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In Australia, Irish music and the Kelly legend go hand in hand, and so they should. Even as Ned's Gang roamed northern Victoria, ballads were being sung in pubs all around the bush. Today, songs like Poor Ned by Redgum and If Ned Kelly Were King by Midnight Oil have kept the story alive.


Ned Kelly 2003Ned Kelly Soundtrack (2003)

Germany’s Klaus Badelt, K-19: The Widowmaker; The Recruit, composed the original score for Ned Kelly — a collection of beautiful and dramatic compositions that reflect the life of the Australian outlaw. Badelt’s work bears the influence of his interest in modern music, but is rooted in his passion for the classical masters. The soundtrack also features two songs from Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning, who also worked on Gregor Jordan’s feature Two Hands. The soundtrack is available Australia wide from April 7, 2003 at Sanity Entertainment Stores.

Tracks include:
Shelter For My Soul Bernard Fanning
The Light Klaus Badelt
Father Klaus Badelt
Moreton Bay Bernard Fanning


Ned Kelly SoundtrackNed Kelly Soundtrack (1970)

This is one great CD. With vocals from Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and even a track by Mick Jagger, the soundtrack features sixteen tracks including dialogue from the not so great film. As a bonus the deluxe edition of Ned Kelly offers a multimedia clip from the 1970 movie which can be played on either a Mac or PC. It is worth buying the CD just for the fold out cover. Mick Jagger adds a cappella version of “Wild Colonial Boy” to the soundtrack. Featuring words and music by acclaimed author and poet Shel Silverstein, the soundtrack is very western sounding with twangy bawdy ballads and hoe–down music. Check out a sample from the soundtrack below saved as .wav files. And if you are after your own copy start your search at iMusic.

01. Ned Kelly Waylon Jennings
02. Such is Life
03. The Wild Colonial Boy Mick Jagger
04. What Do You Mean I Don’t Like
05. Son of a Scoundrel Kris Kristofferson
06. Shadow of the Gallows Waylon Jennings
07. If I Ever Kill
08. Lonigan’s Widow Waylon Jennings
09. Stoney Cold Ground Kris Kristofferson
10. Ladies and Gentlemen
11. The Kelly’s Keep Comin’ Kris Kristofferson
12. Ranchin’ in the Evenin’ Waylon Jennings
13. Say
14. Blame it on the Kellys Waylon Jennings
15. Pleasures of a Sunday Afternoon Waylon Jennings
16. Hey Ned Tom Ghent

 


BushwackersBushwackers
Ned

Available from bushwackers.com.au
Contact rogerc@pnc.com.au or 02 4751 7099

In November 1980 the Bushwackers were an integral part of the Ned Kelly Centenary Festival in Winton, Victoria. For three days many legendary artists, including Redgum, and Johnny Chester, came together to celebrate the life and times of Ned Kelly. The Bushwackers produced this album as a celebration and acknowledgement of the special place Ned holds in the hearts of all Australians. Songwriters who contributed to this collection include John Williamson, Ted Egan, Tim Freedman, Shane Howard, and many anonymous authors who first sang and wrote of Ned.

01. Kelly In Our Hearts Roger Corbett
02. Devils Boots John Williamson
03. His Story The Bushwackers
04. Glenrowan, Farewell traditional
05. Ned Kelly Was Born In A Ramshackle Hut traditional
06. Beechworth Gaol Shel Silverstein
07. Poor Ned Trevor Lucas
08. Kate Kelly Tim Freedman
09. Poor Ned Kelly Smilin Billy Blinkhorn
10. Stringybark Creek traditional
11. Our Ned Kelly Grant and Lee Millar
12. Farewell Dan and Edward Kelly traditional
13. Such Is Life Ted Egan
14. Heart Of Australia Roger Corbett


100 Years A Hero100 Years a Hero

Available from ironbark.info
PO Box 3603 Weston Creek ACT 2611

This four track EP, including a four page song book, was released to celebrate the Ned Kelly Centenary Festival held at Winton, Victoria on November 8 and 9, 1980. Produced in 2000 by Bail Records the song list includes:

01. The Kellys Wouldn't Run Carl Myriad
02. Stringybark Creek The Bushwackers Band
03. Poor Ned Redgum
04. Ned Kellys Letter Bluetongue


Mango jamManjo Jam
Roaring Jelly

One such Irish band banging out a tune is Northern Queensland's Mango Jam, who have released a CD titled Roaring Jelly. Track one from this collection of modern and traditional tunes is none other than Poor Ned. Here is a review of that song by none other than singer / songwriter John Schumann from Redgum:

"It's a great compliment when other musicians record your own compositions or songs you have made famous. This is especially the case with Mango Jam's version of Poor Ned. The new CD, Roaring Jelly, declares Mango Jam to be very fine band - clever harmonies, tight but interestingly idiosyncratic rhythmic structures and above all, energy and passion.

