of Australia. [38] Their son, Declan, was born in 1980. Both were members of Stardust Five, which released a self-titled album in 2006. [77] It featured vocals by Carmody and Kelly, as well as other Australian artists. [28][32] The High Rise Bombers included Kelly (vocals, guitar, songwriter), Martin Armiger (guitar, vocals, songwriter), Lee Cass (bass guitar), Chris Dyson (guitar), Sally Ford (saxophone, songwriter), John Lloyd (drums), and Keith Shadwick (saxophone). [66] Forster stated that, with "Everything's Turning to White", Kelly shows mastery in condensing a Raymond Carver tale of fishermen who discover a dead woman's body but continue to fish before reporting their find. 1 on the related ARIA Music DVD Chart. "[43] Years later Kelly disavowed both Dots albums: "I wish I could grab the other two and put 'em in a big hole". [105][116] All three sing on the soundtrack, including together for the lullaby, "One Night the Moon" (see pictured). [6], Although Kelly was raised as a Roman Catholic, he later described himself as a non-believer in any religion. Strumming. Kelly's music style has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output straddles folk, rock, and country. But I felt if we had kept going it would have got formulaic and that's why I broke it up. [53] A recording of the concerts was released by ABC Music as a DVD and a double CD, Before Too Long, with a bonus CD featuring original songs by Kelly, on 19 February 2010. 1 of 22. [13][17] Another US tour was undertaken, but there was no further chart success for albums or singles released in the US market. He has worked in a variety of roles, principally for The Australian newspaper, and is currently its Editor-at-large. The song is used in this film as a vehicle to explore the characters' interior worlds, something very unusual for a film". In 2016, Kelly would release two albums: Seven Sonnets and a Song in April, which was a musical recreation of selected works by William Shakespeare; and Death's Dateless Night in October, a covers album with Charlie Owen. "[They] render the story as a narrative ... with the familiar Orientation, Complication, Evaluation, Resolution and Coda staging". 11 in September 1991. "[28] Rolling Stone (Australia) hailed Post as the best record of 1985. For me it's a bit from here, a bit from there, fumbling around, never quite knowing what you're doing ... Song writing is like a way of feeling connected to mystery. "[13][14], Kelly's maternal grandfather was an Argentine-born, Italian-speaking opera singer, Count Ercole Filippini, a leading baritone for the La Scala Opera Company in Milan. [17] Kelly wrote "You're 39, You're Beautiful and You're Mine" for Prior who was already 40 by the time he finished. Paul John Kelly (born 11 October 1947) is an Australian political journalist, author and television and radio commentator from Sydney. It's a way of dragging a song out of you that you wouldn't have come up with". Less now". [40] A single LP version of Gossip featuring 15 songs was issued in the United States by A&M Records in July 1987. [219], Kelly was in a relationship with Sian Prior, a journalist, university lecturer and opera singer, from 2002 to 2011. APRA named "To Her Door", solely written by Kelly,[64] and "Treaty", written by Kelly and members of Yothu Yindi,[79] in their Top 30 best Australian songs of all time in 2001. Finally, One Night the Moon included Mairead Hannan's "richly melodic Irish airs" which "beautifully counterpoint Kelly's work" and Carmody's "distinctive ballads". 1 of 27. [8], In November 1991, after the massacres at Santa Cruz (near Dili, East Timor), Kelly had supported Indonesian President Suharto and declared him to be a moderate with no alternative to his rule. [13], So Much Water So Close to Home was released in 1989 by Paul Kelly and the Messengers in all markets. [28][99] Smoke was issued on Kelly's new label, Gawdaggie, through EMI Records in October 1999, and peaked at No. [143], In June 2005 Kelly put together Timor Leste – Freedom Rising, a collaboration of Australian artists donating new recordings, unreleased tracks, and b-sides to make connections between a wide range of music to raise money for environmental, health, and education projects in East Timor (Timor-Leste). [189][190], On 29 September 2012 Kelly performed "How to Make Gravy" and "Leaps and Bounds" at the AFL Grand Final although most of the performance was not broadcast on Seven Network's pre-game segment. [13][49], Paul Kelly stayed with Don Walker (Cold Chisel) in Kings Cross – Walker had lived with Hilary's sister – and wrote new songs on Walker's piano. [196] After it appeared on ABC-TV in October of the following year, Andrew P. Street of The Guardian noted it "brings an ambitious, complex young Kelly to life – making a relisten of his work essential". The album's lead single, "With the One I Love", was released on the same day.