TUESDAY, 03 AUGUST 2010
Veteran Australian rocker ROSS WILSON has radio airplay and the charts firmly in his sights with his new record, I Come In Peace. ALASDAIR DUNCAN sits down with Wilson to learn all about it.
Ross Wilson has been a staple of Australian music for a long time – long enough that, last year, he was able to put on Five Decades Of Cool, an epic series of concerts in Sydney and Melbourne celebrating his years in bands like Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock.
“I realised that, in agreeing to put on a three-hour live show, I’d bitten off a lot,” he laughs, “and I actually had some nerves at the first show, because the Palais Theatre in Melbourne is such a cavernous venue, but by the Sydney show, all that was gone, I was prowling around the stage again, drawing people in.”
A year later, and Wilson is on the promotional trail once again for a new record, I Come In Peace. “This new album really means something [...]
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4 Star review in the August edition of MAG - JB Hi Fi's instore guide to the best new releases
"The title song of Ross Wilson's new album is one of 2010's great singles. Despite its name I Come In Peace sounds menacing with its unsettling urgency. It recalls the glory days of Mondo Rock. Indeed, if this had been the follow-up to Come Said The Boy, it would be a Top 10 smash. Remarkably Wilson still seems fresh at the age of 62. And props to producer Mark Moffatt for the crisp sound. This is adult contemporary with a real edge. Its potent mix of rock, blues, jazz and country is a neat summation of Wilson's entire career. Magic."
**** 4/5 (Shock Records)
Review of our 'I Come In Peace' tour gig 31 July at the Norwood Hotel, SA, by punter Nigel Bourn at his blog
http://saxpunter.blogspot.com/2010/07/up-to-moment-ross-wilson.html?spref=fb
Well tonight we went off to the Norwood Hotel to see Ross Wilson and The Peaceniks. It's been quite a while since I've seen Ross live, about 20 years actually - which is kind of embarrassing because I rate the last time I saw him, with this other band called Mondo Rock as the best live show I have ever seen. What a nice surprise it was to see Ross still playing with Eric McCusker, who played lead on so many of those songs that defined a generation of music for me in that band, Mondo Rock - probably one of the most underrated bands in Australian Music history.Ross' band was this time round, well stellar..... there were no mistakes... even small ones that I sometimes hear that other punters don't at lots of shows.... You know the ones you walk away from and go "well they weren't bad I spose" ...... What [...]
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Ross Wilson Comes In Peace
by Paul Cashmere - July 21 2010photo by Ros O'Gorman
Aussie music legend Ross Wilson declared peace last night in Melbourne with the release of his new album `I Come In Peace`.
The origins of ‘I Come in Peace’ date back around 8 years when Ross wrote the title track with Rick Brewster from The Angels and first performed the song at the ‘Gimme Ted’ benefit concert for Ted Mulry.
The Ross Wilson showcase at The Toff In Town in Melbourne featured a two hour show spanning 50 years of the RW career.
Wilson kicked off with his very first single ‘Louie Louie’ from 1965, released by The Pink Finks.
There was a nod to the Party Machine, as well as a slab of Daddy Cool (Bom Bom, Come Back Again, Hi Honey Ho, Eagle Rock) and Mondo Rock (Come Said The Boy, Fugitive Kind, Cool World).
Ross even performed a song he produced by never recorded, ‘Ego (Is Not A Dirty Word)’ [...]
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