Somewhere around the early eighties there was a bit of to-ing and fro-ing between Paul Kelly and Little Murders. First we got the bass player Alan Brooker featured in the Alive and Well video. Then we ended up with the same manager. When the band started to fall apart in 84 and Paul went to Sydney he ended up taking our drummer Mick Barclay with him. Our new guitarist was Tim Brosnan the guitarist in the video and we also got his drummer Greg Martin too. Weird scenes in the goldmine but Melbourne is a small town. The band didn't work out. When Tim ripped off his shirt onstage at the Venue it was a bit much for a mod like me. Our new manager at the time also managed Uncanny X-Men and I remember he was a bit disappointed only 500 people came to the show. I'm glad he wasn't at our gig last week!.
I was a big fan of Paul Kelly at the time and I like his early albums too but especially this song. I think the reason I got Tim into the band was so I could not only cover Alive and Well but have the original lead guitarist play the song.
After 3 gigs and and realising it wasn't much fun anymore I walked out on my band. But this song also takes me back to Mandy's house in Caulfield. And to The Armadale. And Hey Hey it' Saturday..morning!
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