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Sal Kimber played the Merri Creek Tavern Friday the thirteenth of March. Three days later the venue closed its doors as the city locked down. The future is uncertain. And what it is, is what it is

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I Heard Sally Singing. 28/3/20

I Heard Sally Singing on a long gone Friday night
For an hour and a quarter then the world was put to right
There was no piper to be paid there were no tributes left to bring
We were standing in the shadows when we heard Sally sing

(Chorus)
Long ago and far away
Where we are bound it’s hard to say
Far away and long ago
So long ago
So long ago

I Heard Sally Singing I heard Sally laugh
Down on the 86 a wounded city’s autograph
And it never felt momentous but we sensed something wrong
There was something in the air that night when we heard Sally’s song

(Chorus)

I heard that woman singing it sounded sweet and low
Was it the last hurrah my friend then how were we to know
When we heard Sally singing a solo built for two
In retrospect then every single word she sang rang true
She sang of rivers she sang of trains
And we may never meet again
And what it is, is what it is
Is what it is, is what it is

(Chorus)

Far away and long ago
So long ago
So long ago

And what it is, is what it is, And what it is, is what it is…)

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from I Heard Sally Singing (single), released July 30, 2020
Mick - baritone, singing
Brooke Rusty Russell - guitar, singing
Squeezebox Wally - accordion
Ben Franz - bass, pedal steel
Dave Folley - drums
All tracks recorded remotely in isolation. Mixed and mastered by Craig Pilkington at Audrey studios

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Mick Thomas Melbourne, Australia

“Mick Thomas has some secret magic to his writing… he surely can write great songs that make you say “Why didn’t I think of that?” He writes about mates, ratbags, races, places, weddings, parties, funny stuff – anything – but they are really good stories and great songs.

Mick Thomas and his bands, notably ‘The Weddos’ or ‘The Roving Commission’ or MT himself are all something to behold ... more

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