WEBVTT - Tom Busby 

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<v Speaker 1>Always be to always when you're weaving for them, mad

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<v Speaker 1>trying to figure it out.

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<v Speaker 2>Just now, Like that's just a little bit of the

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<v Speaker 2>debut single from singer songwriter Tom Busby, Waiting for Tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>from his first solo album, Rockampton Hangover, and I got

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<v Speaker 2>Tom Busby on the line.

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<v Speaker 3>Good Hey Tom, hey Bell, how are you made good?

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<v Speaker 4>Mate?

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<v Speaker 5>Now?

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<v Speaker 4>You recorded that song in Texas with the American singer

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<v Speaker 4>songwriter Ben Couella. Tell us about.

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<v Speaker 3>That, Yeah, oh mate, it was a time of our lives. Look,

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<v Speaker 3>it's an album. I'd be wanting to do it for

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<v Speaker 3>a long time. My wife's actually Texan, she's been over

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<v Speaker 3>here for almost now, and we've never been able to

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<v Speaker 3>take kid's back. There's always been an excuse. We've got

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<v Speaker 3>four kids and so they haven't met the grandparents and

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<v Speaker 3>their cousins, and we've just never been able to. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>either afford it or the time wasn't right. It was

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<v Speaker 3>too busy with Busby Maru and I went and wrote

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<v Speaker 3>with Ben Kwala a need a hero of mine, and

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<v Speaker 3>then all of a sudden, you know, the chemistry was

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<v Speaker 3>just instant, and you know it was just one of

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<v Speaker 3>those one of those opportunities I just couldn't knock, but

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't know how to do it because I really

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<v Speaker 3>just didn't want to go away from the family again

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<v Speaker 3>for too long. And came home and told my wife

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<v Speaker 3>and she's like, nah, we were doing this. I know.

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<v Speaker 3>We were always waiting for tomorrow. We're always making excuses,

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<v Speaker 3>and so we packed up kids, pulled them out of school.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't know what was going to happen. And we

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<v Speaker 3>just went over there for two months and got to

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<v Speaker 3>not only did we record the album with my with

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<v Speaker 3>my hero songwriting hero, and you know, in awesome Texas

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<v Speaker 3>outside of Austin, we got to you know, hanging out

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<v Speaker 3>with my wife's family and they're from a Pakistani background,

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<v Speaker 3>and got to really immerse our kids into that culture

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<v Speaker 3>and grandparents and the cousins. It was really healing for

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<v Speaker 3>my wife and it was really beautiful many more ways

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<v Speaker 3>than just music.

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<v Speaker 4>I can hear. Mate. You're Queensland born and bred, aren't you.

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<v Speaker 4>And where did you get your interest in music? Where

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<v Speaker 4>did that come from?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>From a massive family, a big family, very very musical.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm the youngest of eight kids. Yeah, Mum and dad

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<v Speaker 3>have thirty thirty four grandchildren, including my kids, and it

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<v Speaker 3>is all about music. Christmas, you know, is just just

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<v Speaker 3>so much happiness, guitars, PI and a singing stealing microphones

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<v Speaker 3>and I got to watch my brothers and sisters fight

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<v Speaker 3>it off for the limelight and I waited my time, and.

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<v Speaker 4>So he what was your big break?

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<v Speaker 3>Look a number of things. But initially we recorded our

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<v Speaker 3>album in rock Hampton on our own. Was fantastic. We

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<v Speaker 3>had no idea what we were doing. We've got a

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<v Speaker 3>grant and you know that you can even hear the

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<v Speaker 3>songs and there's no choruses. There's something really naive about it.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's really beautiful looking back. And somehow, somehow, some

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<v Speaker 3>someone passed of them on to a guy named Bruce

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<v Speaker 3>Elder who was a very important music journalist for the

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<v Speaker 3>Sydney Morning Herald, and he wrote the most amazing review,

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<v Speaker 3>go four and a half stars out of five.

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<v Speaker 6>So how would you describe your style, well, Busby Maru, Well,

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<v Speaker 6>I suppose you know, acoustic folkn spied pop. But I'm

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<v Speaker 6>going to come out and say that my solo album

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<v Speaker 6>is down down home country. Like at the end of

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<v Speaker 6>the day, it's country. It's a country album.

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<v Speaker 4>And Busby Maru tell us about them. They've had gold

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<v Speaker 4>and platinum awards, haven't they records?

