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Took The Children Away (1990) – Archie Roach

Posted on February 22, 2026 by observationblogger — 2 Comments

I first heard about Archie through my guitar player, Steve Connolly, who’d seen him on a TV show called Blackout and said, “You gotta hear this guy.” We wanted to do something special for our Hamer Hall show in 1990…

I Still Pray (2002) – Kasey Chambers

Posted on September 8, 2022 by observationblogger — 2 Comments

I Still Pray is the 4th song to appear here from Kasey Chambers and the 3rd from her 2002 album Barricades & Brickwalls. This is a powerful religious ballad which closes the album and departs from the rest of this…

Down City Streets (1991) – Archie Roach

Posted on November 6, 2021 by observationblogger — 9 Comments

Australian Aboriginal singer Archie Roach was one of my biggest musical influencers in my young adulthood. I ended up seeing him in concert in Melbourne with David Bridie who produced his second album. The above record Charcoal Lane, his debut…

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Took The Children Away (1990) – Archie Roach

I Still Pray (2002) – Kasey Chambers

Down City Streets (1991) – Archie Roach

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