Show 161
We got the boogie woogie flu
My Man’s Got A Cold - Vika Bull singing with Paul Kelly’s band on his 2017 album Life Is Fine. Along with being in-demand backup singers for Paul Kelly, Joe Camilleri and others, Vika and Linda Bull have been making their own records for many years.
Days - the Gin Club, from their 2008 album, Junk.
You're In A Mess - the Rinehearts, with their 2024 single.
Good As Gold - Ashley Naylor, from his album Alexandria Sunset, a September 2025 release. When he's not making his own records, Naylor plays guitar in Paul Kelly's band, sits in with the Church, Even, and half a dozen other combos.
State of Things - Private Mountain, from 2022, their EP Optimism Cult.
What's That Sound - Snout, it's the title track of an album they put out in 1994.
We
went into the vault and came out with
Tamam Shud
From
the album Evolution - a 1969 release although some sources say 1968.
Falling Up
I'm No One
It's A Beautiful Day.
The Persian phrase tamam shud translates as "ended", "it is finished" or "the very end") and are the closing words of The The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, an 11th-century poetry collection. The phrase is also associated with a Western Australian mystery from 1948 involving "the Somerton Man." Well worth looking up.
Cold Chisel in four parts
Telephone Booth - Ian Moss, the band's guitar player, released his debut solo album Matchbook in 1989.
In The Early Hours - Don Walker, the band's keyboard player and main songwriter, calling himself Catfish, the song was on his 1988 album Unlimited Address.
Working Class Man - the Chisel frontman Jimmy Barnes with his biggest solo hit, from his self-titled 1985 album.
Star Hotel - Cold Chisel, from 1980, from their album East.
The song tells the story of the riot at the Star Hotel on the streets of Newcastle, New South Wales, on the night of September 19, 1979, said to be one of the largest riots in Australian history, where an estimated 4000 people fought with police
Chugging into the station
Big Old Steam Train - Opelousas, from their 2019 album Opelousified.
Two More Bottles of Wine - Suzannah Espie, from her 2006 album A Few More Days.
Living In the Neighbourhood - Cyndi Boste, the song is on her 2002 album Push Comes To Shove. Each week we're sending it out to all the brave folks out there who are looking after their friends and neighbors during these troubled times.
Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell us when we're done.
