… Oh we’re steppin’ out
One of the things I love about my job is being able to speak to some of my musical heroes.
From my early years listening to my brother’s Daddy Cool albums through to singing along to Mondo Rock on the radio in the eighties and then onto his solo work, I’ve always appreciated the incredible musical talent of Ross Wilson.
No party in Australia is complete without Daddy Cool’s song Eagle Rock pumping through the speakers but Ross Wilson has contributed a lot more than that one song to the soundtrack of our lives.
Mondo Rock gave us a string of hits in the eighties and I’m still more than happy to sing along at the top of my voice whenever I hear their song, No Time. One of the tracks from an early Mondo Rock album became a huge hit when John Farnham recorded Touch of Paradise for his come back album, Whispering Jack.
As well as writing a string of hit songs for himself and many others, Ross has worked as a producer for some wonderful music including the first few albums for Skyhooks.
Ross has even recorded a country album so we’re left wondering if there’s anything that the man can’t do.
He’s going to be in Perth with his current band, the Urban Legends, for the inaugural Hearing Aid family concert in Supreme Court Gardens on Sunday, 25th of March. The Ear Science Institute Australia, a not-profit-organisation, will be using the money raised through the family event to fund vital medical research into ear and hearing disorders.
The concert will feature over four hours of music from acts as diverse as the Rogue Traders, the Hooley Dooleys and Courtney Murphy & Murphy’s Lore.
I spoke to Ross Wilson this morning during my radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM. You can hear our conversation using the media player below.
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Just wanted to react to the “guy stuff” you did with James the other day in bike maintenance. Great. BUT… make sure you do the same for that little sweetheart of yours too. My oldest daughter turned into a succesful engineer, and we’d never have picked it.