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, so that's that's my that's my duo. That's

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<v Speaker 3>with my best smart Jeremy Maru, who's Torris right Islander,

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<v Speaker 3>and he's just one of the most talented human beings ever.

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<v Speaker 3>And we've we've had the most craziest journey. We didn't

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<v Speaker 3>know that we could do this for a living. And

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<v Speaker 3>we recorded that album Spoke About and it's just slowly

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<v Speaker 3>snowballed and all of a sudden, you know, here we

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<v Speaker 3>were having to kind of quit our jobs, and we

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<v Speaker 3>were like, what is going on? A couple of kids

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<v Speaker 3>from Rocky a blackfire and a white feather, and does

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<v Speaker 3>this actually happen? I thought, you just watched this on TV?

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, And then we were lucky enough to pick

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<v Speaker 3>up a big swag of awards and be recognized by

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<v Speaker 3>the trail music industry, and you know, most importantly, we

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<v Speaker 3>had fans coming into our shows and those fans have

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<v Speaker 3>now become friends and now they're coming to my solo show.

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<v Speaker 3>So man, just in a blink of an eye, it's

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<v Speaker 3>just been like, you know, bang, twenty years, four kids

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<v Speaker 3>each and just so many tours and tour in Australia

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<v Speaker 3>and it's it's a bit of wild journey and we're

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<v Speaker 3>we're really proud.

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<v Speaker 4>And you're stepping out into the solo spotlight. Was that difficult?

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<v Speaker 3>Look a little bit? I didn't like. I always wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to do a solo album and everyone knew it. Jeremy

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<v Speaker 3>was like wanting me to do it. I thought I'd

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<v Speaker 3>do it after the third Buzzby Maru album, but Buzzby

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<v Speaker 3>or were so busy and I don't know, it was

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit nerve racking trying to do it without him.

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<v Speaker 3>He's so you know, it's just so natural to us

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<v Speaker 3>playing together. But I always knew I had to do

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<v Speaker 3>it at some stage, and we decided we wanted to

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<v Speaker 3>have a break. So we wanted to We wanted a

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<v Speaker 3>proper break from not not like frowrom each other or

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<v Speaker 3>not from the music, just we wanted to break from

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<v Speaker 3>relentless touring and we wanted to only tour if it

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<v Speaker 3>meant something. And so we're really excited we made it.

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<v Speaker 3>We made a decision to try to say no, and

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<v Speaker 3>that that was my cause, like right, that was sorry,

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<v Speaker 3>that was my call then to go right now. But

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<v Speaker 3>you know, put my money where my mouth is and

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<v Speaker 3>let's go on to us and get over to America

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<v Speaker 3>and record my own album.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, you've got blues and cultury country influencers in it,

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<v Speaker 4>haven't you.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, in this album for sure. I mean there's a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of pedal steer, a lot of bit of Dobbro

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<v Speaker 3>mandolin fiddle. But you know, it kind of takes after

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of my favorite songwriters. You've got Tom Petty,

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<v Speaker 3>Bruce Springsteen, Paul Kelly, and I'm really leaning into that

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<v Speaker 3>for this album. And you know, I'm a bit older now.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not trying to be cool. I'm not. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>care if it gets, you know, playing on the radio

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<v Speaker 3>added to playlist. I have a different mindset. I just

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<v Speaker 3>want to record and play an album that I'm so

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<v Speaker 3>proud of. It means something to me, and if people

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<v Speaker 3>connect to that, then that's unbelievable. And I've been noticing

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<v Speaker 3>that we just did my first ever solo tour, intimate

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<v Speaker 3>solo tour, and it was yeah, sold out. It was ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 3>It was only smaller shows, but they're all sold out

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<v Speaker 3>and people singing the songs, and yeah, it's there's something

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<v Speaker 3>buzzn't about it, and I'm have you written all.

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<v Speaker 4>The songs on your album?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes? Yeah, I wrote all the songs on this album

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<v Speaker 3>and all the buzzby Maror songs as well. And with

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<v Speaker 3>this album particularly collaborated with some key people. Ben Couela,

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<v Speaker 3>who produced the album. I wrote a bunch of songs

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<v Speaker 3>with him, and he was really inspirational for me because

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<v Speaker 3>he just kept pushing me and gave me the I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know, i'd say, the confidence to be myself for

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<v Speaker 3>not you know, and to really trust our gut instincts.

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<v Speaker 3>So he's a key influencer there, and a bunch of

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<v Speaker 3>other you know, best mates, and you know, some people

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<v Speaker 3>I've looked up to. I show my songs and I

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<v Speaker 3>love the idea of collaborating, so yeah, I write them all,

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<v Speaker 3>but with a lot of help from some great friends.

