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Lisa & Russell - Dave Warner · Lisa & Russell

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  Speaker 1: Dave Warner's from the suburbs, and he's from the suburbs,
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  Speaker 1: 50th anniversary tour.
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  Speaker 2: It all depends on the inflection, doesn't it?
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  Speaker 1: Is going to be at the Astor Theatre on Saturday
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  Speaker 1: the 24th of October.
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  Speaker 2: Tickets are through Ticketek. He's with us this morning. Hello, Dave.
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  Speaker 3: Morning, Dave.
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  Speaker 4: Good morning, gang, and lovely to chat to beautiful Perth.
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  Speaker 3: And originally, of course, that suburb was Bicton, wasn't it?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yes, grew up in Bicton. Spent a
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  Speaker 4: fair bit of time with the grandparents in Fremantle as well.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, but, yeah, primarily Bicton.
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  Speaker 3: I know you're over in Sydney these days, but are
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  Speaker 3: you still a Frio fan?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, I'm a Frio fan, but my number one allegiance
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  Speaker 4: in the AFL is to the Swans.
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  Speaker 5: Oh.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, so I copped a doubly. Not only did Frio
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  Speaker 4: knock out the Swans, which I didn't mind because I went, oh, well,
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  Speaker 4: I'm pleased for Frio, and I was really hoping they
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  Speaker 4: could win, and then, you know, they got knocked off
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  Speaker 4: as well.
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  Speaker 5: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 4: I lost out both ways this year.
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  Speaker 1: The tour finishes with a big hometown show at the Astor, which,
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  Speaker 1: of course, has been around forever as well, speaking about
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  Speaker 1: suburban things. Is there something extra special about celebrating the
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  Speaker 1: anniversary in Perth compared to anywhere else?
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  Speaker 4: Well, yeah. I mean, we started in Perth almost 50
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  Speaker 4: years to the day, almost 50 years today. I think
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  Speaker 4: it was the Optican Theatre.
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  Speaker 5: Wow.
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  Speaker 4: It feels fitting that the 50 year exact circle should,
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  Speaker 4: you know, come to a conclusion in Perth and at
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  Speaker 4: the Astor. It's a great venue. And, you know, it's
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  Speaker 4: also the place where a lot of people who played
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  Speaker 4: with the band over the years or with my previous band, Puss,
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  Speaker 4: are located. And so we're, you know, we're getting everybody together.
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  Speaker 5: Some of the venues that Puss played, of course, have
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  Speaker 5: come and gone over the 50 years. Some very Famous
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  Speaker 5: Perth venues. Any other famous Perth venues that you pine for?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, look, we love the Shenton Park. I pretty much
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  Speaker 4: started that venue off for rock and roll, and it
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  Speaker 4: was a fabulous venue for many bands, but especially for us.
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  Speaker 4: The Victoria Hotel we played. Oh, look, all the herdsmen,
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  Speaker 4: the raffles. all those great places. Iconic. And the Charles,
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  Speaker 4: which I think is the only one still in existence.
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  Speaker 4: It is.
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  Speaker 1: And they haven't had the carpet cleaned since you last
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  Speaker 1: played there.
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  Speaker 2: Either, by the way.
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  Speaker 3: And the Shents is now a retirement village.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, see, the irony is you and I could live
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  Speaker 1: at the Shents now, Dave. We used to go there
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  Speaker 1: to see shows and now we could move in.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely. And the same with the Swanbourne. Yes, that's
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  Speaker 4: gone as well.
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  Speaker 3: It went the same way, of course.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I'm sure you've had all sorts of accolades from
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  Speaker 1: other artists over the years, but Bob Dylan didn't hand
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  Speaker 1: them out very freely, and yet he once named you
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  Speaker 1: among his favourite Australian artists.
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  Speaker 2: Quite the compliment.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, look, perhaps he really, really loved me. When he
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  Speaker 4: was asked what Australian bands did he know, the fact
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  Speaker 4: was his band had come to see us playing in
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  Speaker 4: our very first Melbourne gig in 1978, and they really
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  Speaker 4: liked it, asked if we had any tapes, and I
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  Speaker 4: gave them some live recording cassette tapes from the Victoria Hotel,
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  Speaker 4: and they played it in the tour bus for the
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  Speaker 4: Perhaps Bob only knew myself and Richard Clapton. I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: But I was assured that he did enjoy it.
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  Speaker 2: Talking yourself down.
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  Speaker 3: It was either out of you or air supply at
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  Speaker 3: the time.
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  Speaker 1: Dave, if a young musician in Perth, a suburban kid,
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  Speaker 1: wanted to build a career that lasts 50 years.
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  Speaker 2: What is the one piece of advice you would give them?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, well, looking back at myself, and I'm not sure
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  Speaker 4: this is a very good piece of advice, but look,
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  Speaker 4: it was to search for what I called veracity, for
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  Speaker 4: kind of truth in yourself and to express that. And
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  Speaker 4: at that time, no one was really doing that in
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  Speaker 4: Australian music other than around about the same time Skyhooks
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  Speaker 4: and Greg McCainch in Melbourne. So for me, it worked.
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  Speaker 4: It doesn't necessarily give you the biggest following, but it
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  Speaker 4: gives you an incredibly... loyal following, rusted on for many years.
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  Speaker 4: I think always try and be original was my thing,
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  Speaker 4: but it's a little bit different now. And I think
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  Speaker 4: if you want massive sales, you should probably ignore my
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  Speaker 4: advice completely.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, no, I think your advice is very, very good
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  Speaker 1: because I think that another suburban boy, suburban Dianella boy,
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  Speaker 1: Troy Savan, has done that exact thing.
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  Speaker 3: Well, that's true.
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  Speaker 2: And he is, you know.
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  Speaker 3: Different style of music, that's all.
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  Speaker 2: He may well be around for a few years himself.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be great to see you at the ASTA,
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  Speaker 1: Saturday the 24th of October.
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  Speaker 2: Tickets are through Ticketek.com.
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  Speaker 3: Dave, we look forward to having you back, mate.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely. It'll be lovely to hear your dulcet tones as
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  Speaker 4: I'm cruising around somewhere between Mundaring and City. I'll be
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  Speaker 4: looking forward to it.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, Dave.
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  Speaker 4: Good on you, Dave. Cheers, gang.