1.The First Record I Bought
Paul Young, a seven-inch vinyl of the song ‘I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down’. I remember it had a sticker on the back that read, “This record must be played loud.” I thought that was totally cool and showed Mum on several occasions when met with noise complaints.
2.The Last Record I Bought
Percy Mayfield – The Ultimate Collection was the last record I downloaded. I found him because I liked the cover of his song ‘Please Send Me Someone To Love’ when I heard Johnny Diesel do it in the film The Delinquents. It’s my Sunday arvo, hangin’ round the house record. The mood rarely changes and it goes forever; it’s like a blues trance, a big bad blues trance, it’s great.
3.The First Thing I Recorded
The first thing I recorded was in a jingle studio in Adelaide. My mum knew a lady who worked there and she let me go in and record something. I can’t remember how old I was, maybe 14? I was a crap guitar player and I broke a string on the first song. I sang ‘Hey, Good Lookin’’ by Hank Williams and ‘Under The Boardwalk’ by The Drifters.
4.The Last Thing I Recorded
I’m in the middle of recording one now but the last thing I released was an EP called 96% Love Songbook. I recorded it with Stuart Hunter. I wrote it in the style of my favourite sounds of the ’50s and ’60s. I even wrote a full a capella barber shop number. I love it!
5.The Record That Changed My Life
Every time I learn something new from a record I get excited and it sends me in a new direction. So I’ve had many records that change my many musical lives and every time it happens it feels just as exciting as the first. Lately I’ve been learning a lot about vocal phrasing from Frank Sinatra. So look out… ‘Luck Be A Lady’!
The Superjesus are supporting The Tea Party at the Enmore TheatreonWednesday October 15, tickets online.
