And still they play. The band that introduced us to Texas Blues and “Sharp Dressed” Men are off to Chile to play a benefit concert on May 26th. Be there.

I saw ZZ TOP in Australia back in the 80’s and was simply blown away. 3 guys and what a sound. A power trio of immense proportions and skill. Billy, Dusty and Frank (he’s the one without the beard, last name Beard!) will certainly blow Chile away with their seemingly endless list of hits from their ever lengthening list of albums.

ZZ Top rock and roll with the best of them and seem ageless as they roll out hit after hit. Rarely pausing to take a breath Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill will once again hit the stage with Frank Beard ( he has no beard! LOL) for the Chile gig.

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No one can deny that “The Wiggles” are one of Australia’s great musical exports. Not quite Rock’n'Roll but most of their members have had some R’n'R leanings in the past. The Wiggles are now stars all around the world. TV shows and Disney Contracts sell out Wiggles tours and Million Selling CDs make the Wiggles a wealthy and successful group!

Beginning as Cockroaches and playng for a friends kids birthday party the original Wiggles must have had not idea of what lay ahead of them.

Now recognized around the world as the Red, Yell, Blue and Purple Wiggles, Anthony, Murray, Jeff and Sam (replaced Greg) are certainly up there with some of the greatest Aussie International stars. My kids have all had their turn of being Wiggles fans and have danced and Wiggled for hours in front of the TV.

Keep on Wiggling Wiggles!

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With a seemingly never ending string of hits and headlines Keith Urban never ceases to amaze me for his ability to churn out BIG tunes. His marriage to Nicole Kidman and subsequent birth of their daughter is just an ongoing addition to the saga that is Keith Urban.

I have never seen Keith live but do love most of his more “up” songs. (Isn’t tht most of them?) Keith Urban was one of the rising stars in Australia for a long time and certainly paid his dues.

I guess one of the other things I like about Keith Urban is that he plays a Gibson Les Paul in many of the clips that we see.

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Happy Aussie Day everyone! Australia Day is Australia’s national day and celebrates the landing of the First Fleet of convicts under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip on January 26th 1788.

My ancestor arrived in Australia on the Second Fleet.

Aussie Aussie Aussie OY OY OY

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Mental as Anything were always special to me for one simple reason. Years ago I bought a guitar from Peter O’Doherty. Peter is the bass player of the Mentals. At the time that I bought that guitar from him he was playing lead guitar in a High School band that a mate of mine played in.

Mental as Anything had not formed at that stage. Peter O’Doherty’s big brother is “Reg Mombassa” Reg is his stage name.

The Mentals became famous as a pub pop rock band with lots of good times. I only saw them once in Sydney at somewhere like the Enmore Theatre. A good gig.

Some of their zany songs included. “If you leave me can I come too” “the nips are getting bigger” amongst others.  Mental as Anything are a great Aussie Rock band of the 80’s and 90’s

Nowadays Pete and Reg perform as Dog Trumpet.

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Blogging about John Mellencamp could be a long blog.  I will keep it short. Great music and great musicians. I heard a rumour years ago that Mellencamp  insisted that his band all learn a new instrument for one of the albums. I think it might have been his Scarecrow album.I don’t know how true this is but it rang true to what sort of person Mellencamp is.

I saw John Mellencamp in concert in Sydney back in the 80’s I think. Great gig. This was at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. He certainly rocked and rolled. A big band complete with fiddles and keyboards and lots of guitars. The band was the same band that John Mellencamp had been using for most of his career. They rocked.

Would I go and see him again?  You bet! John Mellencamp who used to go by Johnny Cougar is a favorite of mine.

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Midnight Oil the great Aussie rock band from the 70’s 80’s and 90’s spawned the Labor Politician Peter Garrett. not surprising really as the majority of their songs were political in some way or other.

I never saw Midnight Oil live in Australia. I guess the whole Midnight Oil politics thing didn’t grab me then. I like a lot of their songs. As songs. Not as political statements.

These days Peter Garrett from Midnight Oil is a Labor Minister for something. I hope that he is doing what he protested about via his music for 3 decades.

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Wow what a  gig this would have been to see. A true blast from the past as Cold Chisel blew the V8 super cars off the track!

A rapturous crowd danced and sang their way through headline act Cold Chisel’s live performance last night, capping off a massive concert program at the Sydney Telstra 500 this weekend.

The legendary Australian rock band played almost two hours worth of songs, including hits Khe Sanh and My Baby at the ANZ Stadium within the Sydney Telstra 500 precinct.

Cold Chisel also gave two encore performances, much to the delight of the adoring crowd who were witnessing what was possibly the band’s last ever performance.

The crowd was made up of Cold Chisel die-hards and those who had come along to experience all aspects of the Sydney Telstra 500, which has so far seen a total of more than 120,000 people attend.

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Bon Jovi certainly made an impact back in the 80s with their “Slippery when wet” album. They have hardly stopped since. Different Jon Bon jovi projects and ritchie sambora projects intertwine with Bon Jovi the band. This creates a body of work that is certainly more than respectable. Its power pop, stadium rock, call it what you want there are some great tunes and great rock over the last over 20 years..

Touring right now so Bon Jovi Tickets as low as $50 at StubHub!

You can get your Bon Jovi Albums and more here at Amazon.com “Slippery when wet“

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When they told us back in 1974 that the band coming to our school dance was a band called AC/DC we had no idea what we were about to experience. The beginning of one of the all time great Rock bands. The beginning of one of the great Heavy Metal guitarists career. We had no idea that this is what we were seeing! 35 years later people are in awe when I tell them about seeing ACDC in concert at our school dance.

AC/DC rocked us and rolled us. Angus Young wore his shorts and school uniform and Bon Scott was the lead singer. What a night at the Avalon Community center in Sydney Australia. This was the only time that I ever saw ACDC I was about 16 years old and it was 1974 at my school dance.( Actually the S.A.P.A dance for the Students Association of the Pittwater Area)

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