The Worst of the Wilts
In 1979 I moved to Bermagui where Allan and Clayton lived. When the Le Marlin Café opened for business in 1982 we all started jamming, mostly backing bluesman Neil Graham – who had previously played in Melbourne blues units like Reuben Tice and Salters Rush Blues Band. When Neil stopped attending, we had no one […]
The Wilts
Having spent the 70s in Gospel music, in the 80s I picked up the agenda wherever we left off after the 60s. Ah yes, that high school band with Allan. Although it probably doesn’t seem like it, as a live band, the Wilts was my most commercially viable musical venture. We never played for nothing and […]
APOCALYPSE RIDER
(1999, 2000) Music: Robert Wolfgramm Words: Lowell Tarling & Robert Wolfgramm Sometime around 1996 we all stopped being Atheists, (‘I never was!’ says Robert). It followed that Robert who had returned to the Christian faith, wanted to write something new. The Apocalypse was easily agreed upon, although my original draft was gothic, suicidal and it did not […]
PERSECUTION GAMES
Music: Robert Wolfgramm Words: Lowell Tarling & Robert Wolfgramm Cover: Martin Sharp (1985) Although released in 1985, most of Persecution Games was written in 1979. This is significant because its content reflects the mood of a group who were about to quit attending church. By the time of the release of Persecution Games, we were […]
BOB
(1978) Robert – who prefers to cross the stage with at least 40 people (see Threedom and Apocalypse Rider) – was eventually pressured into making a solo album. He worked on this album very much on his own, yet it was strangely indecisive: Firstly, it was titled Bob – which neither Robert, nor Genna, nor […]
GALILEE CONCERT
Apart from its historical value, the Galilee Concert is memorable because it is one of the few live recordings of Robert Wolfgramm on-stage performing with a small band. Songs: Peter DeKlerk – Try A Little Kindness , Lowell & Sam – Nature Is Paler, What Is It Now? Nails, Rock of Ages, Shem – The […]
ALL MY FRIENDS ARE SINNERS
Sally Hilder (1978) After Threedom, street-preaching and some well acclaimed songs there was an expectation that Robert Wolfgramm would record an album of his gospel songs. Elusive as always, Robert agreed to do so on the proviso that he was not the singer. In September 1977 I introduced Robert to one of my high school […]
JONAH
Play by Lowell Tarling Words: Lowell Tarling music: Lester Silver After writing Threedom I was hired to write a play called Mona & The Morgan Prince for the Newcastle Marionette Theatre. I also wrote several plays for my English classes, including I Wanna Be A Teenage Idol and The Sword and The Shield. In 1974, […]
MARTIN LUTHER
Oh boy, we’re digging deep now. I had no co-writer when I wrote this play. Robert Wolfgramm and I had been successful with Threedom, after which he moved to Melbourne. Meanwhile my wife Robbie and I moved to Newcastle where I studied for a Dip Ed at the College of Advanced Education. Martin Luther was […]
THREEDOM
Words: Robert Wolfgramm & Lowell Tarling. Music: Robert Wolfgramm In 1971 I attended the same Christian college as Robert Wolfgramm. He had formed a high school band, with Paul Judd, Bill Smith and Robert Wareham and he never stopped writing music. Eventually he got around to playing me Peter’s Song, which blew me away. I […]