Gallery

With my brothers and sisters, circa 1967. Martin and Sheila with guitars, Tony, Mary Jo (with our dog Whiskey) and John up the front. David up the back and me standing on the right, loving my outfit it seems. The eldest Anne is away in the convent becoming a nun. Sheila taught me my first chords on guitar. Martin introduced me to Walt Whitman and much more.
Taken In Wellington by William West, on our first tour to NZ in 1988. My mother always said, “You should smile more for the camera.”
Forty-four years ago! The first time round with Mushroom Records didn’t go so well. Dropped after two records. Second time went better. Photo by Greg Noakes.
Taken in Bondi, Sydney, early 80s, by Lawrence Markham. The band from left to right is Maurice Frawley, Steve Connolly, me, Michael Barclay and Alan Brooker. Maurice wrote the riff to ‘Look So Fine, Feel So Low’ which Steve, Michael and I first recorded on ‘Post’ in 1984
At Sound Level rehearsal studio in Ultimo, Sydney, sometime in 1986. We rehearsed there for the ‘Gossip’ album. From left to right: Michael Barclay, Peter Bull, me, Jon Schofield and Steve Connolly. The Rolling Stones’ ‘Exile On Main Street’ was a touchstone for us, along with The Beach Boys, The Ramones, George Jones and ABBA. We threw everything we had into the pot. Note Steve’s beloved Gretsch guitar. That’s my old Gladstone bag on the bottom left, long gone, somewhere now in Gladstone bag heaven. pic by Stuart Spence.
With Archie Roach and Steve Connolly during the making of Archie’s debut album, ‘Charcoal Lane’. It was the start of a long friendship. I miss him. I miss them both.
by Leon Morris
by Martin Philbey
With Lucky Oceans on the Indian Pacific, the Womad Train, across the Nullarbor from Perth to Pimba, 1996. Photo by Bill Bachman.
Singing with legendary Melbourne footballer Jim Stynes at a wedding early 90s. Jim on the keys. Daydream Believer the song.
Slim made over 100 albums. I’ll never catch that!
On Brunswick St, Fitzroy, with Uncle Bill in 1999, the year our bluegrass record Smoke came out. Adam Gare on the left, then Peter Somerville and Gerry Hale with his dog Lester (named after pioneering guitarist Lester Flatt).
With big smiling Kev Carmody, big bull of man. I believe his body of work to be one of Australia’s enduring cultural treasures, combining oral history, politics, poetry and prayer.
by Andy Doherty
by Ian Darling
by Maclay Heriot
Backstage at The Union Chapel, London, 2003. Straight off the plane from somewhere. Suitcases strewn about. That’s Pete behind me, looking for something. Another drum stick? His cleanest dirty shirt? Photo by Bleddyn Butcher.

by Andy Liguz
by Ben Saunders
by Ben Saunders
by Tony Mott
portrait by Jason Benjamin
One day I found myself trussed up, singing in a booth of blood, surrounded by a camera crew. That’s show business!
(God Told Me To video, directed by Natasha Pincus. Photo by Narelle Sheehan)
by Tony Mott
by Andy Doherty
Waiting in the wings. Sydney Opera House forecourt, 2017. Photo by Sam Brumby
Loved the Goin’ Your Way shows with Neil Finn and co in 2013. Digging into the mechanics of those heavenly songs was a revelation. Fun all the way from rehearsals to wrap up. Photo by Leon Morris.
by Cybele Manilowski
With the Rockwiz Band at the Myer Music Bowl, March 2009 playing Neil Young’s Cinnamon Girl. Photo by Wolf Cocklin
by Mark Metcalfe/AFL Photos
by Mushroom Creative House
by Giulia McGauran