Mick Thomas is a well known figure in the Australian music scene, best known as chief songwriter of pub-rock icons Weddings, Parties, Anything. His current band The Roving Commission are set to head out on tour across Australia.
He spoke with Andrea Ho about how songs that tell a great story inspired his own songwriting.
Here is a list of the songs he shared:
Turn, Turn, Turn by The Birds
Moody River by Pat Boone
Working on a Coal Mine by Devo
Jamaica Farewell by Harry Belafonte
Sixteen Tonnes by Tenesse Earnie Ford
Louie Louie by The Kinks
Rock Island Line by Lonnie Donegan
Wayfaring Stranger by Neko Case
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Offa Rex
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