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Courting the Net' The
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Courting the Net Underneath
the Story Bridge Andy's Gone with cattle
I Wake up Slow Cry you a Waterfall
Tales of a Mis-Spent Youth Turtle
Blues | | 3:40
2:40 3:10 2:15 3:22 4:37 3:47 | | | |
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Recorded,
engineered and mastered by Rupert Pletzer at Muddy Music, Brisbane - October
1999 Tracks 1, 2 & 6 words & music Bob Wilson track 3. (Henry
Lawson/Mike Jackson) track 4. (Dory Previn) track 5 Kristina
Olsen track 7. (Janis Joplin) | |
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Goodwills Laurel Wilson - lead vocals Bob Wilson
- six and 12-string acoustic guitar, vocals Guest
Musicians Helen Russell - double bass Silas Palmer
-fiddle, accordion, piano Seamus Kirkpatrick - flute, whistle (bass
on track 6) Jevan Cole - octave mandolin , track 2 Randall Matthews
- violin Brendan James - guitar,track 6 Matthew Moline -
harmonica, track 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Notes
on the Songs Courting the Net is a love lament and a folk
song for the 20th (and now 21st) century. . A hundred years from now it would
be nice to think people would still latch on to its wry images and sing it with
feeling Underneath the Story Bridge is one of many songs Bob has written
in 3/4 because it's easier to keep time! The song was inspired by listening to
Roz & Chanel (Women in Docs) playing at the Story Bridge pub. Andy's
Gone with Cattle - Mike Jackson's melody is the prettiest of the many tunes
to this Henry Lawson poem which portrays the hardships of this dry land, Australia,
our adoptive homeland. I Wake up Slow was brought to us by Leonie Cox,
who insisted it was the perfect song for Laurel. One from Dory Previn's 1970 collection
of cynical stories about suburban angst, love and other emotions. Kristina
Olsen, that mood-spinning songweaver, told us how she wished more people would
cover her songs. So we learned Cry you a Waterfall which she wrote for
a friend killed in a car crash. Tales of a Mis-Spent Youth is Bob's
semi-autobiographical song for everyman. It has a wistful, nautical feel, heightened
by some heartfelt playing from Randall and Brendan, Roger McGuinn should be proud.
Not many singers take on Janis Joplin songs. We always thought Laurel's version
of Turtle Blues was a cracker. She reckons the 'woman as badass' tone redresses
the usual male hubris of the blues genre. | | | | |
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