[204]. [66] Though identified as a solo record, it was more of a group effort, with a backing band, later dubbed the Boon Companions, co-writing most of the tracks. [64] It highlights the Gurindji Strike and Vincent Lingiari as part of the Indigenous Australian struggle for land rights and reconciliation. [70] The Monthly's Richard Guilliatt travelled with Kelly, his band and "his new love and future wife, the diminutive" Fairfax on a section of the group's US tour prior to the release of Under the Sun. [30] It peaked at No. [94] APRA's Debbie Kruger noted Kelly's "attraction to the theatrical" where the same protagonist is described in "To Her Door", "Love Never Runs on Time" (from Wanted Man) and "How to Make Gravy". It peaked at No. [21][22] Josephine Kelly moved to Brisbane, where she died in 2000, at the age of 76. He was previously Editor-in-Chief of the paper and he writes on Australian politics, public policy and international affairs. [177] The related audio book on 16×CDs has Kelly joined by Australian actors, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Judy Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ben Mendelsohn each reading a chosen chapter. Australia’s chief medical officer Paul Kelly has defended the nation’s quarantine system despite a number of coronavirus cases leaking into the community. [66] It won three awards from the Victorian Country Music Association: 'Best Group (Open)', 'Best Group (Victorian)', and 'Album of the Year' in 2000. [32] Between March and May 1995 Kelly undertook a seven-week tour of North America, appearing on several dates with Liz Phair and Joe Jackson. [61] A cover version that was released in May 2008 by The GetUp Mob, part of the GetUp! 17, and included three singles that did not reach the Top 40. Spencer et al, (2002), High Rise Bombers entry. He was working as Deputy Chief Medical Officer (January to June 2020g and then Acting Chief Medical Officer (July to December 2020) on Australia’s health response to … [nb 1], Kelly also acted in One Night the Moon alongside his then wife, Fairfax, and with their younger daughter Memphis. Professor Kelly is currently the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the Australian Government Department of Health. I still feel like a total beginner. Kelly's Top 40 singles include "Billy Baxter", "Before Too Long", "Darling It Hurts", "To Her Door" (his highest-charting local hit in 1987), "Dumb Things" (appeared on United States charts in 1988), and "Roll on Summer". Kelly also appears as a commentator on Sky News and has written seven books on political events in Australia since the 1970s including on the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. [28] The High Rise Bombers recorded two tracks, "She's Got It" and "Domestic Criminal", which appeared on The Melbourne Club, a 1981 compilation by various artists on Missing Link Records. 25. [72] DeGagne preferred "Everything's Turning to White" and "Sweet Guy" to the other album tracks, which "seem a little weak in the content department". [32] Kelly returned to Australia in 1993 and wrote a collection of lyrics, aptly titled Lyrics, which opens with a quote from Anton Chekhov: "I don't have what you would call a philosophy or coherent world view so I shall have to limit myself to describing how my heroes love, marry, give birth, die and speak. [7][8] He is the great great grandson of Jeremiah Kelly, who emigrated from Ireland in 1852 and settled in Clare, South Australia. Paul John Kelly (born 11 October 1947) is an Australian political journalist, author and television and radio commentator from Sydney. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart. His lyrics capture the vastness of the culture and la… 15, with singles chart success for "Before Too Long" which peaked at No. [17][44] The 1982 film, Starstruck, was directed by Gillian Armstrong and starred Jo Kennedy. [139] A similar set of shows were performed in a studio at Sydney Opera House in December 2006, these and similar sets became known as his A to Z shows. The Australian Government has welcomed the appointment of Professor Paul Kelly as Australia’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO). [9] His paternal grandfather, Francis Kelly, established a law firm in 1917, which his father, John, joined in 1937. [78][79], "To Her Door" and "Treaty" were voted into the APRA Top 30 Australian songs of all time in 2001. He has written books on subsequent Prime Ministers, Bob Hawke (The Hawke Ascendency, 1984), Paul Keating (The End of Certainty, 1992) and John Howard (Howard's Decade, 2006). He was not well enough to play sport with me. Chords. Kelly released a greatest hits album in November 2019, covering years 1985–2019, titled Songs from the South: 1985-2019. [1] Kelly presented the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) TV documentary series, 100 Years – The Australian Story (2001) and wrote a book of the same title. Head to the store to find merchandise exclusives & fan favourites. [119] Murray Bramwell appraised four Kelly-related works in Adelaide Review, "each of them indicative of the rich variety of his gift". He completed a Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Education at the University of Sydney in 1969. The song addresses Australia's response to climate change. [10] John Kelly died in 1968 at the age of 52, after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease three years earlier. