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A Brief History
''A Brief History...'' is the fifth album and first live album by Australian folk band The Waifs, first released by Jarrah in 2004. Track listing Disk one #" Lighthouse" – 4:17 #" London Still" – 4:29 #" Take It In" – 3:40 #" Love Serenade" – 3:11 #"The Waitress" – 4:00 #" Fisherman's Daughter" – 6:35 #"Papa" – 2:58 #"Crazy Train" – 8:02 #" Brain Damage" – 4:59 #"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" – 3:18 #" Lies" – 4:43 #"Haircut" – 4:23 #" The River" – 4:02 #" Gillian" – 4:41 #" A Brief History..." – 5:03 #"Bridal Train (studio version)" – 4:21 Disk two #"Willow Tree" – 4:06 #"When I Die (introduction)" – 0:40 #" When I Die" – 4:28 #" Sunflower Man" – 4:11 #" Flesh And Blood" – 5:16 #" Highway One" – 5:17 #"Bridal Train (introduction)" – 0:35 #"Bridal Train" – 4:20 #" Since I've Been Around" – 4:44 #" Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Waifs
The Waifs (originally styled as The WAiFS) are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by sisters Vikki Thorn (harmonica, guitar, vocals) and Donna Simpson (musician), Donna Simpson (guitar, vocals) as well as Josh Cunningham (guitar, vocals). Their tour and recording band includes Ben Franz (bass), David Ross Macdonald (drums) and Tony Bourke (keyboard / piano). The band's 2003 album ''Up All Night (The Waifs album), Up All Night'' reached the top five of the ARIA Charts, Australian Albums Chart, achieving double platinum status and winning four ARIA Music Awards of 2003, ARIA Awards in October. Two further top five albums were issued, ''Sun Dirt Water'' in 2007 and ''Temptation (The Waifs album), Temptation'' in 2011. The Waifs have three top 50 singles, "London Still" (2002), "Bridal Train" (2004) and "Sun Dirt Water (song), Sun Dirt Water". The band supported Bob Dylan on his 2003 Australian tour and then his 2003 North American tour, including a gig at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sink Or Swim (The Waifs Album)
''Sink or Swim'' is the third album by Australian folk band The Waifs. It was released in Australia in 2000, and following their growing international success, it was released in the United States in 2002. Track listing # "The Waitress" (D. Simpson) - 2:19 # "Lies" (Cunningham) - 4:15 # "Danger" (V. Simpson) - 2:19 # "Without You" (Cunningham) - 3:31 # "The Haircut" (D. Simpson) - 2:29 # "Love Serenade" (Cunningham) - 3:31 # "Taken" (V. Simpson) - 3:30 # "Service Fee" (D. Simpson) - 2:42 # "A Brief History" (Cunningham) - 3:51 # "When I Die" (Cunningham) - 2:55 # "Sink Or Swim" (Cunningham) - 2:00 Personnel *The Waifs **Josh Cunningham - Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Vocals ** Donna Simpson - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals **Vikki Simpson Vikki Elizabeth Thorn (née Simpson, born c. 1974) is an Australian harmonica player, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter and one-third of the Australian folk rock band the Waifs. Her elder sister, Donna Simpson, also plays guitar and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikki Simpson
Vikki Elizabeth Thorn (née Simpson, born c. 1974) is an Australian harmonica player, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter and one-third of the Australian folk rock band the Waifs. Her elder sister, Donna Simpson, also plays guitar and sings in the group. Vikki has released eight studio albums with the Waifs, and wrote the band's singles, "Bridal Train" (2004) and "Sun Dirt Water" (2007). Since 2021, Thorn has released music under the name Thornbird. Early life and education Thorn and her elder sister, Donna, grew up in Albany, Western Australia. Their father, Jimmy Simpson, fished salmon in season. In an interview with Andrew Denton on ''Enough Rope'', Thorn described the lifestyle of a fisherman's daughter: Career 1980s-1991: Early life Thorn received a harmonica when she was a teenager, and started playing Bob Dylan songs. She harmonised Everly Brothers songs with her sister, who played guitar. They formed a blues covers duo, Colours, in Albany. On Thorn's last day of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Simpson (musician)
Donna Simpson (born 1970) is an Australian guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She is a member of the Australian folk rock band ''The Waifs''. Donna's young sister Vikki Thorn (née Simpson) also plays harmonica and sings in the band. Simpson has released six albums with ''The Waifs''; she wrote the single ''London Still'', one of The Waifs' most successful singles to date. Personal life In 2003 Simpson married Ben Weaver, a US singer-songwriter. Together they had one son, who was born in 2005. During 2009, Simpson and Weaver got divorced. In 2012, Simpson moved back to Western Australia. She has two sons (born in 2012 and 2013) and they all reside in Fremantle. Discography The Waifs *''The Waifs (album), The Waifs'' (1996) *''Shelter Me'' (1998) *''Sink or Swim (The Waifs album), Sink or Swim'' (2000) *''Lighthouse EP'' (2003) *''Up All Night (The Waifs album), Up All Night'' (2003) *''A Brief History...'' (2004) *''Sun Dirt Water'' (2007) *''Temptation (The Waifs album), Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Cunningham
