Don Walker & Band
With special guest Lucie Thorne
Saturday 31st August, 2019
Doors 7pm. Show 8pm
MEENIYAN TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COJx2NELSnM
From Cold Chisel to Catfish to Tex, Don and Charlie to his solo work and many writing collaborations, these are the collected lyrics of Don Walker, one of Australia’s greatest songwriters.
On the back of releasing the lyric book Songs on July 1, Don Walker and band will take it to the road in August and September 2019.
For over forty years he has written songs that capture what it is to be Australian. Collected here, for the first time, are lyrics from his extensive career: from ‘Khe Sanh’ to ‘Flame Trees’, ‘Looking Forward Looking Back to ‘Harry Was a Bad Bugger’, Walker’s words are poetic, moving and incisive.
These words live on the page, with or without the memory of music.
Songs, released via Black Inc. is available in hardback. Interspersed with autobiographical sketches and anecdotes, and with an exclusive introduction by Jimmy Barnes, Songs is a must-have for fans of Walker’s brilliant, razor-sharp storytelling.
Also released on the same day is the widely applauded Shots on hardback for the first time. His stories written on the pages of the book lie silent, but as you read them they come to life.
‘I can still hear the melodies but while I read the book, the music seems to fade into the background and new melodies, new meanings present themselves.’ — Jimmy Barnes
‘His lyrics are lean, clear-eyed, love-thirsty and lonesome. A bulls-eye straight to the human heart.’ — Paul Kelly
‘Don’s words are truly a thing of wonder.’ — Peter Garrett
Tickets all one price: $45 (includes all bkg fees and GST).
Book tickets via lyrebirdarts@gmail.com or any of our local ticket outlets: Gecko Studio Gallery, Fish Creek; Main Street Revelations, Foster; The Rusty Windmill Cafe, Leongatha. Enquiries phone 0400 117 754
Allocated table seating. All Ages. BYO. Doors open 7pm: Show: 8pm