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five. [28][32] The album featured a mix of old and new Kelly songs treated in classic bluegrass fashion. An edited version of the Neville Bonner Oration, 2015. It's conversations that you have everyday [sic]". Kelly has won 14 Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards, including his induction into their Hall of Fame in 1997. Kelly collaborated with members of indigenous band Yothu Yindi to write "Treaty", which peaked at No. 62. [184][185] In April 2011 Kelly performed at the East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival (Bluesfest), which was followed by appearances as a special guest at Dylan's concerts in Sydney and Melbourne. 2. [170] All proceeds from the Melbourne concert went to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire relief. 36. [4], Aside from journalism, Kelly has written books describing political developments starting with The Unmaking of Gough (1976) on the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975 and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (later titled The Dismissal : Australia's Most Sensational Power Struggle : The Dramatic Fall of Gough Whitlam). That's how I started writing songs with other people in mind". He was replaced by Ashley Naylor (Even) on guitar and Cameron Bruce (The Polaroids) on keyboards. [164] Songs from the South – Volume 2 included one new song, "Thoughts in the Middle of the Night", which he described as "It's a band song, we all wrote it together. [44] After recording Post, Kelly established a full-time band, which included Armiger, Barclay, and Connolly, bass guitarist Jon Schofield, and keyboardist Peter Bull. [180] Kelly worked with Charlie Owen and others to create a 3×CD tribute album, Long Gone Whistle – The Songs of Maurice Frawley, which was released in August 2010. Coronavirus Australia: CMO Paul Kelly says vaccine hesitancy levels are 'concerning' 17 Feb, 2021 08:12 PM 3 minutes to read. Paul Kelly (Australia) all, Chords, Tabs, Pro, Bass Tabs, Ukulele Chords tabs including how to make gravy, deeper water, firewood and candles, if i could start today again, morning storm [170] The event was held simultaneously with a concert at the Sydney Cricket Ground. [227] Kelly's younger sister, Mary Jo Kelly, is a Melbourne-based pianist who performed with him on the track "South of Germany" for Paul Kelly Live at the Athenaeum, May 1992 (1992). His biographical film, Paul Kelly: Stories of Me, directed by Ian Darling, was released to cinemas in October 2012. 44 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. Prof. Paul Kelly is a public health physician, epidemiologist and health service executive. [42] Problems with his marriage and drug use disrupted his career, and by 1984 the marriage had broken up. [28][44] Armiger soon left, and the Coloured Girls line-up stabilised in late 1985 as Barclay, Bull, Connolly, and Schofield. The film was part of the Official Selection at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2012[237] and the Canberra International Film Festival in that year. I was incredibly nervous. [66] The album became his first number-one album and won him four ARIA Awards at that year's ceremony. Women at the Well (2002) had 14 female artists record his songs in tribute. [28][47] Kelly's involvement in the Melbourne drug culture—he described his heroin addiction as "a long period of occasional use"—resulted in erratic performances. [104], During the 2000s Paul Kelly worked as a composer for film and TV scores and soundtracks, including Lantana (also as a member of Professor Ratbaggy), Silent Partner, and One Night the Moon in 2001, Fireflies in 2004, and Jindabyne in 2006. [17][136], In March 2004 Kelly performed across North America, including New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles. [74] "From Little Things Big Things Grow", a seven-minute track from the album, was co-written by Kelly and Kev Carmody. 4 on the ARIA singles charts. It was released in May 1985 on the independent label White Records, and licensed to Mushroom Records. [50] Kelly then moved into a flat with Paul Hewson (Dragon) in Elizabeth Bay. [86] Kelly contributed songs and vocals to the soundtrack of the 1993 television series Seven Deadly Sins. When I heard the finished version ... the hairs rose up on the back of my neck. [4][5] According to Rip It Up magazine, "legend has it" that Kelly's mother gave birth to him "in a taxi outside North Adelaide's Calvary Hospital". 2. 