Category Archives: Demo Disc

Chasing

This was the first song written and recorded specifically for the Drowsy Drivers project – the first song on the first disc to boot – and was conceived as a paean to the drug dealers who used to wander up … Continue reading

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Over The River

There’s a cultural faultline that runs through Melbourne’s arts community, and it neatly divides the north and the south. If you were visiting from overseas, then the two areas you’d be pointed towards – perhaps erroneously, as they’ve both largely … Continue reading

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Squeegee

I live near the corner of Hoddle and Johnston now. Weird, eh? This one ended up early in the running order of Northcote Country Soul. On the corner of Hoddle and Johnston That’s when your eyes first met mine With … Continue reading

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Tomorrow

The lost song from the first album, really – partly because it’s clumsy, partly because it’s a little po-faced and serious and partly because it’s hard to play live. All good reasons, but I still like it for the harmonies … Continue reading

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The Big Banana

This was probably the best song on the first album, and it was one of those ones that comes out all of a piece; you’re writing it and you’re interested to get to the next verse because you want to … Continue reading

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Social Insecurity

This could well serve as the legal definition of a “throwaway”, a quick 12-bar rockabilly number. I think the best version of it was the one that the first Drowsies gathering recorded in 1999, with a powerful groove from Ross, … Continue reading

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Endear (And I Do)

Television presenter Indira Naidoo started on the ABC, switched to SBS, disappeared completely, turned up back on the ABC again… honestly, who can keep track? This was written after the first switcheroo, and was really just an excuse to yodel … Continue reading

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My Old Flame

I quit smoking a few years ago now, but some scars never heal. Last Sunday evening I was drinking with a friend Leanin’ on the bar and sippin’ slow Tender from the night before but slowly on the mend Chasin’ … Continue reading

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