The magic of Brian Cadd has and always will be about the songs. Generations of Australians have treasured the music of Brian Cadd over the past 50 years.
As one of Australia’s true musical geniuses reaches what his calls “the cocktail hour of my life” (his 70th year on this or any other planet) Brian has delivered ‘Bulletproof’, a remarkable body of work with the people he recorded with all those years ago, The Bootleg Family.
The Bootleg Family was basically an Australian “Wrecking Crew”, a collective of studio musicians who backed the solo artists for the Bootleg Records label in Melbourne in the 70s.
Cadd used the collective on his three Bootleg albums ‘”Brian Cadd’ (1972), ‘Parabrahm’ (1973) and ‘Moonshine’ (1974) but the Bootleg Family Band also had a few of its own hits with ‘Your Mama Don’t Dance’ (1973) and ‘The Shoop Shoop Song’ (1974).
After 43 years getting these people back in a room together was something I thought I would never see.
‘Bulletproof’ the album is a musical work of art, bringing back sounds of early Cadd records with songs he gave to others but never recorded himself.
With Brian reaching his “cocktail hour” era this week, the release of the album and the setup of The Bootleg Family reunion show after 43 years honoured a musical legacy that has been rarely achieved this past half century.
Brian Cadd and the Bootleg Family, Melbourne, 18 November 2016
Bulletproof (from Bulletproof, 2016)
Arkansas Grass (Axiom hit, 1969)
Slow Walk (from Bulletproof, 2016)
Alvin Purple (single, 1973)
Long Time ‘Till The First Time (from Bulletproof, 2016)
Let Go (from Moonshine, 1973)
Catching It All On The Straightaway (from Bulletproof, 2016)
Don’t They Know Its Magic (Cadd song for John Farnham, 1973)
The Shoop Shoop Song (Bootleg Family hit, 1974)
Silver City Birthday Celebration Day (from Brian Cadd, 1972)
A Little Ray Of Sunshine (Axiom hit, 1970)
Ginger Man (from Brian Cadd, 1972)
Your Mama Don’t Dance (Bootleg Family hit, 1973)
Keep On Rocking (from Parabrahm, 1973)
Honky Tonk Women (Rolling Stones cover)
