Australian Male Singers - Paul Kelly (Musician), Guy Sebastian, John Farnham, Michael Hutchence, John Paul Young, Nick Cave, Hugh Jackman, Richa (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 217. Chapters: Paul Kelly (musician), Guy Sebastian, John Farnham, Michael Hutchence, John Paul Young, Nick Cave, Hugh Jackman, Richard Clapton, Johnny Young, Tim Minchin, Billy Thorpe, Kevin Parker (musician), Jon English, John Butler (musician), Anthony Callea, Jason Donovan, Angry Anderson, Shannon Noll, Bernard Fanning, Jim Keays, Rick Springfield, Peter Garrett, Stan Walker, Jimmy Barnes, John Williamson (singer), Normie Rowe, Gotye, Norman Gunston, Bon Scott, Kev Carmody, Reece Mastin, Glenn Shorrock, Stephen Cummings, Luke Steele (musician), Darryl Cotton, Stevie Wright (Australian singer), Darren Hayes, Johnny Diesel, Vince Lovegrove, Gene Pierson, Martin Armiger, Brian Cadd, Bob Evans (musician), Daniel Merriweather, Ross Wilson (musician), Johnny Ruffo, Peter Andre, James Reyne, Ronnie Burns (singer), Timomatic, David McComb, Jack Vidgen, Russell Morris, Ignatius Jones, Altiyan Childs, Kevin Borich, Mario Millo, Axle Whitehead, Slim Dusty, Craig Nicholls, Tim Rogers, Wes Carr, Daryl Braithwaite, Andrew Hansen, Pete Murray, Peter Allen, David Campbell (Australian musician), Broderick Smith. Excerpt: Paul Maurice Kelly (born 13 January 1955) is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five. Kelly's music style has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output straddles folk, rock, and country. His lyrics capture the vastness of the culture and landscape of Australia by chronicling life about him for over 30 years. David Fricke from Rolling Stone calls Kelly "one of the finest songwriters I have ever heard, Australian or otherwise." Kelly has said, "Song writing is mysterious to me. I still feel like a total beginner. I don't feel like I have got it nailed yet." After growing up in Adelaide, Kelly travelled around Australia before settling in Melbourne in 1976. He became involved in the pub rock scene and drug culture, and recorded two albums with Paul Kelly and the Dots. Kelly moved to Sydney by 1985, where he formed Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. The band was renamed Paul Kelly and the Messengers, initially only for international releases, to avoid possible racist interpretations. At the end of the 1980s, Kelly returned to Melbourne, and in 1991 he disbanded the Messengers. Kelly has been married and divorced twice; he has three children and resides in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne. Dan Kelly, his nephew, is a singer and guitarist in his own right. Dan performed with Kelly on Ways and Means and Stolen Apples. Both were members of Stardust Five, which released a self-titled album in 2006. Kelly's Top 40 singles include "Billy Baxter," "Before Too Long," "Darling It Hurts," "To Her Door" (his highest-charting local hit in 1987), "Dumb Things" (appeared on United States charts in 1988), and "Roll on Summer." Top-20 albums include Gossip, Under the Sun, Comedy, Songs from the South