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Originally playing folk songs, the band found success hard to come by during the beat era and so converted to a more mainstream sound. [2] In 1964, they had a regional hit in the Chicago area of the United States, and in Australia, with a cover of "Don't It Make You Feel Good", a song written and recorded by The Shadows in UK.
The song was a UK hit in January 1966 for the Overlanders, [40] whose version topped the Record Retailer chart. [20] It also reached number 2 in Australia. Signed to Pye Records, the Overlanders issued
The American success of "Yesterday's Gone" occasioned a re-release of the track in Australia, [8] where it charted over the summer of 1964 with a No. 26 peak, and a major label cover in the UK, where in March 1964 Pye Records released a version of "Yesterday's Gone" recorded by the Overlanders with Tony Hatch producing; the Overlanders' version ...
An idealised image of the droving life is described in the poem Clancy of the Overflow, [17] and more realistically depicted in the historical film The Overlanders. [18] Henry Lawson "The Ballad of the Drover" (poem) "Andy's Gone with the Cattle" (poem) "The Drover's Wife" (short story) Will H. Ogilvie 'From the Gulf' (poem) 'The overlander' (poem)
Paul Brett (20 June 1947 – 31 January 2024) [1] was an English classic rock guitarist.He played lead guitar with Strawbs (although he was never actually a member), The Overlanders, [2] The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, The Velvet Opera, Tintern Abbey, Fire, Roy Harper, Al Stewart, and Lonnie Donegan. [3]
A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in nearly all musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
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The Overlanders produced records, including Songs of the Breaker (1980) and Songs of the Great Australian Balladists (1978). [ 1 ] In 1996, Graham Jenkin was awarded the title of National Non-Indigenous Person of the Year, by the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee ( NAIDOC ), for services to Aboriginal history.