Whole Again

2020

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Tracklist

1. 1
   A Better Day

   A song to lift the spirits of those losing hope, to encourage all to speak with truth, to stand strong, follow your dreams, and create a better day.

   Russell Roberts — vocals, ukulele · Thomas Kogge — acoustic guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, percussion · Lawrie Minson — harmonica · Jack Crawford — backing vocals

   4:50
2. 2
   Ain't Where I Wanna Be

   A lament for the people doing time. And for the things they are missing.

   Russell Roberts — vocals · Thomas Kogge — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, percussion · Lawrie Minson — harmonica · Jack Crawford — backing vocals

   3:27
3. 3
   The Child Within

   The voice clamouring to be heard in us all; I sing for the voice of the child I was, on the streets, sleeping rough with no love coming in.

   Russell Roberts — vocals · Lawrie Minson — harmonica · Jack Crawford — backing vocals

   4:01
4. 4
   Flames Are Burning

   Our country burnt with devastating fires that global warming has wrought upon us. The fire within must burn to resolve this catastrophe and the social and personal dysfunction that seems to go hand in hand with the damage our marvellous planet is suffering.

   Russell Roberts — vocals, ukulele · Thomas Kogge — electric guitar, bass, drums · Lawrie Minson — dobro · Will Madden — trumpet · Jack Crawford — backing vocals

   3:20
5. 5
   Don't Go There

   The scourge of domestic violence needs to be called out. I believe our community must work together to heal this horrid social and personal disorder.

   Russell Roberts — vocals, ukulele · Thomas Kogge — electric guitar, bass, drums, keyboard · Lawrie Minson — pedal steel · Jack Crawford — backing vocals

   3:53
6. 6
   Kathryn's Song

   A song for the woman I love.

   Russell Roberts — vocals, ukulele, handclap · Thomas Kogge — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, percussion, handclap · Lawrie Minson — harmonica, banjo · Andrew Clermont — fiddle, mandolin · Jack Crawford — backing vocals, percussion · Lewis Wundenberg — handclap

   3:24
7. 7
   Lightning Struck

   Being struck by lightning is something you don't forget. The same applies to sexual abuse and torture. I wanted to use a lightning strike as an analogy to what it's like for a child contending with the actions of a psychopathic paedophile. I've survived both – both can kill you.

   Russell Roberts — vocals, ukulele · Thomas Kogge — acoustic guitar, bass, drums, keyboard · Lawrie Minson — harmonica, banjo · Andrew Clermont — fiddle, mandolin, acoustic guitar

   2:50
8. 8
   Paddle Steamer Princess

   I've watched the paddle steamers beating their way along the mighty Murray River (moorundie to some of the indigenous peoples who live along this river). I wanted to tell a story of a love lost to the river, and the grief and eternal searching by the bereaved for her lover lost.

   Russell Roberts — vocals, ukulele · Thomas Kogge — acoustic guitar, bass, drums, keyboard · Lawrie Minson — harmonica, banjo · Andrew Clermont — fiddle, tenor banjo, acoustic guitar · Jack Crawford — backing vocals

   5:24
9. 9
   Okay

   If you want to get inside my head, some things are better left unsaid. Okay?

   Russell Roberts — vocals, ukulele · Thomas Kogge — electric guitar, bass, drums, percussion · Lawrie Minson — harmonica · Jack Crawford — backing vocals

   3:28
10. 10
    Riders On The Wind

    I love the wind, even when it is a mighty cyclonic force that you know can take your life. When the desert wind blows I feel it fill me with what I believe is the essence of the country. On the ocean the wind can carry the scent of the land, or the ocean itself. I guess in some ways I have been riding the wind.

    Russell Roberts — vocals, ukulele · Thomas Kogge — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, percussion · Lawrie Minson — harmonica, banjo · Andrew Clermont — mandolin, acoustic guitar · Jack Crawford — backing vocals

    4:06
11. 11
    Thirst

    We know drought in Australia. The global climate crisis is one cause of the lack of water, so too the maltreatment of mother earth over the past four thousand years. Mankind's quest for power and supremacy over nature has seen the earth's cloak of rain inducing forests destroyed resulting in the creation of vast deserts.

    Russell Roberts — vocals, ukulele · Thomas Kogge — bass, drums · Lawrie Minson — harmonica, banjo · Andrew Clermont — mandolin · Jack Crawford — backing vocals

    4:47
12. 12
    Whole Again

    Working to make ourselves whole is a vital quest many face.

    Russell Roberts — vocals, ukulele · Thomas Kogge — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, keyboard · Lawrie Minson — harmonica, pedal steel · Nathan Henshaw — alto saxophone · Jack Crawford — backing vocals

    3:54

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