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<v Speaker 4>So how important did you is it to you to

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<v Speaker 4>perform in front of an audience?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh? Big time. It's so important, not only for you know,

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<v Speaker 3>generating momentum for a project, or for an album or

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<v Speaker 3>for music. But I really noticed that, you know, particularly

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<v Speaker 3>with this tour. It's been a long time since Bu's

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<v Speaker 3>been a toured like the longest break we had is

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<v Speaker 3>about it. It's about a year and so I didn't

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<v Speaker 3>realize until the very first show that I did down

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<v Speaker 3>in Sydney's this beautiful little venue and or sold out

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<v Speaker 3>and I walked in and I just was buzzing. And

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<v Speaker 3>so for my mental health, for my happiness, my wife,

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<v Speaker 3>my wife often says it's actually been saying it a

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<v Speaker 3>lot lately. It's like, if I'm not playing music, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not happy. And if I'm not happy, the family's not happy.

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<v Speaker 3>So can I go out and get amongst it?

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<v Speaker 4>So where do we catch up with you in the

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<v Speaker 4>next few months.

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<v Speaker 3>There's lots and lots about to be announced and we're

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<v Speaker 3>prepping now a proper tour with the band. So I'm

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<v Speaker 3>hoping that hits the you know, hits the websites and

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<v Speaker 3>all that in the next kind of month or so

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<v Speaker 3>that by the end of the year, you know, you'll

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<v Speaker 3>be seeing me all around Australia. So nothing official of announced,

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<v Speaker 3>but we're really working on it. It's a slow and

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<v Speaker 3>steady process.

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<v Speaker 4>Tell us mate about your new single, cyclone, but.

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<v Speaker 3>Pretty much replicates this journey. It's stepping out of the

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<v Speaker 3>you know, the shadows of Busby Maru and the comfort

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<v Speaker 3>of Busby Maru, I should say, and into the spotlight

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<v Speaker 3>on my own. And with that is a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>nervous anxiety, but there's so much excitement as well, and

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<v Speaker 3>that is what it's about. It's like stepping into the

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<v Speaker 3>great unknown, just like that cyclone and that that crazy

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<v Speaker 3>cyclones that's smashed the east coast of Queensland. Quite often

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<v Speaker 3>there's this like nervous tension in the air and it

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<v Speaker 3>hits and but then afterwards you know, it might be

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<v Speaker 3>a bit scary, but then all of a sudden you

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<v Speaker 3>turn around that community spirit is just pumped up on steroids.

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<v Speaker 3>Well that's with a vengeance.

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<v Speaker 4>Well Tom, we're going to play cyclone now. God bless it,

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<v Speaker 4>and thanks for talking to us tonight. God bless you,

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<v Speaker 4>Tom Busby, God bless it.

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<v Speaker 3>God bless you. My dad would say the same, thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate it, God blessing.

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<v Speaker 5>Great.

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<v Speaker 1>No Mama.

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<v Speaker 5>Scared anymore, just a little.

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<v Speaker 1>Cyclone.

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<v Speaker 5>Were unnown anymore And I'm in the middle.

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<v Speaker 1>You miss something I can lean into, You miss something

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<v Speaker 1>I can run right through. I've been calked down a

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<v Speaker 1>different plane. Something'screwing like a r roricane. Nothing like a

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<v Speaker 1>dark man hanging on you know when I wiper, Well.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm that to the strain. I know, I'm yes scared

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<v Speaker 5>any more, just now, Gray Side, I know anymore, And

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<v Speaker 5>I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>The medal, Give me a sweet running down my cheek,

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<v Speaker 1>give me blisters on my hands and face. When don't

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<v Speaker 1>get stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>Gotta grab it good.

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't back out even if I could.

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<v Speaker 5>Nothing like a dark clan hanging on. You know when

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<v Speaker 5>I will surrender, Well, I'm not gray.

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<v Speaker 3>Norm of a.

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<v Speaker 5>Scared and they leader and that the crazy sack phone

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<v Speaker 5>where I had I known it. And I'm in the middle,

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<v Speaker 5>and I'm mean the middle. I'm in the middle, head

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<v Speaker 5>not to the grade. And nom I scared anymore, maybe

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<v Speaker 5>just a little sad now Gray Cyclone were paid, I

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<v Speaker 5>know anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm in the middle.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm in the middle,