MY TOP 10 ARTISTS
1. Status Quo
2. Jethro Tull
First Record I Ever Owned - 'I'm The One' by Gerry And The Pacemakers (1964)
3. Wishbone Ash
4. Fleetwood Mac
First Rock LP I Ever Purchased - 'Never A Dull Moment' by Rod Stewart (1974)
5. Rory Gallagher
6. Paul Kelly
First Rock Concert I Ever Attended - 'Elvis Costello' (Sydney 1978)
7. Mike Oldfield
8. Gary Moore
First Rock CD I Ever Purchased - 'Rock Til You Drop' by Status Quo (1991)
9. The Who
10. Yes
First Rock Magazine I Ever Purchased - Australia's 'Ram' Magazine (1974)
Status Quo (2000 Australian Tour) L-R: John 'Rhino' Edwards (Bass),
Francis Rossi (Lead), Rick Parfitt
(Rhythm), Paul Hirsh (Keyboards), Matt Letley (Drums)
STOP PRESS
David Johnston is the author of the outstanding book "The Music Goes Round My Head ? Australian Pop Music 1964-69" which was released in 2010, to much acclaim.
http://www.roundmyhead.com/roundmyhead
David has produced an audio version of his 'The Music Goes Round My Head' book, exclusively for Midoztouch Internet Radio.
In this series of audio chapters, David will be reading his own written word and further enhancing the narrative by playing much of the music that he so richly explores in the book.
On Tuesday, December 13th at 7:30PM (AEDT) we'll be airing the 30 minute introduction to David's audio-book, with the series of full hour audio-chapters to follow in 2012.
We will be repeating the introductory episode a number of times throughout that week. Details of the repeats and the book can be found at
http://midozradionotes.wordpress.com/the-music-goes-round-my-head
I hope anyone who is interested in the formative years of Australian Music can listen in to this outstanding and engaging programme.
Garry Ryan (Aussie Music Man)
(This does get updated from time to time as my tastes change - but most of the Top 20 has remained much the same for the past 10 years or so with only a couple of changes)
1. Roll Over Lay Down (Live) - Status Quo
2. No Matter What - Badfinger
3. My Sharona - The Knack
4. Love Is Like Oxygen - The Sweet
5. More Than A Feeling - Boston
6. Down Down - Status Quo
7. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
8. Living In The Past - Jethro Tull
9. Riders On The Storm - The Doors
10. Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
11. Under The Silent Tree - Flake
12. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
13. Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
14. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
15. Horse With No Name - America
16. Paper Plane - Status Quo
17. Wayward Child - Rory Gallagher
18. Open Up Your Heart - G Wayne Thomas
19. La Grange - ZZ Top
20. Art For Arts Sake - 10cc
OFFICIAL ARTIST SITES
EXTERNAL LINKS
GARRY'S WEBSITE (Aussie Music Man)