GOANNA BAND

In 1997, Marcia was at home with her two young children when the powerful documentary, Lousy Little Sixpence, came on the television. Rivetted, Marcia stopped what she was doing and sat down and watched it through. The tragic story…

In 1997, after discussions with my manager, Helene, we approached Rose and Marcia to see if they would be interested in making a new Goanna recording. Rose and Marcia agreed. It was a good time. Thanks to Dick Verkuil and…

We’d been crippled by debt so we let all the middle men go and Rose and Marce and I gathered a band of musicians together for one more tour after Oceania.

This time, we joined forces with my old…

Bob Welsh was Goanna’s Stage Manager forever. Bob and Gary Radbourn. Bob turned up regularly to a residency we had on Saturday afternoons at the Station Hotel in Prahran, Melbourne in 1980 or 1981. It began as a conversation and…

Thirty five years after this gig was recorded, Goanna, in conjunction with Goanna Arts & Black Box Records are proud to release, GOANNA LIVE - CANBERRA WORKERS CLUB 1985

The new release is part of the Desk Tape Series …

After 35 years of being unavailable, Goanna's stunning second album, OCEANIA,is finally now available on all digital platforms.

Oceania will also be available as a physical CD in early September.

Pre-Order the CD or Download Oceania.

Morrie and I travelled to Los Angeles to do some more work on the Oceania album. I recorded Hideaway, a song I'd co-written with Bill Payne. It was a memorable experience to be in the studio with Bill, the…

In the middle of recording Oceania, which occupied most of 1984, we took a big band to Queensland for a few shows.

Goanna Band - Late 1984 - Greg Sheehan, Ross Hannaford, Ian Morrison, Marcia Howard, Venetta Fields, Shane…

What differentiated Goanna from so many other bands was also the presence of two women. Rose and Marce were not only both virtuoso singers and performers in their own right, their harmonies were unparalleled and they were both very capable…

Into the bold adventure we went. Head first. 

Warner's wanted to keep an eye and a tight rein on us so the first recording session was done in Sydney at the newly opened Rhinoceros Studios.

We laid all the tracks…

Off we went touring Australia, to Sydney, to Brisbane, then by Band Hire Bus overland to Adelaide, lost in outback Western NSW.

James and his band and crew treated us with a lot of respect and we shared some great…

Then we got word that James Taylor was to tour Australia for the first time. I'd been a big fan since Fire & Rain and the Sweet Baby James and Mud Slide Slim & The Blue Horizon albums. We dreamed…