[Powderworks] Former Oils frontman hits the notes on
campaign trail
Chris Graham
wcgraham at shaw.ca
Fri Sep 3 11:33:12 MDT 2004
Does anyone know what the songs were, or were there instruments involved?
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Brunner <dmanwi at yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, September 3, 2004 7:52 am
Subject: Re: [Powderworks] Former Oils frontman hits the notes on campaign trail
> Please someone say they recorded this and are willing
> to distribute it.....
>
>
>
> --- Nathan Arrowsmith <nathan at nathanarrowsmith.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Former Oils frontman hits the notes on campaign
> > trail
> >
> > The federal Labor Party's election campaign hit a
> > new note last night in
> > the marginal seat of Richmond on the New South Wales
> > north coast.
> >
> > Last night, Labor candidate for the Sydney seat of
> > Kingsford Smith Peter
> > Garrett hit the federal campaign trail at a pub in
> > Byron Bay.
> >
> > A margin of just 1.7 per cent separates Government
> > Minister, the
> > National Party's Larry Anthony from Labor candidate
> > Justine Elliot.
> >
> > The crowd got more than they bargained for when the
> > former Midnight Oil
> > frontman hung up his suit, picked up the microphone
> > and performed live.
> >
> > Mr Garrett says it was just about old friends
> > catching up.
> >
> > "Look it was just an opportunity because Rob Hirst
> > who was the drummer
> > in the Oils was here with his colleague, and they
> > said look why don't
> > you come up and do just a couple of songs for fun,"
> > he said.
> >
> > Whether or not political mileage was made, the crowd
> > was clearly pleased
> > to have the Oils back again, at least for a moment.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200409/s1191323.htm
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