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Don Walker

by Paul Cashmere on October 6, 2013

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Don Walker is an Australian songwriting legend.

As the core songwriter for Cold Chisel, Don has penned the classics ‘Khe Sahn’, ‘Choir Girl’, ‘Cheap Wine’, ‘Saturday Night’ and ‘Flame Trees’ as well as the bulk of the Chisel album tracks.

Outside of Chisel, Don has delivered three albums with Tex, Don & Charlie, two with Catfish and three solo records, the most recent being ‘Hully Gully’ with his “other band” affectionately known as The Sauve Fucks.

Don Walker dropped by Noise11 to tell his story to Paul Cashmere.

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