Indiana Phoenix - Downunder
Bruno de Paiva
Nov 22
|19:57 PM
Now you're probably wondering how that is relevant to this review and the album. The relevance is that because of that drive, Homeland, the first song on Downunder, is my song of the moment. Right now I think this song should be the national anthem of Australia. The epic beast of a song encompasses the great things about this country in a way that ought to make us all proud.
It has it all; Indigenous music combined with the sweet blues sound Indiana Phoenix (aka OzHARP aka Brian Cain) has been known for over 30 years. It says it all;
"The South Pacific spreads to the east and touches the eastern sky.
The Indian Ocean vast to the west, oh if only we could fly.
The setting sun across the great divide, full moon as the day grows dim.
Lucky people in a lucky land, how can we never win?"
With a chorus like that indeed how can we never win? But there’s much more to this album than the fervent first song, a whole lot more in fact. There is well over one hour of Aussie blues music on Downunder, and its not some kind of blues renaissance crud. Indiana Phoenix is all about the raw authentic Aussie blues that, unfortunately, we do not hear anywhere near enough of nowadays. The Indian Ocean vast to the west, oh if only we could fly.
The setting sun across the great divide, full moon as the day grows dim.
Lucky people in a lucky land, how can we never win?"
So while the beautiful dry Aussie summer approaches, it would be a good idea to sweep up that porch, dust off that harmonica and play some Indiana Phoenix. A great, chilled out way to see out the summer nights.
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