Happy Birthday Helen (G Arnold) – Things of Stone and Wood 1993  Things of Stone and Wood (ToSaW) were…

There is a tradition in both country and folk music that imbues songs with a sense of place, a unique…

 Stampede (D Lincoln) 1962 and The Rumble (I Isaacs) 1963 and The Cruel Sea (M Maxfield) 1965 – The Phantoms…

  Machine Gun – (J Hudson/R Dietrich/E Sawyers) and Wild Weekend (Todara/Shannon) – The Thunderbirds 1961. It’s hard now to…

Surfside (J Devlin) – The Denvermen1963 The Denvermen were a Sydney band who rose from the ashes of Paul Dever…

 Bombora – (Hood/Skiathitis) and The Crusher (Hood/Skiathitis) – The Atlantics 1963  The Atlantics were the most prominent group of the…

Smoky Mokes (A Holzman) and Southern Rora (J Chapman) -The Joy Boys 1962  Col Joye’s backing group, the Joy Boys…

Instrumental hits were everywhere in the first decade of the rock and roll era in the USA and subsequently in…

  Weather With You (N Finn/T Finn) and Four Seasons In One Day (N Finn/T Finn) – Crowded House 1992…

Rain (M Hunter/T Hunter/J Piggott) – Dragon 1983 The 1970’s had been highly charged times for the band, Paul Hewson…