Awesome Aussie Songs

Along with mass hysteria, Short Stack's rock n roll legacy was assured with a No.1 Album on the Australian charts. This episode is on their hit single Planets. Despite the haters, these guys have musical credibility and a huge fan base to prove it.  Tagged as a “Boy Band”, the three-piece actually formed in a backyard shed, a place where all good rock bands are born. Formed in 2005, by the time Sh...

To put it simply, Col Joye and the Joy Boys are Australian Music Royalty. Leader's of the Rock n Roll revolution in this country, Col Joye and the Joy Boys were at the forefront of spreading the word of Rock n Roll to the masses from the late 1950's and beyond. Col Joye and the Joy Boys were the first Australian act to claim the No.1 spot on the local charts with Bye Bye Baby  - and many more hits...

This episode is on the AC/DC classic High Voltage. When we were speaking with John "Swanee" Swan, he gave us this little nugget of a story about Bon Scott and the recording of High Voltage - and we thought it was only fair, that we share it with you! Awesome Aussie Songs is presented by Josh Ursem and written and produced by Sheldon Kidd. Intro / outro music is Australia, So Nice by Holly Kirsten...

OK, we're gonna to claim it from the outset, at Awesome Aussie Songs we believe that I've Been Everywhere is the most influential and far reaching song ever written by an Australian. This little Aussie masterpiece was written by Geoff Mack in a Sydney car park one day, when Mack had an hour to waste and nothing to read but three road maps. Originally recorded by Lucky Starr, this song would in fac...

Swanee is the elder statesman of one of Australia's most distinguished musical families and he has lived the rock and roll life. In this episode we take a look and listen to If I Were a Carpenter by Swanee. Thanks for Listening to Awesome Aussie Songs Guest Suggestions are more than welcomed. Awesome Aussie Songs is presented by Josh Ursem and written and produced by Sheldon Kidd. Intro / outro mu...

The Ted Mulry Gang were one of Australia's most popular bands throughout the 1970's. Best known for their classic song Jump in my Car, the Ted Mulry Gang had 10 hit singles, as well as 4 albums that made the charts. In terms of popularity, TMG stood alongside contemporaries such as Sherbert, Skyhooks and they often had a young AC/DC along for the ride as their support band.  Sadly Ted passed away...