''Lawson'' is the first album by
John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew. It was Schumann's first album of new material since 1993's
True Believers.
It marked the first time that
Schumann
Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...
had worked on an album with
Hugh McDonald and
Michael Atkinson since Schumann left
Redgum
Redgum were an Australian folk and political music group formed in Adelaide in 1975 by singer-songwriter John Schumann, Michael Atkinson on guitars/vocals, Verity Truman on flute/vocals; they were later joined by Hugh McDonald on fiddle and Ch ...
in 1985.
The album consists of the poetry of
Henry Lawson
Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial perio ...
put to music.
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Lawson review
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Album artwork
The cover art shows John Schumann and Henry Lawson, seemingly gazing at each other across the ages.
Track listing
#"To An Old Mate"
#"Knocking Around"
#"The Glass on the Bar"
#"Second Class Wait Here"
#"Faces In The Street"
#"The Bush Girl"
#"Taking His Chance"
#" Scots of the Riverina"
#"To Hannah"
#"A Prouder Man Than You"
#"The Low Lighthouse"
#"The Shame of Going Back"
#"To Jim"
Personnel
;The Vagabond Crew
* Michael Atkinson
*Shannon Bourne
*Paul Cartwright
*Michael Harris
*Rob Hirst
Robert George Hirst (born 3 September 1955) is an Australian musician from Camden, New South Wales. He is a founding member of rock band Midnight Oil on drums, percussion and backing vocals (sometimes lead vocals) from the 1970s until the band ...
* Marcia Howard
* Shane Howard
Shane Michael Howard (born 26 January 1955) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist, he was the mainstay of folk rock group Goanna (1977–85, 1998) which had hit singles with " Solid Rock" (September 1982, No. 3) and " Let the ...
*Toby Lang
*Mal Logan
*Louise McCarthy
* Hugh McDonald
*Russell Morris
Russell Norman Morris (born 31 July 1948) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist who had five Australian Top 10 singles during the late 1960s and early 1970s. On 1 July 2008, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) recog ...
*Alan Pigram
*Steven Pigram
*Mike Rudd
Michael David Rudd (born 15 June 1945) is a New Zealand-born musician and composer who has been based in Australia since the late 1960s, and who was the leader of Australian progressive rock bands Spectrum and Ariel in the 1970s.
Biography
Mi ...
*Broderick Smith
Broderick Smith (born 17 February 1948) is an English-born Australian multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and sometime actor. He was a member of 1970s bands Sundown, Carson and the Dingoes, 1980s Broderick Smith's Big Combo and he has rec ...
*Chris Stockley
*Mick Wordley
;Demo musicians
*Ian "Polly" Politis
*Rohan Powell
*Matt Schumann
*Anthony Thyer
;Additional musician (mentioned on individual song pages in the liner notes)
* Kerryn Tolhurst
References
External links
Redgum Lyrics Archive - Lawson
2005 albums
Covers albums
John Schumann albums
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