DADDY COOL: The New Cool

Daddy Cool

The New Cool

© 2006 Daddy Cool Music (9325583039973)

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From a strange part of the world called Australia Doo Wop meets Rock'n'Roll, Country, Soul, & Rockabilly. Daddy Cool sounded great in the 70s & are even better in the 21st Century - Daddy's Back...with The New Cool.

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The New Cool album cover Liner Notes

'The New Cool' has been a long time in the making. When we started it in 1994 we were planning to tour with our friends Skyhooks & it had already been about 20 years since Daddy Cool stopped performing. Yet our records had continued to sell & get airplay & the group showed up regularly on Australian 'best' polls. We were half way through the project when the tour was cancelled & the album shelved.

Of the 7 tracks from those sessions the ironical 'Ballad Of Oz' & jump doo wop '$64000 Question' were released at the time as a double Daddy Cool/Skyhooks CD single and the sax drenched 'Whole Lotta Shakin' ' & 'For You' appeared in 2001 on my 'Go Bongo Go Wild!' collection.
'Barbara', 'Daddy's Back' & 'Hey Senorita' remained unreleased until now.

In Feb 2005 we regrouped as a spontaneous one-off to lend weight to the bill of the Melbourne Tsunami Benefit Concert. To a joyful audience of 10,000 Daddy Cool's first public performance in 30 years was filmed, recorded, & released as part of 'The Complete Daddy Cool', a 5 hour DVD detailing our history. The 3 'live' bonus tracks on this album are from that day.

In late 2005 we put our hands up for charity once again & recorded 'The Christmas Bug' for the annual Myer/Salvation Army CD 'The Spirit of Christmas'. That session was a breeze done in one take, then over dubbed & mixed by the end of the 2nd day. It’s the classic Daddy Cool sound amped up by 21C production; Wayne Duncan's walking bass stomping down the middle, Gary Young's bouncing jump boogie drums, Ross Hannaford's ever evolving guitar parts panned hard left & right, and my vocal up front leading the DC doo wop glee club. We were so happy with the way it sounded that we began to believe it might be a good idea to complete that pesky lost album & get it out there as much for ourselves as for the public who stuck by us for so long. Besides we were about to be inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame (August 2006) & had a couple of big festival gigs coming up later in the year. When opportunity knocks I like to be polite & open the door.

In June 2006 we spent 2 days cutting new basic tracks. The 8 we completed show how we've both changed yet stayed the same. This is 'The New Cool' infused with humour & respect for the old forms yet taking a few detours like we always do; a bit of lounge funk in 'Daddy's Back', some steamy 70s soul in 'Sexy Girl', Ross Hannaford stepping into the foreground with 'Sun Is Always Shining', 'Uluru', & our first surf instrumental 'Waves', or Gary's bogan lament 'Getting Drunk' and our definitive interpretation of Peter Lillie's car culture classic 'They Built The Ute' (a/k/a 'The Birth Of The Ute'). 'You Can't Have Everything' continues the dueling guitar sound we patented in our early work & our version of Howling Wolf's 'Everybody's In The Mood' adds saxes to his blues genius template.

So here it is, 'The New Cool', Daddy Cool's 3rd studio album - 16 studio tracks & 3 bonus live classics never before heard on a Daddy Cool album.

OC/AC 'Once Cool, Always Cool'

Ross Wilson
for Daddy Cool
September 2006

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  • The new Daddy is indeed back
    author: db Magazine

    The unmistakable 50s doo-wop mixed with 60s surf city sounds & duelling jangly guitars that states Daddy Cool is evident across all tracks. Ross Wilson is in fine form, while drummer Gary Young lends his vocals to the very Australian, quirky & self-explanatory 'Getting Drunk'. Ross Hannaford's baritone is superb on 3 tracks, the outstanding one being 'Sun Is Always Shining'. 'Everybody's In The Mood' sees a swing/party groove layered over sax & harmonica. The team also deliver their first surf instrumental 'Waves'. The new Daddy is indeed back.

  • The best DC album yet
    author: Dr Pepper

    I've listened to 'The New Cool' right through a couple of times & its easily the best DC album yet - the songs are great, the performances are particularly exciting and the tracks make up a real album rather than just a bunch of sides. I think you should be proud of what you have done here - you have created something in the incredibly ephermal world of pop that has LASTED! It's no small feat. Congrats on a great comeback (if that's what it is) and I hope it sells a Million!!!! all the best. DNP

  • Rollicking Houserocker
    author: Ken Williams - The Age

    Daddy Cool's musical pallette is broader than first glance might suggest and here is disco funk ('Daddy's Back', the croonning 'Sexy Cool') driving rock ('Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and Howling Wolf's houserocker ' Everybody's In The Mood') & group vocal doo-wopping ('$64,000 Question'). And if you're looking for an anthem try Gary Young's 'Getting Drunk'. As ever the Cool are a socking unit & Ross Hannaford's guitar lines are testament to a fertility of imagination. 3 live tracks close this rollicking album.

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