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Greg Arnold is the singer-songwriter behind the Australian folk-rock institution Things of Stone and Wood.
He has won an ARIA and was APRA songwriter of the Year in 1993.
With Things of Stone and Wood he toured Australia and the world for much of the nineties. Their first two albums The Yearning and Junk Theatre were top ten hits that included some of Greg’s most well known songs: the summery smash hit of ’93 Happy Birthday Helen, Rock this Boat, Share this Wine and Wildflowers (one of the most radio played songs of ‘94).
His song “Silent no longer” was published as a poem in Rolling Stone.
In 1999 he released his first solo record “Super” that enjoyed extensive airplay on the ABC.
Things of Stone and Wood’s compilation “So Far 92-02” was released in 2003- celebrating their ten years of recordings and enjoyed substantial airplay on Melbourne station NOVA.
“Beautiful View”, which he co-wrote with Cameron Mackenzie, was first performed by Lucid, then Wendy Matthews made it a single and title track and most recently UK artist Shonagh Daley recorded it for an international release.
This year he recorded “Close My Eyes” for exclusively for the Red Cross with Rob Hirst and Paul Greene. The song has received extensive play in the Asia Pacific region.
He is currently touring with his trio The Lost Marias which features: John Bedggood (Bernard Fanning) on fiddle, mando and piano and Ian Kitney (Tim Rogers) on the drums.
Greg’s performances cover his extensive back catalogue and songs from his soon to be released solo album: Lost Marie- they are always an exuberant and emotional affair. Greg Arnold Website:
http://www.thingsofstoneandwood.com |
