Define your genre in five words or less: Acid country, Americana, landscapey.
Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Cowboy Junkies meets Daniel Lanois bumps into Lightnin’ Hopkins in a dark alley with Jerry Garcia looking on.
If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Jerry Garcia – I find him totally inspiring and feel some sort of connection with him somehow. I reckon he would get what we do.
What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? This is our fifth studio album so we’ve got all our albums (except the first – sold out!) for sale.
When’s the gig and with who? The gig is at the Melbourne Folk Club, Bella Union on Wednesday 23 July with Tracy McNeil and Dan Parsons.
Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? We have just launched our new album All The Wandering (our fifth studio album). Our other releases are Sweet Runaway (2010), Highway Dancing (2008), Wind Already Blown (2004) and The Yearlings (2001), out on Vitamin Records, available at all good record stores and on our website – theyearlings.net or come to a show.
When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/single/etc? We are touring our new album down the east coast and will be in Melbourne on Wednesday July 23 at the Melbourne Folk Club with Tracy McNeil and Dan Parsons.
Describe the worst gig you have ever played. It would have to be at the Great Northern in Byron Bay, just about to go on stage and Chris fell down the stairs on top of his beautiful vintage 1932 Martin archtop guitar. It was in pieces and so was he. Totally devastated. He got plied with whisky and painkillers and handed an electric guitar. The actual show was mighty.
Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it? It’s pretty basic but, write a vague set list, a couple of random vocal warm ups, gather the boys around and we all have a wee slug of whisky.
THE YEARLINGS launch All the Wandering at Melbourne Folk Club on Wednesday July 23 with Tracy McNeil and Dan Parsons.
