PAUL KELLY & CHARLIE OWEN ANNOUNCE DEATH’S DATELESS NIGHT ALBUM & unique HEAVENLY SOUNDS TOUR

PAUL KELLY & CHARLIE OWEN ANNOUNCE DEATH’S DATELESS NIGHT ALBUM & unique HEAVENLY SOUNDS TOUR

LETTER FROM PAUL KELLY:
“Now can I drown an eye unused to flow For precious friends hid in death’s dateless night” – Sonnet 30 – William Shakespeare

Charlie and I had talked over the years about making a record together but had never got around to it. Driving to a friend’s funeral last year and discussing the songs we’d played at other such occasions, separately and together, finally gave us our frame. Songs mostly written by others – Cole Porter, Townes Van Zandt, Leonard Cohen, Hank Williams, Lennon/McCartney – and some traditional.

We enlisted J Walker with whom I’d worked with previously on ‘Spring and Fall’ to engineer and co-produce the recording, taking over Charlie’s house at Arthurs Seat for a week at the end of February. We kept the sound live and sparse, just the two of us, except for the occasional vocal by family members – my sister Mary Jo and my daughters Maddy and Memphis.

I stuck to singing and playing acoustic guitar. Charlie was the swing man, playing dobro, lap steel, electric guitar, synthesizer and piano. I managed to talk him into singing some harmonies too.

It’s interesting to look at the kinds of songs people request at funerals. They’re not always sad, of course. They tend towards the philosophical, wide and deep in scope.

Paul Kelly, Aug 24, 2016

Paul Kelly and Charlie Owen will perform ‘Death’s Dateless Night’, their unique album of funeral songs, under the HEAVENLY SOUNDS banner with intimate performances in churches and cathedrals around the country in November and December this year.

PAUL KELLY & CHARLIE OWEN – DEATH’S DATELESS NIGHT

Heavenly Sounds Tour Dates:
With Special Guests Sweet Jean (not appearing in Adelaide)
Times: Doors 6:30pm // Sweet Jean 7:30pm // Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen 8:30pm

Thursday November 17 – St Stephen’s Uniting Church, Sydney NSW
Friday November 18 – St Stephen’s Uniting Church, Sydney NSW
Tuesday November 22 – St David’s Cathedral, Hobart TAS
Wednesday November 23 – St Michael’s Uniting Church, Melbourne VIC
Friday November 25 – Queenscliffe Music Festival QLD
Tuesday November 29 – St Joseph’s Church, Perth, WA
Wednesday November 30 – St Joseph’s Church, Perth, WA
Saturday December 3 – Flinders Street Baptist Church, Adelaide SA
Friday December 9 – St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane QLD
Saturday December 10 – St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane QLD
Wednesday December 14 – Darwin Entertainment Centre, NT
Friday December 16 – Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill

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