Quill+Tolhurst
so rudely interrupted
© 2003 Greg Quill And Kerryn Tolhurst (634479199714)
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Moving and powerful songs of love lost and wisdom gained, of separation and reconciliation, from two giants of Australian folk rock and roots music, founding members of Country Radio and The Dingoes.
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Greg Quill and Kerryn Tolhurst are credited by many music historians and critics as being among the first musicians and songwriters to shape the unique fusion of Australian country, folk and rock music that has become a major influence in the nation's cultural legacy.
Together in Country Radio, they forged an instantly recognizable sound in the early 1970s. As songwriting partners they created unusual and memorable songs from allusive and familiar elements - Australian stories, landscapes, characters and sentiments - not found in the pop music of the era till then. Tolhurst's grounding in country music and blues, and his innovative flourishes on acoustic resonator guitar, electric lap steel and mandolin, reinforced Quill's experience in folk, bush and contemporary songs.
Two of their best-known collaborations, "Gypsy Queen" and "Wintersong" - characterized by Quill's evocative lyrics and Tolhurst's ringing mandolin and soaring slide guitar - are staples of the Australian musical repertoire, acclaimed classics performed and recorded by many artists over the years and still played consistently on radio.
The album Country Radio Live, which contains the enduring favourites "Silver Spurs", "Last Time Around" and "Terry's Tune", is a testament to a musical journey that encompassed countless national tours, television appearances, headlining performances at major rock festivals, and support tours with international icons of the era - Fairport Convention, Elton John, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Stephen Stills, and Santana, among others.
Quill learned his craft in the folk music and singer-songwriter clubs and cafés of Sydney and Melbourne in the late 1960s. An early album, Fleetwood Plain, was released to critical acclaim in 1970. Country Radio came to an end in 1974. After one last collaboration, 1975's The Outlaw's Reply - with Tolhurst's instrumental work infusing Quill's songs with whimsy, romance and rage - and a farewell performance at the Sydney Opera House, Quill left to continue his musical career in Canada, assisted by a grant from the Australian Council For The Arts.
So far from the sources of his musical inspiration, Quill eventually put away his guitars. He started performing again only recently, in folk and concert rooms in Toronto, and has a residency at the market-district honky tonk, Graffiti's.
After Country Radio, Tolhurst was a founding member of The Dingoes, which continued to expand the parameters of Australian country rock by marrying rhythm and blues with bush music, country and folk. The band was known for its muscular style and distinctively Australian edge.
The Dingoes were both enormously popular on Australia's pub concert circuit and darlings of the critical media. Great things were predicted for them and they seemed destined for international success when, on the heels of their hit eponymous debut album in Australia - it contained Tolhurst's "Way Out West", "Goin' Down Again" and "The Last Place I Ever Wanna Be" - the band was signed to a U.S.-based management company and record label, A&M. The Dingoes toured North America and recorded two more albums, Five Times The Sun, with the Tolhurst-penned favourites "Smooth Sailing" and "Waiting For The Tide To Turn", and Orphans Of The Storm, between 1977 and 1979, when their long run came to an end.
Tolhurst had played in Melbourne in the late 1960s with The Adderly Smith Blues Band and the country outfit Sundown. He emerged after his stints with Country Radio and The Dingoes as one of the most distinctive and expressive lap steel guitar and mandolin players in the recording world. First settling in Woodstock, N.Y., then New York City, he established himself as a songwriter in the American market -- he wrote Pat Benatar's "All Fired Up" and Little River Band's "Man On Your Mind", both Top 20 Billboard hits in the mid-1980s -- and as a session musician and record producer. He performs in and around New York with several bands, most frequently with Bucktooth Johnson, but concentrates on producing.
Dividing his work schedule between New York, Austin, Tex., and Australia, Tolhurst has produced roots artists as diverse as American singer-songwriter Bruce Henderson, veteran R&B songwriter Jimmy Norman, and notable Australian country-rockers The Pigram Brothers and Goanna, R&B outfit The Black Sorrows, as well as singer-songwriters Cyndi Boste, Shane Howard, Jeff Lang, Paul Kelly, and Russell Crowe.
Tolhurst teamed up again with his former Country Radio partner Quill after an all-night jam session in Melbourne in 1999 during which the bare bones of a dozen new songs emerged. In sessions in New York and Toronto, Quill and Tolhurst have written and recorded material that contains the strength of their past collaborations and best solo efforts, tempered by maturity, wit and an abiding faith in each other.
The resulting CD, so rudely interrupted, picks up the threads of their musical lives 30 years on. It was released in Australia April 7, 2003.
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author: Colin OxfordFrom my first encounter with Greg and Country Radio, supporting Elton John Sydney 1971 as a thirteen year old,he has given me many pleasurable musical hours.Along with Kerryn,(formerly of the once magnificent Dingoes)Greg has recorded this sheer magical collection of songs.For anyone who likes their music with simply great tunes and lyrics,I give Greg and Kerryn's collaboration, the utmost recommendation.Even if you have never heard of these two fantastic Australian musicians, do yourself the greatest of favours and purchase this CD NOW !!!!!!!
"A welcome re-aquaintance with these two talented performers ..."
author: Folk AustraliaThis refreshing collection of songs written by Greg Quill, together with a handful of collaborations with Kerryn Tolhurst and a short Tolhurst instrumental, is a welcome re-acquaintance with these two talented performers. Both Quill and Tolhurst were members of the still very fondly remembered Australian band Country Radio, which performed and recorded back in the early 1970's. Tolhurst later joined The Dingoes. In 1975 Quill recorded a solo album called The Outlaw's Reply on which Tolhurst also performed. By the early 1980's Quill had left performing to pursue a career as a journalist in Canada, where he still resides. so rudely interrupted is the result of the musical reunion of Quill and Tolhurst a few years ago. The songs on the CD have been recorded in various parts of the world and both Quill and Tolhurst are responsibe for the warm, intimate, acoustic quality of the CD's production. Most of the instrumentation is Tolhurst's and it is a real treat to listen again to this fine musician. Quill's songs have more than a dash of the country and folk musical form and style to them. They build upon subjects like relationships, belonging and reflections about the past, in unique and interesting ways, gently challenging the listener to ponder further their meaning. I found the opening song "Back This Way" a welcoming start to the CD. It reminded me so much of Country Radio, and Quill's familiar world-weary vocal added to this. The delicate melody of "Clever Lines" with its intriguing, wistful lyric and the striking Leonard Cohen feel of "The Killing Heart", quickly establish that Quill's song writing ability has in no way suffered despite being so rudely interrupted. On two songs it's great to hear the Pigram Brothers from Broome providing additional vocals. Tolhurst produced and played on their last CD Jiir. All the songs on the CD are new, except for "Fleetwood Plain", which was first recorded by Quill back in 1970. It is an enigmatic little narrative about a journey, accompanied by a sweet, hypnotic melody. In my opinion it's the choice track on the CD. "Lost In A Moment", with its beautiful lilting melody, is a fitting conclusion to a wonderful collection of songs.