23 on the ARIA albums charts. Paul John Kelly (born 11 October 1947) is an Australian political journalist, author and television and radio commentator from Sydney. [32] On the Kent Music Report Albums Chart, it reached No. Recent works include, The March of Patriots, which chronicles the creation of a modern Australia during the 1991–2007 era of Prime Ministers, Paul Keating and John Howard, and Triumph & Demise which focuses on the leadership tensions at the heart of the Rudd-Gillard Labor Governments of 2007–2011. Em7. [28] In 1992 he was asked to compose songs for Funerals and Circuses, a Roger Bennett play about racial tensions in small-town Australia. It's not traditional; it's writing around the A-Z theme – I tell stories around the song lyrics in alphabetical order. [234] Kelly was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2017 for distinguished service to the performing arts and to the promotion of the national identity through contributions as a singer, songwriter and musician. One for every song! He has worked in a variety of roles, principally for The Australian newspaper, and is currently its Editor-at-large.Kelly also appears as a commentator on Sky News and has written seven books on political events in Australia since the 1970s … [103] This second edition was added to the Victorian Certificate of Education English reading list for Year 12 (final year of secondary schooling) in 2006. Local Business. [87], Kelly's first post-Messengers solo release was the live double CD Live, May 1992, released in November 1992. HOME; CHORDS & TABS; UKULELE GALLERY; ABOUT US; CONTACT US; Close Menu. [35] The couple have two daughters, Madeleine (born 1991) and Memphis (born 1993). [7], His book, The Dismissal was used as the basis of the television miniseries The Dismissal shown on Network Ten from 6 March 1983. 7 and No. Page created - February 17, 2018. Kelly moved to Sydney by 1985, where he formed Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. [221][222][223] In his memoir, Kelly credited Prior with inspiring him to give up his long-term heroin addiction, "I got lucky, I met a woman who said: 'It's me or it'. Paul Kelly is an Australian institution. [210] Tim Freedman (The Whitlams) acknowledges Kelly, Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil), and John Schumann (Redgum) as inspiring him by "[furnishing] our suburbs with our own myths and social history". [150] The album has backing vocals by Prior on two tracks. [31] In 1976, Kelly appeared on Debutantes, a compilation album featuring various Melbourne-based artists, and joined pub-rockers The High Rise Bombers from 1977 to 1978. [228][229], Paul Kelly has won several awards, including 16 ARIA Awards from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and three APRA Awards from either the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) alone or together with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers. [62] The song was included on the soundtrack for the 1988 Yahoo Serious film Young Einstein. Spencer et al, (2002), Kelly, Paul and the Dots entry. [66] Andrew Ford interviewed Kelly for ABC radio's The Music Show in May. [24], Kelly has also provided songs for many other artists, tailoring them to their particular vocal range. His lyrics capture the vastness of the culture and landscape of Australia by chronicling life about him for over 30 years. [66][201] In November and December 2017, Kelly and his band undertook a seventeen-performance tour of thirteen metropolitan and regional Australian cities, as well as four performances in three cities in New Zealand to promote the release of Life is Fine. He succeeded Brendan Murphy, who became the Secretary of the Department of Health.. Kelly is also the head of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee and in that role an adviser to the … [88] Kelly had relocated to Los Angeles and signed with Vanguard Records to tour the US as a solo artist. [196] The Australian Financial Review's Katrina Strickland described the documentary as "not a critique of his music, nor an intrusive look at his personal life" which uses a "much less linear approach to the life of a musician whose career has spanned four decades". Spencer et al, (2002), Kelly, Paul and the Coloured Girls entry. [183] On 15 December 2010 he was inducted into The Age EG Awards Hall of Fame. His songs have a way of digging into the country in a way that few artists can do, how it looks, feels, tastes, sounds. [46] Acting in a minor role in Starstruck was Kaarin Fairfax, who later became Kelly's second wife. [141] The 105 tracks are listed alphabetically, and were typically performed over four nights. View Paul Kelly’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. 'I've decided I want to be single again,' he told her. Paul Kelly is not just Australia’s greatest and most enduring songwriter. by Paul Kelly (Australia) 121 views, added to favorites 7 times. [17] Ross Clelland, writing for Rolling Stone, described Kelly: "[W]hile he was (rightly) lauded for his ability to sing of injustice without ranting, or deal with the darker sides of human nature non-judgementally, often overlooked was the fact he could write a damn fine melodic hook to go with those words". Paul has covered Australian governments from Gough Whitlam to Scott Morrison. 