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Richard Clapton - Hello Queensland Goodbye Tiger Tour
29th September 2012 at Nambour Civic Centre
The platinum selling Number One album is often cited as one of Australia’s greatest albums. Produced by Richard Batchens and released on iconic Festival Records, it featured the tracks Down in the Lucky Country, Wild Child, Goodbye Tiger, I Can Talk To You, Deep Water, Out On The Edge Again, Hiding From the Light, Wintertime in Amsterdam. Richard Clapton began his recording career in 1973 with the release of Prussian Blue then there were hits like Girls on the Avenue, Blue Bay Blues, Suit Yourself, but it wasn’t until 1977 that Richard mastered the most difficult of show-business acts; the highwire that requires the balance of radio-friendly tunes and candid, from-the- heart lyrics.
These two came together on the Goodbye Tiger album. The album became an instant Oz rock classic. In 1977 Clapton became a household name, he was voted Rolling Stone Artist of the Year and Goodbye Tiger went to Number 1 with Platinum sales and made its mark as one of the greatest Australian albums of all time.
Ten years after his first release, Richard Clapton was a tribal elder to whom younger artists like Jimmy Barnes, INXS and Cold Chisel turned as a mentor. INXS asked Clapton to produce their second album, Underneath the Colours, and they became firm friends. They, and Cold Chisel, returned the favour on Clapton’s The Great Escape album. INXS drummer Jon Farriss produced The Glory Road album with few records capture the craziness of the late 1980s as well as it did. These albums brought Clapton’s melodic gifts and his love of electric rock & roll into lockstep. There were always the words though. No one better documented the 1980s than Richard. Richard frequently went to the edge — emotionally, politically, financially — and sent back his incisive postcards.
Richard Clapton’s music is a bona fide soundtrack to a generation and to see and hear him live is one of the most enjoyable trips down memory lane any music fan can have. Come along for your chance to see one of our true national treasures but we warn you, be ready to sing out loud. You won’t be able to help yourself!
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