William over at a1000mistakes challenged me to come up with my ‘Top 10’ duets from this Oz quiz show in response to his own Here I have struggled a bit due to the fact that 1. He took a lot of the best ones (Summer Wine, for example) 2. Some of them seem to be no longer available (What happened to Blue Christmas with Tex Perkins and Paris wells?) and 3. I’m a lousy researcher.
Nevertheless I add a ‘Top 8’ ….. more as an adjunct to his rather than a ‘mine are better than yours’ type of thing.
My own personal biases, no doubt, shine through.
To those of you (most of you) unfamiliar with the show I should mention that they are not supposed to be highly polished performances. They are done with a minimum amount of rehearsal and are, therefore, a bit raw in places. They are all performed by highly skilled and experienced artists who have a wealth of their own work to boast about, but they are all (obviously) cover versions.
I list my own 8 in no particular order.
Isabella Manfredi and Steve Cummins
Dan Kelly and Martha Wainwright
Chris Cheney and Christie Amphlett
Not really a duet but
Richmond Road 
Very interesting pick… I really enjoyed my time listening! 🙂
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I’m a touched that you actually listened …. maybe we could make an Aussie out of you.
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Of course I did… That version of Love Hurts was like an aftertaste of my teen years… Oh how I cried listening to it back then… I guess I’ll never learn to toughen that soft heart of mine… *sigh*
It was also heart pinching to listen to Chrissie, I know how much you like her…
I’d be honored to become an honorary Aussie 😉 Thank you for the thought xx
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Chrissie was special, to be sure, but announced that she had MS shortly after that clip was taken and died 6 years later with breast cancer.
But there are others in that mix. Mike Rudd has been very special to me. I have spoken to Ross Wilson maybe three times at best, but I consider him to be one of the true heroes of Australian music. Steve Cummings is one cool dude but looks a bit overdone in the clip (actually maybe that is just how he looks) Deb Conway is charming.
I thank you for not scoffing about this little trip down nostalgia valley.
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hey pops you old music wiz!
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hey dad you didn’t mention that you were lead guitarist for Dog Trumpet … I’m impressed with your playing 🙂
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An understandable mistake – apart from the fact that Reg Mombasa is clearly a better guitarist and artist than me and very very clearly far better looking.
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oh my mistake … see what absent parenting does, creates illusions of grandeur about the unknown father 😦
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I will try to take that as some sort of backhanded compliment
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hey pops if I did want to insult you you would know about it, I’m not shy 🙂
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That is handy information to keep in mind for the future when, inevitably, you will feel the need to really put the boot in.
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lol be careful what you wish .. we attract what we put out 🙂
you on the right side of the road yet?
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I had though my manners, up to now at least, to be impeccable
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lol good one, you are a real hoot pops!
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