Doris, You Darling Bus Jonno Zilber

Busker, singer, songwriter, iTunes chart topper, Owen Campbell, tells us about his first experience busking and touring through the US and the weird and wonderful people he met along the way. He also talks about music and breathing saved him and is are the perfect healers for all problems, mental and physical... except Scabies, which will cost you four or five hundred bucks to get rid of in the US.
- Dodging Bushfires
- Busking
- First US Tour
- Owen and Jake (and Hoss)
- A Gerbil and a Jar of Peanut Butter
- Scabies
- The Fall of Rome
- Medicinal Music
- Nepal

Jonno and one-man-band, Shaun Kirk, catch up before a gig to talk about Shaun's old Kombi van and the time it wouldn't start which actually helped him out for once. Shaun also talks about his first car, how flying more than driving has allowed him to more effectively use his time on tour. He also thinks he's pretty clever and that he found a hole in the lightning round, but you be the judge.
- The Orange Kombi
- "My Van Won't Start!"
- The VL Commodore Wagon
- Jet Planes and Hire Cars
- Time, Time, Time
- Leadership
- Dream Tour Bus

Multi-instrumentalist and founding member of ARIA award winning, multi-platinum selling band george, Tyrone Noonan, invited Jonno around to talk about his first car in his early days as a musician and aspiring journalist driving around Queensland, the importance of regional touring in Australia and the unique challenges and benefits of touring in a band with your little sister. He also talks about a violent and anarchic time in Brisbane's history which gave birth to some of Australia's best bands and a new appreciation of music in his home town.
- The Mighty Valiant(s)
- The Beginning of george
- Regional Touring
- Musicians in Sir Joh's Queensland
- Being in a Band with Your Sibling
- An Unusual Alliance
- Tarago and a Trailer
- Moving Overseas
- The Best and Worst of Everything
- Going for it All Again

Multiple award winning blues musician, Fiona Boyes, stopped into Doris HQ on her way to Darwin. We talked about her early days with The Mojos and how the idea of touring didn't really occur to them in those days because they had plenty of gigs around Melbourne. Fiona also talks about how her big win at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis which pushed her career on the road in the US, the support of her husband (lovingly known to everyone as 'The Preacher') and her string of tour vehicles that seemed to all suffer a similar fate.
- No Need to Tour
- Going Solo
- Gensis of a Road Dog
- International Blues Challenge
- First Tour
- Toyota LiteAce
- The World's Most Thoughtful Car Thieves
- Mr. Shonky & The Red Banger
- The Preacher
- Touring Solo vs Bands
- The White Whale

ARIA award winner and legendary Aussie guitarist/singer/songwriter, Jeff Lang, talks about the dirty old couch in the back of his Mazda E2000 that started it all, touring via the literal road less travelled and the danger of having management who don't really understand the reality of living on the road booking your tours. The lightning round also reveals a novel way for musicians everywhere to keep themselves awake at the wheel.
- The Couch
- Practical Necessity of Sleeping in the Van
- China and the Great Train Experiment
- Touring in the US
- Tour Bus Culture
- Zig Zag Dartboard Touring
- Different Band Combinations
- The Value of a Sense of Humour
- Touring to Subsidise Touring
- Touring Stamina

Daniel shares his experiences starting out in the touring world by catching busses and trains to gigs and transitioning from that to hiring cars in order to fit in more dates. He discusses the culture of support acts in music, the differences between American and Australian audiences and venues and how his one and only car, a Chevrolet Aveo, was allegedly stolen in Detroit (by him).
- Getting Serious About Gigs
- Catching Busses and Trains
- Intense Touring Schedules
- Touring with a Support Act
- The Business of Having a Support Act
- Touring in the US vs Australia
- American Confidence
- Playing New Venues
- Dan's Only Car Gets "Stolen"