We went and saw the Redgum Years at the Astor. It was *excellent* and we are fortunate it came to Perth. Just tweaking the words here and there and still just as relevant today as then.

I found a local article -
https://xpressmag.com.au/hitting-the-corrugated-highway-with-john-schumann/

John Schumann is still singing and writing with the Vagabonds, and recently he released a song called Fishing Net in the Rain which he also played that night. Powerful and recommended.

You might have heard a song called "A Walk In The Light Green (I was only 19)" That's the Redgum song that gave a human face to the suffering of the then unsung servicemen of the Vietnam War and basically was directly instrumental in recognising their service and finally giving them a welcome home parade in 1987.

He said to us never let anyone tell you music doesn't have the power to change the world.

#Australia #Redgum #Activism #perthwesternAustralia #Music #FolkRock

https://youtu.be/djQPoid9Ns4

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https://findahelpline.com/

Midnight Oil co-founder Rob Hirst has written ‘Sugar In the Tea’ about the Puntupi Nine, who were, in 1984, considered Australia’s “lost tribe”.

Sugar in the Tea

This is the story of the Pintupi Nine
This is a tale of a cautionary kind
The Great Sandy Desert was their inland empire
Home was the flicker of a fire…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKHE77SzOfI
#SugarInTheTea #RobHirst #PintupiNine #JohnSchumann #Redgum #ShaneHoward #Goanna #MidnightOil #Music #Video #Australia

tree-mend-us 450 years old
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-07/kaurna-practices-to-revive-450-year-old-tree/103068498

#firstNations #Kaurna shelter tree or Willawilla Karra Kuu is a river #redgum #ngampa #yamdaisy

This one's a new one for me: The Herd covered Redgum's I Was Only 19. Wow. They say it's a cliche to say that a Hottest 100 gave you goosebumps, but this one did it for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yfuR5b-hBo

#TripleJ #TripleJLikeAVersion #LikeAVersion #TheHerd #Redgum #IWasOnly19 #Hottest100 #AusMusic #TripleJHottest100

I love this Tuesday’s trending hashtag. Couldn’t choose just one tree, but I’d say that the Snow Gum is particularly beautiful with it’s heart shaped trunk.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #thicktrunktuesday #trees #sugargum #eucalyptus #cladocalyxeucalyptus #tree #trunk #texture #pines #gumtrees #Australia #moretreesplease #BunyaPine #RedGum