Dads on the Air

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The world's longest running radio program on fathers' issues | Australia’s leading radio program for fathers | 9 - 9:30am Thursdays | CRN

Episodes

  1. Aug 20

    Reckless: The Saga of Australian Crawl

    With special guest:  Jeff Apter … in conversation with Bill Kable  It seems that everyone remembers the rock band Australian Crawl. Maybe not all the individual members of the band but certainly their front man James Reyne. They will remember the TV series featuring James called East of Eden.  But it all comes back to the music, and Australian Crawl was part of an Australian assault on rock music. The music came out of a vibrant pub scene which produced world shaking bands such as Midnight Oil and Cold Chisel. When playing live, there was a driving powerful grittiness and it came through in their records.  When Australian Crawl first appeared on Countdown in August 1979 performing ‘Beautiful People’, no one knew what to make of them. Certainly not the TV crew, who thought the song was called ‘Beautiful Beach Ball’ and they put up a set to match.  The band was quirky, charismatic and unmistakably different. But they quickly proved they were no novelty act. Over the next seven years, this band of high school mates produced two of Australia’s bestselling albums, The Boys Light Up and Sirocco, and a string of major hits including ‘Downhearted’, ‘Errol’ and the timeless ‘Reckless’. In all, they sold 1.5 million albums and had 15 charting singles. They performed live all over the country. Their success would launch the screen and solo career of heart-throb lead singer James Reyne.  Podcast (mp3)

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The world's longest running radio program on fathers' issues | Australia’s leading radio program for fathers | 9 - 9:30am Thursdays | CRN

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  • Creator
    Dads on the Air | CRN | dadsontheair.com.au
  • Years Active
    2007 - 2026
  • Episodes
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    Copyright © 2006-2014 by DOTA (Dads on the Air)
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