gail sings & finds things

these days i listen to a lot of country and bluegrass. i like george jones / merle haggard dwight yoakum / lyall lovett steve earle / willie nelson wanda jackson / loretta lynn dolly / gram kris kristofferson / lucinda williams bonnie raitt / BOBBIE GENTRY emmylou / li'l kasey chambers i need regular doses of filthy dirty pop & plenty of finely honed heart-breakers to hone my harmonies at home, alone jon spencer blues explosion leonard cohen earlier australian rockers: easybeats the loved ones the masters apprentices lipstick killers from perth W.A.1970s: last chance cafe wrok bottom the victims bitch / the elks/ the galvanisers the scientists-early line-up all that killer pop 80s maddies seems twice moist (my personal of-all-time favourite songs and singers) HOT PROPERTY HEADBOY SEKRET SEKRET SEKRET were THE other BEST band of all time oh such SONGS they LOOKed great, david virgin used to cut everyones hair the "sekret sekret" way and they bought paisley back first cruel sea X (australian)the greatest rocknroll band of all time LOVE ME paul kelly & the coloured girls WHO WHO PLAYED AT MY WEDDING! divinyls junior brown ronnie spector last but definitely not least the unfamous mostly undiscovered and vastly unheard brilliant music of many of my friends: / will akers / suey mcennally / barn coman / peter mullany / lisa morgan / jimma/ anjelika booth/jane watson/andi/panky / all them hillbilly rootsreggae chucka country twangin' / "mutton dressed up as leopard" women of elands / greg flannery poster by b.j.stratford / but wait - tom waits/ taj mahal / prince / the stones more than beatles / keith more than mick / john not paul / led zepellin ( i saw them in 1972-oh god-up close) / the slits / patti smith / joan jett / loudon wainwright 3rd / jonathon richman & the modern lovers / jet / peaches / kings of leon / cat power / honey vizer / m.i.a / the gossip / I sang/played/wrote songs much and with many in the eighties inner-city sydney Here is a list of some bands i remember being in for at least a gig or 6 farfisa & the fucked organs - with greg flannery suey mcenally flea ranch - with john somerville peter mullany liana piccoli swinging moods - an 8 to 13 piece orchestra and pub fillers extroardinaire heaven on earth pigs with - jim elliot john somerville greg flannery headboy (i was a drummer for 3 gigs) fire eaters - peter mullany andi eisenhuth danny rumour bahti soks john evans lyndsay jones & jonathon the pump - flannery /sims/ mullany smitten - with peter mullany/daniel morphett tijuana bibles (the bibes) barney coman peter mullany michael ward (wardy) the garter snakes with peter/suey/panky/angelika/ saraasa/jane/andrina glass harps - g.flannery/p.mullany/ viv drums the wild life - suey mcenally peter mullany tony/roisin troy the shifters (byron bay) richard o'toole b.j. sioux