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Ross Wilson Leads Final Tribute In Bob “Bongo” Starkie Celebration Footage

Ross Wilson performs Come Back Again and Eagle Rock in the final video released from the Bob Bongo Starkie memorial concert at Archie’s Creek Hotel.

Tagged as: Archie’s Creek Hotel, Australian rock, Bob Bongo Starkie, Daddy Cool, Frankie J Holden, Joe Camilleri, Ross Wilson, Skyhooks, Wilbur Wilde

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Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie Celebration Concert At Archie’s Creek Hotel Goes Live Online

by Paul Cashmere

Newly released footage from the Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie Celebration Concert at Archie’s Creek Hotel captures performances of SKYHOOKS classics by Ross Wilson, Frankie J Holden and more.

Tagged as: Archie’s Creek Hotel, Australian music, Bob Bongo Starkie, Ego Is Not A Dirty Word, Frankie J Holden, Living In The 70s, Ross Wilson, Skyhooks

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Bob Starkie Party To End All Parties Celebrates A Skyhooks Life At Archie’s Creek

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Starkie was farewelled with a packed celebration at Archie’s Creek Hotel as friends, family and Australian rock legends honoured the Skyhooks guitarist.

Tagged as: Archie’s Creek Hotel, Australian rock history, Bob Starkie, Ross Wilson, Skyhooks

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Mondo Rock’s Baby Wants To Rock – The Story, The Album, The Naked Gun

by Noise11.com

When Mondo Rock released Baby Wants To Rock in 1984, they were riding high on a string of Australian hits but still searching for a global breakthrough. The single became a staple on Australian radio, helped cement the group’s reputation as one of the most consistent hitmakers of the 80s, and decades later, found an unlikely new audience with its appearance in the 2025 film The Naked Gun.

Tagged as: 80s Australian hits, Australian bands, Australian music, Australian rock, Baby Wants To Rock, Come Said The Boy, Cool World, Countdown, Daddy Cool, Eagle Rock, Mondo Rock, Ross Wilson, State of the Heart, The Modern Bop, The Naked Gun 2025

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Ross Wilson Passes 150 Shows For 50th Anniversary Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Ross Wilson’s 50 Years of Hits tour is turning into the Australia equivalent of Bob Dylan’s Never Ending tour.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Bob Dylan, rock, Ross Wilson

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Sunbury ’24 Will Mark 50th Anniversary of Iconic Australia Festival

by Paul Cashmere

A 50th anniversary concert to mark the impact of Australia’s Sunbury Music Festival will take place in Sunbury in April.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, live music, music festival, Richard Clapton, rock, Ross Wilson, Spectrum, Sunbury 24, Sunbury Music Festival

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Celebrate Bob Dylan’s 83rd Birthday With ‘Forever Young – A Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration’

by Paul Cashmere

The annual ‘Forever Young – A Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration’ is on again in May and this time upgraded to a theatre.

Tagged as: Australia, Bob Dylan, Charles Jenkins, Forever Young, Lisa Miller, live music. Palais Theatre, Mick Thomas, Rebecca Barnard, Ross Wilson

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Ross Wilson To Wrap 50 Years Into One Long Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Ross Wilson will head out with The Peaceniks at the end of September for the ‘Steppin’ Out! 50 Years of Hits Tour which will see him on the road for the next seven months.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock, pop, rock, Ross Wilson, The Peaceniks

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Ross Wilson Releases First New Music Since 2010

by Paul Cashmere

Ross Wilson has four new and original songs modernising his catalogue with new music for the first time since 2010.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, blues, Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock, rock, Ross Wilson

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Australian Songwriter Eris O’Brien Has Passed Away

by Paul Cashmere

Eris O’Brien, a long-time songwriting collaborator with Ross Wilson, has died.

Tagged as: Australia, Eris O'Brien, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, Ross Wilson, songwriter, Vika & Linda

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Australian Albums: Jimmy Barnes Soul Deep 30 Is Number One

by Gavin Ryan

For the second time in 2022, a classic album has reclaimed the No.1 Album spot, as Jimmy Barnes’ “Soul Deep 30” returns to the top of the ARIA Charts this week, with his record-tying 14th chart-topper.

Tagged as: Australia, Jimmy Barnes, Josh Teskey, live music, Mahalia Barnes, Ross Wilson, soul, Soul Deep 30

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Jimmy Barnes Brings His Soul Deep Into Rod Laver Arena

by Paul Cashmere

It is hard to imagine where the past 30 years has gone. I vividly remember Jimmy Barnes ‘Soul Deep’ being released 1991. We were all over it at radio.

Tagged as: Australia, Jimmy Barnes, Josh Teskey, live music, Mahalia Barnes, Ross Wilson, soul, Soul Deep 30

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Bluesfest’s Bob Dylan Party Line-up Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

Joe Camilleri, Ross Wilson and Russell Morris are just some of the artists set to perform at Bluesfest’s Bob Dylan Party.

Tagged as: All Our Exes Live In Texas, Australia, Black Sorrows, bluesfest, Bob Dylan, Emma Donovan, Fiona Boyes, Kevin Borich, Lachy Doley, Lisa Hunt, live music, Nicky Bomba, Roshani, Ross Wilson, Russell Morris, Tex Perkins, The Brewster Brothers

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Daddy Cool Ross Wilson and Ross Hannaford photo by Ros O'Gorman

Daddy Cool ‘Eagle Rock’ Clip Restored and Colourized For First Time

by Paul Cashmere

Daddy Cool’s classic ‘Eagle Rock’ black and white film clip has been colourized for the very first time.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Daddy Cool, Eagle Rock, pop, rock, Ross Wilson

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Ross Wilson Down But Not Out With Covid

by Paul Cashmere

Ross Wilson has spent the start of 2022 home isolating after coming down with Covid.