Joshua Hayden Cunningham is an Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter who is one-third of folk rock band the Waifs. Note: nlineversion established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition. His involvement with the Waifs has resulted in a total of four Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Award wins, all in 2003 for '' Up All Night'' and ten further nominations. Cunningham has released five studio albums with The Waifs and co-writes songs with fellow members Donna Simpson and Vikki Thorn, including "Lighthouse", which was nominated for ARIA Award for Single of the Year at the ARIA Music Awards of 2003. Cunningham has been a regular member of Missy Higgins's backing band, performed on her album ''On a Clear Night'' and appeared in her live shows. He has constructed some of the guitars he plays, both acoustic and electric. Biography Joshua Cunningham grew up on a farm in Moruya, New South Wales, and picked up his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ''Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana. Born during the Great Depression and raised by his grandparents, Nelson wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at ten. During high school, he toured locally with the Bohemian Polka as their lead singer and guitar player. After graduating from high school in 1950, he joined the U.S. Air Force but was later discharged d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy (Willie Nelson Song)
"Crazy" is a song written by Willie Nelson and popularized by country singer Patsy Cline in 1961. Nelson wrote the song while living in Houston, working for Pappy Daily's label D Records. He was also a radio DJ and performed in clubs. Nelson then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, working as a writer for Pamper Music. Through Hank Cochran, the song reached Patsy Cline. After her original recording and release, Cline's version reached number two on ''Billboard's'' Hot Country Singles, also crossing to the pop chart as a top 10 single. Cline's version is considered a country music standard and, in 1996, became the all-time most played song in jukeboxes in the United States. "Crazy" was covered by many artists; different versions reached the charts in a variety of genres. The song was featured in television shows, while many publications have included it in their all-time best songs lists. The Library of Congress inducted Cline's version into the National Recording Registry in 2003. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelter Me
''Shelter Me'' is the second album by Australian folk band The Waifs, first released by Jarrah in March 1998. Track listing #"Heart Lies" (Cunningham) – 2:43 #"People Who Think They Can" (V. Simpson) – 3:15 #"Shelter Me" (Cunningham) – 3:05 #"Lest We Forget" (Cunningham) – 4:54 #"Smith St" (D. Simpson, Cunningham) – 3:40 #"Time To Part" (V. Simpson) – 4:04 #"Sound The Alarm" (Cunningham) – 3:37 #"Stuck" (V. Simpson, Cunningham) – 4:01 #"The River" (Cunningham) – 3:20 #"Spotlight" (V. Simpson) – 5:51 #"Attention" (Cunningham) – 2:31 #"Bonus Track – Billy Jones (Jazz Version)" – 3:29 Release and re-release Much like The Waifs' debut album, ''Shelter Me'' was originally released in 1998 on Outside Music, but following the mainstream success of The Waifs, the album was re-released on Jarrah Records of Australia in 2003, and Compass Records of America in 2004. Personnel The Waifs *Josh Cunningham Joshua Hayden Cunningham is an Australian guitarist, voc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career spanning more than 60 years. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and " The Times They Are a-Changin' (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements. His lyrics during this period incorporated a range of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture. Following his self-titled debut album in 1962, which comprised mainly traditional folk songs, Dylan made his breakthrough as a songwriter with the release of ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' the following year. The album features "Blowin' in the Wind" and the thematically complex " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall". Many of his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Waifs (album)
''The Waifs'' is the self-titled debut album by Australian folk band The Waifs, first released in May 1996. Release and re-release ''The Waifs'' was originally released on Outside Music in 1996. Based on the mainstream success of the Waifs in the early 2000s, the album was later re-released on Jarrah Records of Australia in 2003, and Compass Records in America in 2004. Track listing #Take It In (Cunningham) - 3:42 #Gillian (Cunningham) - 3:21 #Circles (Simpson) - 2:58 #Sunflower Man (Simpson) - 3:13 #Intimate (Cunningham) - 3:25 #Jealousy (Cunningham) - 4:16 #Crazy Train (Simpson) - 4:19 #Billy Jones (Simpson) - 3:55 #Brain Damage (Cunningham) - 2:45 #I Believe (Cunningham) - 3:45 #Company (Simpson) - 3:25 #Waif Song (Waifs) - 3:10 #Shiny Apple (Cunningham) - 2:11 Personnel Musical *Josh Cunningham - Guitar, Mandola * Donna Simpson - Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Group Member *Vikki Simpson Vikki Elizabeth Thorn (née Simpson, born c. 1974) is an Australian harmonica playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
