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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 165Meet
Shane O'Mara, the Mr Everywhere of Aussie music.
I'll
Be Your Lover Now - Paul Kelly, a song he released in 1998 as a
single, or more of an EP, with four tracks with the feature being
Kelly's Christmas staple How To Make Gravy. The song reappears on a
single in 1998 as I'll Be Your Lover, the word "Now"
omitted from the title, and also on the 1998 album Words & Music.
The guitar players in Kelly's band during this period are Spencer
Jones and Shane O'Mara.
Your
House Is Falling - Stephen Cummings, from his 1988 album A New Kind
of Blue. Shane O'Mara played guitars and co-produced the album with
Cummings.
Do
It Again - Tim Rogers and the Temperance Union, the song is on their
album Dirty Ron, which they made in 2005. Along with playing guitar
in the band, O'Mara produced the record and recorded it in his own
studio, Yikesville Studio.
Shane
and Rebecca
Falling
Star -
Rebecca's Empire, from
the 1996 album Way Of All Things.
Singer Rebecca Barnard and Shane O'Mara have been partners in
many adventures over the years. O'Mara: guitars and production.
Such
A Bore - from Rebecca Barnard's 2006 solo album Fortified. O'Mara:
guitars, co-production with Barnard.
From
the vault
Three
songs by Chris Wilson from his 1992 album Landlocked:
-
The Big One
-
World Keeps Moving Sideways
-
Hard LandOne
of Shane O'Mara's most enduring musical partnerships was with the
late great singer-songwriter Chris Wilson. O'Mara:
guitars, co-production with Wilson.
Produced
and/or engineered, guitar playing, might have made the tea
The
Day I Lost You - Suzannah Espie, from her 2015 album Mother's Not
Feeling Herself Today.
So
Much Said - Pony Face, from their album Deja Vu, a 2018 release.
When
The Flood Comes - the Audreys, the title track of their 2008 album.
It's
his band
The
Honeyeater - The
Silversound, it was on
their 2023
EP FuzzBox Girl.
Sylvie
- Shane
O'Mara doing the guitar
work and Jac Tonks
singing,
and featuring
songs by
renowned Scottish
musician Bert Jansch, on
their new album Sorrow
Hides The Longing To Be Free,
new as in it came out
in March.
Dom
Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell
us when we're done.
