Ross Wilson: Links
Ross Wilson's Other Sites
- RW YouTube Channel
From the new single 'I Come In Peace' to The Wiggles doing Eagle Rock with King Mondo, we got the videos.
- Ross Wilson's Facebook #2
Ross EagleRock Wilson's Facebook is full but we can still be friends at this newer Facebook destination, Ross MondoRock Wilson
- Ross Wilson's Facebook
On Facebook I'm Ross EagleRock Wilson to distinguish me from all the other Ross Wilsons which in the US alone include a tennis player, an NFL football dude, and a builder of prisons. It also gets the attention of anyone who Google's 'Eagle Rock'.
Music Licensing
- Mushroom Music Publishing
Part of The Mushroom Group of companies Mushroom Music has been administrating my song catalogue for nearly 20 years. Enquiries regarding licencing for film & TV, lyric use, sheet music etc should be directed to Mushroom via this link.
My songs have been used in many movies & TV shows - here is a partial list:
Eagle Rock Movies: Red Dog (2011) / Wolf Creek (2009) / Japanese Story (2003) TV: Underbelly (series 1 2008) / Cops L.A.C. (2011) DVD: Space Dancing with The Wiggles (2003)
Hi Honey Ho Movie: Children Of The Revolution (1996) TV: Paper Giants - The Birth Of Cleo (2011)
Bom Bom Movies: Dirty Deeds (2002) / Red Dog (2011)
Bed Of Nails TV: Bed Of Roses (Theme - 3 Seasons 2008-11)
Bop Girl Movie: Takeaway (2003) TeleMovie: Da Kath & Kim Code (2005)
Just As Long As We're Together Movie: Dirty Deeds (2002)
One True Friend Movie: Joey (1997)
Death Before Dishonour Movie: Street Hero (1984)
TV Shows
- RocKwiz
Shot in The Gershwin Room at The Esplanade Hotel this popular SBS music trivia show incorporates some great live music from wildly disparate performers. RW has been a guest 4 times, most recently on the fantastic 'RocKwiz Christmas' special which aired on Christmas Eve & is being prepared for DVD release. Co-hosts Julia Zemiro & Brian Nankervis deserve their own Tonight shows. Hit the link for the video replay of my duet with Shellie Morris.
- The Marngrook Footy Show
Marn (foot) grook (ball). In 2011 The Marngrook Footy Show has been picked up by the ABC - check it out, its the show that all the other footy show hosts watch! The Marngrook Footy Show is the weekly AFL footy code show with an indigenous player bias. Approx 10% of the players in AFL are indigenous Australians & have a dynamic impact on the game. Host Grant Hansen wrote the show's theme song "Its Marngrook" (vocal by Ross Wilson) and you can hear it during the opening credits every Thursday night at 7:30pm ABC2 (free-to-air) and 10pm Foxtel 180 NITV (National Indigenous Television).
"Its Marngrook", The Marngrook Footy Show theme song, is available on Liberation Records & iTunes.
- Spicks & Specks
Wacky music quiz show that demands you can't take yourself seriously if you're a guest. ABC's highest rating show Spicks & Specks rules Wednesday nights. RW was on the FIRST ever show a few years back & is coming up in the LAST episode before the FINALE in October 2011.
Friends
- Mike Rudd & Bill Putt a/k/a Spectrum
Mike Rudd maintains a regularly updated site detailing his & Spectrum's illustrious & continuing careers.
- Living In The Land Of Oz
Lee-Roy Stancliffe's site is not only named after my song but is also a great site to see what Aussie Rock is all about & who is doing what. There is an amazing archive of mp3 interviews with scores of Oz Rockers of all persuasions. Melton community radio 979fm broadcast the 'Living In The Land Of Oz' show every Monday arvo.
- Nylon Hair
The folks at Nylon not only keep my curls under control but also worked on my new video clip, have made appearances on Fashion TV cable channel (FTV), & are in high demand for makeup & hair styling at catwalk extravaganzas. Latest coups were being selected to glam up the hair of Lady Gaga's dancers when they toured in Melbourne and attending to my needs at the cover shoot for I Come In Peace, my next album.
