Down Under Hour
- Wednesdays, 1:00pm–2:00pm
- Saturdays, 3:00pm–4:00pm
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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 137
Back
to front
The
only reason we makes plans here at the Down Under Hour is so we have
something to change. We'd planned a show for this week but it seemed
to make more sense to start at the end and work back to the
beginning.
I
Know Where To Feel Good - Vika and Linda, the Bull sisters, from
their debut album, a 1994 release. After several years as in-demand
backup singers, the sisters emerge as bona-fide band leaders.
On
Our Way Now - the Dynamic Hepnotics with a 1986 single. This
version is
on a compilation titled Hepnobest, a 2016 release.
Night
People - the Agents, they had an EP in 1980 titled Suburbs Of The
Heart but this version was off a compilation album,
Burning It Up:
Australian Reggae 1979 to 1986. It was put out by Austudy Records, an
Australian government initiative. It included eight songs originally
issued on seven-inch vinyl and was supposed to "represent some
of the earliest examples of reggae sounds in Australian recorded
music".
Sounds
Of Then (This is Australia) - Ganggajang, from their self-titled
first album, released in 1985.
Strange
Love - Bleak Squad, the title track of this September 2025 release by
a new group of experienced players: Mick Harvey, one of Nick Cave's
long-term playmates; Mick Turner, guitarist from Dirty Three and a
dozen other groups; Adalita, who has fronted the band Magic Dirt for
many years; and session drummer/producer Marty Brown.
God's
a Different Sword - Folk Bitch Trio, from their first album, Now
Would Be A Good Time, a July 2025 release.
How
Much Is Enough - Tim Rogers and his band You Am I, from their 1995
album Hi Fi Way.
Blues
rulz
How
Come People Act Like
That
-
Kerri Simpson,
from her 2007 album Sun Gonna Shine.
Lately we've been loving her work with the band Opelousas.
Along
About Midnight - Andy Baylor and his band, variously called the Cajun
Combo or Andy Baylor's Rainbow Band, from the album One Night In
Fitzroy, recorded in a pub, the Rainbow Hotel, on October 10, 1999.
The album landed in January 2024. Guitar Slim cut his version of the
song in 1956.
Rule
The World - Geoff Achison and the Soul Diggers, from 2005, the song
was on their album Little Big Men.
A
dive into the Cruel Sea
Three
from Tex Perkins and the Cruel Sea
Anybody
But You - 1995, from the album Three Legged Dog.
Blame
It On the Moon - 1993, the band's best-known album, The Honeymoon is
Over.
This
Is Not the Way Home - the title track of their 1991 album.
Away
Away - Weddings, Parties, Anything, from their 1987 album Scorn of
the Women.
Aussie
Frank Moylan is the man responsible for our hello and goodbye and in
between musical bits.
