1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Back on August twenty six, I was at the rasc 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Arena for one of the greater shows I've ever had 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: the pleasure of seeing mister Paul Kelly celebrating turning seventy. 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: And now the album that celebrates it is out and 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: he's with us this morning. Hello and Cah. Can I 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: say thank you for that show? It was absolutely magnificent. 7 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 2: Oh, thank you very much. That was our first one. Yes, 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 2: we were pretty fired up, you were. 9 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 3: Indeed was a hell of a warm up. 10 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: It was hell of a warm up. So the album seventy, now, 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: no surprise, it's seventy because you've turned seventy. A milestone age, 12 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: a milestone album. Rolling Stone says, at its heart, seventy 13 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: is Paul Kelly's storytelling at its finest. How do you 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: keep just drawing from that well of great stories? 15 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 2: Well, I a lot of stories around that really start 16 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 2: with the story usually sort of start with music and 17 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: and they start sort of singing stuff to it. But 18 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 2: I guess my natural bent is to songs that you 19 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 2: can see visual sort of visual songs, storytelling songs that's 20 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 2: I read a lot, So I guess it's just the 21 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 2: way it's sort of influenced me over the years. 22 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 3: Yes, well, thirty albums over those seventy years. That's that's 23 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 3: pretty prolific. There's a lot of ideas, there's a lot 24 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:23,279 Speaker 3: of stories that you're finding. 25 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 2: Well, I don't have to do you know, it's my 26 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 2: only job, so what else am I supposed to do? Exactly, 27 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 2: I write a dozen songs a year. That it's funny. 28 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 2: They doesn't. That's not you know, stops very quick. That 29 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 2: songs don't happen that quickly. But you sort of keep 30 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 2: out it. They just start to build up, so I've 31 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 2: got they just accumulate. 32 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: So one of the greatest stories has become Australia's unofficial 33 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: favorite Christmas song because how to Make Gravy. In August, 34 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: death notice was published for Joe in the Age. The 35 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: obituary claim the character died of sudden misadventure as he 36 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: would and listed his family. Dan read a Stella, Roger Mary, Angus, 37 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: Franken Dolly, alongside a nod to his love of reggae 38 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 1: and Junior Marvin. But then you came out with the song. 39 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: Rita wrote a letter tell us about that. 40 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 2: Well, for many years I thought it would be good 41 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 2: to do a song more from Regier's point of view, 42 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 2: because the original how to make Bravy Songs, she just 43 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 2: gets a parting mention. You know Joe, he's in prison 44 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 2: and he's worried about his brother Dan and Rita getting 45 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 2: too close together on the dance floor Junior Mervyn. So 46 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 2: there's the little seed there, and I thought I'd love 47 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 2: to hear more from reader's point of view. I wrote 48 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 2: the title about six years ago. Reata wrote a letter 49 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 2: thought that, well, that sounds like a good song title, 50 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: and I kept coming back to it trying to see 51 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 2: if I could, you know, conjure a song. Nothing, nothing 52 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 2: really happened for a while, which is usual. That's a 53 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: you'll feeling you have with a songwriter that nothing is 54 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 2: happening until it does. Yeah, I guess it kicked off 55 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 2: with my nephew Dan Kelly bringing over a piece of 56 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 2: piano music that he like, a new Allan style to 57 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 2: the rhythm piano and started singing over that, and then 58 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 2: the song just sort of fell out pretty quickly. That 59 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,239 Speaker 2: but the first a lance I came up with, we 60 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 2: you know, I don't know how I'm talking six feet 61 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 2: down under the clay, and so I knew straight away, 62 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 2: I'm running it. I'm running a sort of a beyond 63 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,399 Speaker 2: the grave song here, a ghost story. So that sort 64 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 2: of gave me the kick key for the song. 65 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 3: And it was big news when it came out. 66 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 4: Because, as Lisa was saying, everybody loves It's become a 67 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 4: Christmas classic and. 68 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: Not too many songs are made into a movie. 69 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 4: Well that's true, so it's nice to kind of tie 70 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 4: the story up, really the loose end at the. 71 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 2: End, Yeah, I guess it could. It could go on 72 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 2: with don't know what's going to happen? 73 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, Joe, that's for sure. 74 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 2: We actually had the song written and recorded a year 75 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: and a half ago, so it was I was thinking 76 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: about putting it on the record we put out last year, 77 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: He've Along Your Steel. But I knew the movie was 78 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 2: coming out and I'm my friends with with MEB Washington, 79 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 2: who made it, she and her husband Nick, and I 80 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: rang her up and said, listen, I didn't mean to 81 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 2: have written a song I've killed Joe off. I'm sorry. 82 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 2: Can you just wait? You put it that next year? 83 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 2: I said, the band pretty keep okay started start now. 84 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: I mentioned that I was at that show at the arena, 85 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: and you can imagine how tought I was when you 86 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: gave ninety six a FM a bit of a shout out, Paul. 87 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: You talked about how we were the first station to 88 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: play before too long. I think it was Steve Gordon. 89 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 3: Gordon was doing the Australian Music Show back then. 90 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 2: Yes, that's right side was a great friend to us. 91 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 2: He was. He was at that concert and when we 92 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 2: first started coming over in the mid eighties and Perth 93 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 2: was sort of ahead of the country in lots in 94 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,239 Speaker 2: lots of ways we got we can always get bigger 95 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 2: crowds in Perth. I mean, I'm not from Adelaide. We 96 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 2: struggle to fill you know, one hotel, the Tivity Hotel. 97 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 2: If we've got one night that the Tivity, we'll be doing 98 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 2: all right. We could come to Perth and then play, 99 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 2: you know for a week, you know, five or six 100 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 2: shows we play. There was all the great live venues 101 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 2: and the outdoor sessions, you know, the Sandringham and the. 102 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 4: Fitzgerald Sunday Sunday. 103 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 2: We love the Sunday Sesson. So we didn't have him 104 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 2: over here. And you know, you go listen to a 105 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 2: band here music four o'clock because generally it's always sunny 106 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 2: and warm and it was, yeah, the very w a thing. 107 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,119 Speaker 2: So we love coming to Perth. We came a lot 108 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 2: and became friends with Steve and he was at ninety 109 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 2: six f M at the time and he would always plays, 110 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 2: i mean played a lot of Australian music. Is a 111 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 2: great champion of Australian music. So we were fortunate to 112 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 2: be part of that. 113 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: All right, Well, for old time's sake, we're going to 114 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: play that one now. Meantime, the new album So Many 115 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: More Stories seventy is out now. Lovely to chat to you, Paul, 116 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: and once again thanks for a great show. It was 117 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: really a great night. 118 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 2: Thanks Lisa, thank you.