Miss Chatelaine

12 Jul 2019

Don Walker – Show #112 (part 2), 7 July 2019

Music

New tracks by Ben Evolent and Wagons, plus an old favourite by Kate Bush, are followed by a chat with acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Don Walker. Katie and Don talk about his work as a solo performer and with Cold Chisel and Tex, Don & Charlie; his new book of song lyrics, Songs (published by Black Inc.); the difference between reading and hearing lyrics; the close relationship between a writer and his or her editor; and a Don Walker song that is a particular favourite of Katie’s called ‘The Healing Power of Helpless Laughter’. Here is the playlist:

• Shiver – Ben Evolent
• Keep on Coming Back – Wagons
• Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
• Everybody – Don Walker
• The Healing Power of Helpless Laughter – Tex, Don & Charlie
• Flame Trees – The Idea of North
• The Hitcher – Tex, Don & Charlie

Visit Don Walker’s official website and follow him on Facebook.

Photo of Don Walker at JOY (above) by Betty Sujecki – please check out the Miss Chatelaine guests FB photo album for more pics.

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