Sea Song (Revisited)

1. View From Padang - treloar/rigg
Ian Treloar - 'Whale' guitars, Roland guitar synth. Ronnie Neal - fretless Precision bass. Richard Cooke - Upright Piano
2. Bradbury's Luck - treloar
Ian T - vocal, Gibson 'Marley' guitars, Roland guitar synth. Samantha Clarke - harmony. Steve Rigg - Sonar drums, harmony. Ronnie Neal - fretless Precision bass. Sue Fitzgerald - harmony. Richard Cook - 'string' keys, 'tabla' percussion. Ben Grayson - drum loop.
A bit of synchronicity at the time of writing, with my own 'struggles', and need some Bradbury's Luck'; a phrase I recall, that was suggested by a viewer to the "Roy & HG show" about coining it as a new term in Aussie slang, ...re/ Buckley's chance, Murphy's law, etc. (when speed skater, Steven B, won Australia's 1st Ice Olympics Gold Medal by great talent 'and a stroke of luck or two' I.T)
3. Saving Grace - treloar/rigg/neal
Ian T - vocal, Gibson Marley guitar, guitar synth. Ronnie Neal - fretless bass. Steve Rigg - drums. Michael Spiby - harmony. Samantha Clarke - harmony. Sue Fitzgerald - harmony; Sam Treloar - 'Hammond' keys, bell chimes. Ben Grayson - drum loop; 'Footy choir' - Michael, Samantha, Ian, Sue, Ronnie Neal and Andy/Larissa/Merion Wilson
4. Rolling Home - treloar
Ian T - vocal, Guild guitars & slide, acoustic, whales 'smiles', guitar synth. Samantha Clarke - harmony, acoustic guitar. Peter Knight - strat guitar; Keith Samuel - drums, hand drum percussion; Ronnie Neal - fretless bass; Sue Fitzgerald - harmony, shaker; Mustafa Lahchiouach - djembe perc
Written many years ago, when I was just a bit older than Samantha is now (17) ...and it was so relevant for her to lend a hand. Thanks to Ken King for allowing me to borrow the first two lines of a poem he wrote 'several' years ago in a time of self discovery and revolution... (thank god we made it thru)
5. Space Junk - treloar/neal/rigg
Ian T - vocal, guitars, g/synth, harmony; Ronnie Neal - fretless bass; Steve Rigg - drums; Richard Cooke - upright piano.
This song was partly inspired by my friend Geoff Wildman, WW2 vet, and his views on the absurdity of war plus an article he gave to me by RIchard Neville (re/ "the 3'd world open cheque book" reference from the Age "Beyond good and evil" April 15 2002)
6. Think About - treloar
Ian T - vocal, 12 string
this song, as you hear it, was written and recorded live, a very rare occurrence... i left the recorder on and this came 'sailing thru from beyond' ...then Pete K applied a bit of "warp factor"
7. Pleasure and Pain - chapman/knight w/ permission from Standard publishing and AMCOS)
Ian T - vocal, Washburn acoustic guitar, g/synth; Steve Rigg - drums, harmony; Ronnie Neal - fretless bass
Inspired by the Divinyls original... thank Chrissy and Mark
8. Spiral - treloar/rigg
Ian T - vocal, 6 12 string guitar, g/synth; Steve Rigg - drums, harmony; Ronnie Neal - fretless bass; Peter Carrol - congas, harmony
9. Woke Up - treloar/rigg
Ian T - vocal, 6 string GuildStarfire, 12 string, Roland guitar synth. Steve Rigg - drums, harmony; Roland Bennet - bass; Sue Fitzgerald - harmony, shaker
10. Moments - treloar
Ian T - vocal, 12 string acoustic guitar
In memory of Wendy Barras (.. hey Wen, I finally remembered!!)
11. Sea Song - treloar/rigg
Ian T - vocal, 12 string; Steve Rigg - drums; Todd Richardson - bass; Peter Smith - poem for change @ intro; Annie Angliss - harmony; Sue Fitzgerald - harmony, rainstick/shaker; Peter Carrol - congas, harmony; Mustafa Lahchiouach - djembe; Tony Jeffares - 'hammond' keys; Tim Cole - recording of ocean (90 mile beach, Victoria)