Tagged as: 80s, By The C, Daddy Cool, Memo Music Hall, Mondo Rock, rock, Ross Wilson

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Robie Porter - photo from Robie's Facebook page

Robie Porter (aka Rob E.G.) Has Died At Age 80

by Paul Cashmere

Australian performer/producer Robie Porter (Rob E.G.) has died at the age of 80 after a battle with dementia.

Tagged as: 60s, Air Supply, Australia, Colleen Hewitt, Daddy Cool, Marcia Hines, pop, Rick Springfield, Rob E.G., Robie Porter, rock, Ross Wilson

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Ross Wilson Reschedules Eagle Rock 50th Anniversary Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Ross Wilson has a stack of new dates for the Eagle Rock 50th anniversary tour, postponed because of Covid.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Daddy Cool, Eagle Rock, rock, Ross Wilson

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Live Music Kicks Off On With The Bellarine Music Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Premier Artists has a run of five live music events kicking off from 11 December on the Bellarine Peninsula.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Bellarine Music Festival, Black Sorrows, Daryl Braithwaite, live music, Premier Artists, rock, Ross Wilson

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Aaron Schembri Managed The Lockdown Sessions In The Gaps Between Closures

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter used those gaps between lockdowns to get an entire album together. ‘The Lockdown Sessions’ is a collection of songs from Aaron’s favourite songwriters as well as a few of his own.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Aaron Schembri, Australia, Colleen Hewett, country, James Cupples, Kevin Borich, Mark Gable, Mike Rudd, Normie Rowe, Phil Manning, Ross Wilson, Russell Morris, The Lockdown Sessions, Wilbur Wilde

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Ross Wilson Expands Eagle Rock 50th Anniversary Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Ross Wilson has expanded his Eagle Rock 50th anniversary tour with more shows in Victoria and Queensland added to the dates.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Daddy Cool, Eagle Rock, rock, Ross Wilson

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Ross Wilson Initially Struggled To Get Eagle Rock Off The Ground

by Paul Cashmere

This week marked the 50th anniversary of Daddy Cool’s classic ‘Eagle Rock’ commencing its 10-week run at number one in Australia but Ross Wilson initially had trouble getting interest in the song.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Daddy Cool, Eagle Rock, rock, Ross Wilson

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Diesel’s New Song ‘Six Steel Strings’ Is A Ross Wilson Song

by Paul Cashmere

If you think that new Diesel song has a bit of a Daddy Cool feel to it then you would be right. Diesel co-wrote ‘Six Steel Strings’ 30 years ago with Daddy Cool/Mondo Rock legend Ross Wilson.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, blues, Chris Wilson, Diesel, Michael Gudinski, Mondo Rock, rock, Ross Wilson

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Ross Wilson On Why He Won’t Play Australia Day Concerts Anymore

by Paul Cashmere

Ross Wilson says he will no longer play Australia Day concerts. Instead, the Australian rock legend will play the special ‘Living In The land Of Oz’ concert to mark Survival Day 2021.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, live music, Living in the Land of Oz, Mick Thomas, rock, Ross Wilson

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Ross Wilson, The Living End Join Sounds Better Together Events

by Paul Cashmere

Ross Wilson and The Living End have been added to the expanding Sounds Better Together concert from the Victorian government.

Tagged as: Australia, Jimmy Barnes, music industry, rock, Ross Wilson, Sounds Better Together, The Living End

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Now Listen … Eagle Rock Turns 50 and Ross Wilson Talks About Its Origins

by Paul Cashmere

Daddy Cool’s iconic ‘Eagle Rock’ is a song based on sexual innuendo or to be perfectly blunt, it’s a song about rooting.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australia, Daddy Cool, Eagle Rock, rock, Ross Wilson, Sons of Vegetal Mother

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Ross Wilson and Mick Thomas To Perform Living In The Land of Oz Concert in Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks and Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission will join forces on Survival Day, January 26, for the Living In The Land of Oz concert at Melbourne’s Melbourne Pavilion on 26 January 2021.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, folk, Mick Thomas, Mondo Rock, rock, Ross Wilson

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The Living End, Ross Wilson, The Angels Added To Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest 2021 is moving forward with another all-Australian line-up with The Living End, Ross Wilson and The Angels leading the strongest Aussie announcement so far.

Tagged as: Australia, Blue King Brown, bluesfest, Easter, Kate Miller-Heidke, music festival, Peter Noble, Ross Wilson, The Angels, The Church, The Living End

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Australian Bass Player Tim Partridge Has Passed Away

by Paul Cashmere

Tributes for Australian bass player Tim Partridge are flooding through the music industry after his son Mitchell announced his father’s passing.

Tagged as: 70s, Aunty Jack, Australia, bass, Company Caine, Mighty Kong, Ross Wilson, Tim Partridge

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Ross Wilson Puts His Jukebox Up On Spotify

by Paul Cashmere

Ross Wilson has created a Spotify playlist so that you can enjoy the music from his home Jukebox.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Australia, Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock, Record Store Day, Ross Wilson

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Record Store Day Ambassador Ross Wilson Takes You On A Tour Of His Jukebox

by Paul Cashmere

Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock legend Ross Wilson is the Record Store Day 2020 Ambassador.

Tagged as: Australia, Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock, music industry, Record Store Day, Ross Wilson

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