8. [188] In May his memoir, How to Make Gravy, was short-listed for the Prime Minister's Literary Award in the non-fiction category; while in July it was co-winner of 'Biography of the Year' at the Australian Book Industry Awards – with Anh Do's The Happiest Refugee. [28][32] Stuart Coupe, Kelly's manager, advised him to sign with Regular Records due to difficulty re-signing with Mushroom's Michael Gudinski. Aside from "Treaty", Kelly wrote or co-wrote several songs on Indigenous Australian social issues and historical events. [191] On 19 October that year, Kelly issued a new studio album, Spring and Fall, which debuted at No. No other modern musician has managed to both reflect and alter the tastes of our nation. Page Transparency See More. See the latest tour news & information. Australia’s chief medical officer Paul Kelly has defended the nation’s quarantine system despite a number of coronavirus cases leaking into the community. [192][193], Also in October, a biographical film, Paul Kelly: Stories of Me, directed by Ian Darling, was released. In 1990, as country music artist Mary-Jo Starr, she released three singles and an album, Too Many Movies, using the Messengers and Kelly as session musicians. [141][155], In 2007 Kelly released Stolen Apples, containing songs based on religious themes; it peaked at No. "We'd just chuck ideas around and he'd pick the best bits. [36][37] Brown's father supplied Kelly with a gravy recipe – used on "How to Make Gravy" (1996). [100] In September Kelly performed at the Spiegeltent at the Edinburgh Festival, as well as shows in London and Dublin. It was called 'Catching a Train'. While the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will likely be the first to get approval in Australia, most of us will end up receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says. G. 3. Born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Kelly initially played rugby league for Wagga Brothers but turned to Australian rules football at age 15. [6] A tour in support of the album saw Kelly perform the entire album plus selected hits from his catalogue. [129][130], Ways & Means was issued in 2004 and peaked at No. [34] Richard Guilliatt, writing for The Monthly, later described Kelly from a 1979 performance at Richmond's Kingston Hotel, the singer was "a skinny guy with a head of black curls framing a pale face and a bent nose... singing with his eyes closed, one arm outstretched and the other resting on the body of the Fender Telecaster". [31], His first published song, "It's the Falling Apart that Makes You", was written after listening to Van Morrison's Astral Weeks at the age of 19,[24] although in an interview with Drum Media he recalled writing his first unpublished song: "It was an open-tuning and had four lines about catching trains. He finds such songs more difficult to write but believes he has started to do so. 11. They had a night, I think a Monday night, where anyone could get up. It's a bit hard to describe at the moment. [62] The New York Times rock critic Jon Pareles wrote "Mr. Kelly sang one smart, catchy three-minute song after another – dozens of them – as the band played with no-frills directness" following the band's performance at the Bottom Line Club in New York. Kelly's first solo album in five years, Life Is Fine, was released in August 2017. 3. He provided songs for many other artists, tailoring them to their particular vocal range. "Quite often, I'm trying to write a certain kind of song and it's more ambitious than what my voice will get to. On Silent Partner Kelly's songwriting with Hale provides "some splendid instrumentals" with "a delightfully airy sound". Dan performed with Kelly on Ways and Means and Stolen Apples. 3. [56], Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls were named through a joke based on Lou Reed's song "Walk on the Wild Side". [24] Sometimes the same character is found in different songs, such as in "To Her Door", "Love Never Runs on Time", and "How to Make Gravy". In 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) listed the Top 30 Australian songs of all time, which included Kelly's "To Her Door", and "Treaty", written by Kelly and members of Yothu Yindi. [8] Session musicians included Michael Barclay (Weddings Parties Anything) on harmonies, guitarist Steve Connolly (The Zimmermen), and bass guitarist Ian Rilen (Rose Tattoo, X). [215] Kelly and Carmody's "From Little Things Big Things Grow" was analysed by Sydney University's Linguistics professor James R Martin. The Merri Soul Sessions was released December 2014, and features contributions from the Bull sisters, Kira Puru, Clairy Browne and Dan Sultan. I can't really remember how it went – I remember I had a lot to drink afterwards from relief.
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