Their version of Poor Ned is a case in point. I know how difficult it is to capture enthusiastic, passionate performances on record. With Poor Ned, Mango Jam has succeeded in doing just this. I love the harmonies, I love the lazy meandering fiddle part and I love their different approach to the verse by J S Manifold. Redgum made Poor Ned a folk standard. Mango Jam have taken it and recreated their own version in their own voice. Ned would have been very proud. I know I am".

POOR NED by Mango Jam is available for download as a .wav file. The file size is only 1.3 meg and well worth the download time. Once you have sampled this track feel free to check out the Mango Jam website and see the band in all their glory. More importantly, you can order their new CD!


Granite, Guns & GoldJohn Memery
Granite, Guns and Gold

From the heart of Kelly Country comes a CD full of soul. Actually its a mixture of Irish folk and country music, with a focus on stories concerning the Kelly Gang and their kin. All 11 tracks were written and performed by John Memery A brief description of three songs lifted from the CD jacket include:

THOSE DINGO EYES Ned and Joe speak from the grave. Most of these words are from the Jerilderie and the Cameron letters with a few of my own thrown in. These two had a remarkable gift for language; a very Irish, vituperative gift to be sure but no less remarkable for that. The more I read about these two, the more I admire them.

FOUR BRAVE MEN Bushrangers used to hold people up for their watches and wallets. Not the Kelly Gang. Here they took over an entire town. Had the locals wanted to, they could easily have shot it out with them. Instead, they joined them for a drink in the Royal Mail Hotel. The boys actually managed to impress even the bank manager, the police and the Reverend Gribble!

KATE KELLY’S FAREWELL A strange farewell because she is saying, “Hello”, rather than “Goodbye”. The wild-child dead, aged thirty-nine, found drowned in a billabong off the Lachlan River. It may well have been in defending Kate from the attentions of Fitzpatrick that the real trouble started for the Kellys. Now here she is by that billabong; she had borne five children and she drank a lot. There had indeed been lots of rain.

To learn more about John Memery look no further than Tamara Whitsed's report. If you would like to listen to one of John's tracks Kate Kelly's Farewell click on the link above to download a .wav file. It is 2.29 meg and worth every k. Granite, Guns and Gold is available by phoning 03 5728 2032 or via email at johnmemery@hotmail.com


Stand and DeliverBob Browne & Kelly Heroes
Stand And Deliver

Fresh from the studios of Pinewood Records at Emu Plains in New South Wales comes a CD well worth adding to your Country n’ Western collection. Entitled Stand And Deliver, the album consists of Australian bushranger material including a song about Ned Kelly and a great picture of his Iron Mask astride a map of Australia on the cover.

The full track listing is as follows: Bushranger; The Overlanders; Ride The Wild Stallion; Nearly Forty; The Lachlan Tigers; Brisbane Ladies; Freedom On The Wallaby; Ned Kelly; A Gold Digger's Life; Dancing Lady; Fair Dinkum I Love Ya; They Dig Gold Don't They

NED KELLY is track eight from the Bob Browne and Kelly’s Heroes album Stand And Deliver. You can listen to a sample from the song saved as a 108k .wav file. The album is available for purchase in LP or cassette ($AUS10.00 each) or CD ($AUS15.00) online at Pinewood Records.

While news reports abound with stories of Ned Kelly's missing bones not a word is mentioned about his stolen skull? Back in December 1978, Kelly's cranium was lifted from the Old Melbourne Gaol in what appeared to be a university student prank. One of the culprits was rumoured to be an ex-prime minister's son, yet to this day no one knows what happened to it. While a dirt farmer in Western Australia claims he has the skull buried in a tin can in his backyard, evidence has consistently disproved his claim. For while he allegedly carries one of the skull's teeth on a necklace, it is in fact Ernest Knox's skull (hence the EK engraved on the skull). This EK was executed in 1894 for murder, after the shooting death of a jeweller's son during a bungled armed robbery. Either way, they are human remains and the befuddled Western Australian police should have confiscated this skull when they first heard his claim.

This re-release includes an extra 30 minutes of special features beautifully presented in a new and exciting cover design. The viewer now has the privilege of accompanying Ian Jones, an eminent Kelly historian and author, as he revisits such sites as the Kelly and Police caves, Glenrowan, Stringybark Creek and Joe Byrne and Aaron Sherritt's secret hide out in Byrnes Gully. The main feature is also an exciting journey through the events of Ned Kelly’s life and the country that shaped it, told through rare photographs and press drawings. Showcasing many beautiful locations of North Eastern Victoria, the DVD provides an accurate guide for the traveller interested in visiting the places where these remarkable events occurred.
THE STORY OF NED KELLY DVD
$29.95
Australia inc. postage
$39.95 Worldwide inc. postage

 
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