- Gallins Guitars
I play Gibson guitars exclusively & have a beautiful new sunburst Les Paul Junior which absolutely smokes! My much admired acoustic Gibson guitar is a blonde Emmylou Harris model which has a built in bridge pickup & a volume wheel secreted inside the O-hole - sounds great & looks beautiful - its the one featured in my 'I Come In Peace' video being strummed by Laura Wilde. My Gibson Guitar dealer is John at Gallins Guitars, 196 Chapel St, Prahran, Vic (03) 9521 2599. Tell him I sent you.
- The Video Beat - Rare Rock Movies
More rare rock'n'roll movies on DVD than you ever imagined! Also B-grade drive-in fodder, music documentaries, pop & rock TV series from the 50s & 60s, blues, R&B, soul, rockabilly & doo wop; crime, monster, teen, juvenile delinquent, hot rod & psychedelic features; all on good quality DVDs & with regular discount deals to their email list subscribers. The Video Beat!
- Neos Kosmos
Its believed that Melbourne, Australia, is the city with the 2nd largest population of Greek people outside of Greece itself (after Chicago). I married into one such family who just happen to run the much-awarded & applauded Greek language newspaper Neos Kosmos. They have Greek slanted news in English too & a brand new good looking & well run website. So don't be a malaka check it out! And dig this cinema advert they made using my ragtime Eagle Rock 1908 as the soundtrack - muticulturalism & nepotism at their best. Click pic to play vid...
Other Cool Stuff
- National Portrait Gallery
We went to the opening of the National Portrait Gallery in late 2008 & by 2011 I'm honoured to have 3 items in their collection of myriad Australian luminaries; Tessa Jone's 2005 RW portrait 'Eagle Ross', Rennie Ellis's 70s shot of Daddy Cool backstage at the Sunbury Music Festival & a giant photo portrait of me by Chris Budgeon which currently resides in the entrance area to greet all visitors to the NPG.
- Tropical Getaway
FEB 2011:
The Lonely Planet Guide 2011 has just listed the Gili Islands in the top 10 destinations to travel to in the WORLD.
Go where the Wilson's go, Gili Trawangan, a tiny island off the coast of Lombok, Indonesia. Its a mere 20 minute flight from Bali to Lombok then car & speedboat transfer to Gili T. We've got our own little place (Villa Jepun) at The Beach House, the jumpinest place in the best location & run by friends of ours. When we're not there its rented out to people from all around the world who go to relax, dive at the coral reefs, eat drink & be merry. Motorised transport is banned - you get around by bike or small horse drawn carts called chidomos, walking ain't bad either. All the info you need is at the Beach House website including a glowing review from The New York Times & Lonely Planet's Top 10 rating.
- Surf Bar Gili T
2011:
My interest in all things on Gili Trawangan (Gili T) includes helping Trawangan villager Din set up Surf Bar Gili T at the southern surfable end of the island. Surf Bar Gili T throws a monthly Full Moon Party which has also rated a mention & pic in another recent New Year Times article
http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/travel/03next-gili.html?hpw
- Hathouse - cool stuff to wear while you're having chemo
Our friend Carolyn experienced what it is like to undergo chemotherapy, lose her hair &, thankfully, recover. While all that was happening she realised there wasn't much in the way of fashionable accessories for others in the same predicament. Well there is now; cool hats, scarves & an everexpanding range to help you look & feel better while waiting for your hair to grow back! Her Hathouse site is really taking off as the word spreads - you could be the next link in the chain - check it out.
Daddy Cool's Sites
- Daddy Cool.com.au
The official DC website - its up to date & a good source of DC info & merch. 'The Daddy Cool Store' also has Ross Wilson CDs & DVDs, T-shirts, caps, posters, & other related products such as Mondo Rock Primal Park (1978), Mighty Kong All I Wanna Do Is Rock (1973) both on CD for the 1st time ever & The Ross Hannaford Trio's CD is great.
- Daddy Cool's MySpace
- The official Daddy Cool MySpace page, as distinct from a few other fan-run pages. Hear some DC classics & tracks from 'The New Cool' CD & become one of DC's MySpace 'friends'.
- Daddy Cool's Facebook
- Add Daddy Cool to your Facebook social register
- Daddy Cool's YouTube
- DC have their own YouTube.com page for video action & are rapidly expanding content. You can also browse to see what other YouTube members have uploaded - mainly old clips & live TV performances including more versions of Eagle Rock than I thought possible.