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ABOUT THE SONG: Thousands of Afghani and Pakistani cameleers played an important role in shaping the Australian outback and were referred to as Afghan Cameleers. Principally from Kandahar, Afghan cameleers arrived in Port Augusta.....
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ORIGINAL ROCK, POP & BLUES......PEACE & LOVE ...... SIMPLE
WHAT DO WE DO? MOSS is a five-piece rock band that pumps it out with songs of social and political conscience. “Modern day griots” with a sound that gives a “hat tip to the seventies”. With decades of experience, you’ll hear the road in their music delivering something very unique in today’s contemporary music scene. Unapologetically a square peg in a round hole. Imagine; “Midnight Oil meets the Aztecs at Sunbury” WHO ARE WE? Suzie Craig: Lead singer Mark Simpkin: Guitar / Backing Vocals Ian (NED) Kelly: Guitar, Keyboards / Backing Vocals Justin Wynn: Bass Guitar Dave Anthony: Drums / Backing Vocals WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT US? “Their performance interwove inspired lyrics with visuals and performance.The excellent songwriting of MOSS goes straight to core of what is happening in our times. They are the modern day griots of the Western world .. They epitomise the creative act of hope.. I would highly recommend supporting this band. They are highly creative, collaborative, and what they are saying is worth listening to.” Ref; Naomi Ebert Smith, Co-Chair, Graham F Smith Peace Foundation “Moss writes and performs songs that have a little more to them than the steady diet of regurgitated emotional claptrap” Ref: John Schumann; Composer, Performer & Writer “MOSS’s forte is in writing songs that attract our attention then resonate with us every time we hear them familiar, effective styles coupled with uniquely presented sentiments of consequence inspiring us to contemplate as we’re tapping our feet. This is how a band stands out in this industry.” Jac Dalton “. Modern music as art with a message has a place in our nation and Moss may be at the forefront of this movement” Ref: Peter Withy; Marketing consultant and co-founder of KWP! “.Projected images behind the band illustrate the subject matter of most of the songs and guide you through their journey. The music has an unapologetic hat tip to the 70’s. No bad thing and their sound and show are big enough for any arena.” Ref: Pete McLaughlin; Owner of Distillery Studios, Adelaide and veteran of the London music scene.
Song Info
Genre
Rock Rock General
Charts
Peak #41
Peak in subgenre #16
Author
Susan Craig / Mark Simpkin / Ian Kelly
Rights
Copyright 2019 Craig/Simpkin/Kelly
Uploaded
November 30, 2023
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MP3 10.5 MB 320 kbps 4:32
Story behind the song
ABOUT THE SONG: Thousands of Afghani and Pakistani cameleers played an important role in shaping the Australian outback and were referred to as Afghan Cameleers. Principally from Kandahar, Afghan cameleers arrived in Port Augusta and settled in many “Ghan towns which became part of Australia’s foundation years. One of the most important was Farina Town in South Australia’s far north. Cameleers opened the great central expanses of Australia. For more than 50 years until the 1920s, camel trains radiated into the outback from railways that gradually extended into the interior, or from points near otherwise isolated, inaccessible parts of the country. In long strings of up to 70, they sustained human life and new endeavours in the emerging outback communities. They carried building and railway materials, food, furniture, water, mail and medicine to the pastoralists and mining ventures, returning with the products of those inland enterprise. Camel teams played an important role in developing Australia but their contribution has largely been forgotten. Cameleers played a key role in the construction of the Overland Telegraph and developing rail link between Port Augusta and Alice Springs which became known as the Afghan Express and later the Ghan. The Ghan has emerged as a fitting legacy to the Afghan Pioneers and we hope our song brings to light a hidden history and the Afghan Cameleers, Australia’s forgotten pioneers.
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INTRODUCTION: VERSE 1: We hear the bells ring, from the Afghan camel trains Making history, But we don't know your names. CHORUS 1: Afghan Cameleers Forgotten Pioneers Afghan Cameleers Forgotten Pioneers. VERSE 2: We see the steam blow, from the desert tracks ahead Breathing life from the Afghan Express CHORUS 2: Afghan Cameleers Forgotten Pioneers Afghan Cameleers Forgotten Pioneers Yeh Yeh Yeh BRIDGE: From Kandahar to Farina, the grinding road, endless and hard. From the dunes of white to red desert Ghantowns To find a better life, Cameleers, Cameleers, Cameleers. INSTRUMENTAL: VERSE 3: In shimmering haze they stride across the land Lonely Days, brown sandals outback sand CHORUS 3: Afghan Cameleers Forgotten Pioneers Afghan Cameleers Forgotten Pioneers Yeh Yeh Yeh
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