Graham Reid | | 3 min read
Living in a Town
Australian duo Busby Marou – Tom Busby and Jeremy Marou – are the breezy sound of summer. So much so that they hosted their own One Hot Night festival in Queensland.
They've been to New Zealand before (supporting James Blunt) but for their brief return – see dates below – they team up with our own golden summer girl Jamie McDell. They might also be familiar to those who have the Finn brothers tribute album He Will Have His Way for which they covered Better Be Home Soon and were at the time the only unsigned act on the collection.
They come now on the back of an enormously successful year in Australia.
Their third album Postcards from the Shell House released a year ago went to number one across the Tasman and their song Days of Gold has been selected as the theme for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Their thoughtful acoustic music has hit the spot for a lot of people so we thought it timely to invite Jeremy Marou – who is of Torrres Strait Islander heritage – to answer one of our questionnaires . . .
The first piece of music which really
affected you was . . .
A few nice church songs through
Hillsong.
Your first (possibly embarrassing) role
models in music were . . .
My father... he was a great role
model.
Lennon or Jagger, Ramones or Nirvana, Madonna or
Gaga, Jacko or Jay-Z?
Lennon, Nirvana, Madonna, JZ
If music was
denied you, your other career choice would be . . .
A
fisherman
The three songs (yours, or by others) you would love
everyone to hear are . . .
Old Man's Gone - Brad Butcher
I
Could Die Looking At You - Jordie Lane
Baby I'm A Car Crash
- Starry Field
Any interesting, valuable or just plain
strange musical memorabilia at home...
Nope. I have four young
children anything valuable on the walls is out of the question.
The
best book on music or musicians you have read is . . .
I actually
haven't read any book on musicians or music really.
If you
could get on stage with anyone it would be?
John Mayer
The
three films you'd insist anybody watch because they might understand
you better are . . .
Fraction
Braveheart
Troy
The
last CD or vinyl album you bought was . . . (And your most
recent downloads include...)
A Tale of Two Frogs - children's
short stories (for my kids). But before that an EP called Deciduous*
by a fantastic Melbourne artist called Andie
One song, royalties
for life, never have to work again. The song by anyone, yourself
included, which wouldn't embarrass you in that case would be . .
.
Don McLean, American Pie
The poster, album cover or piece of
art could you live with on your bedroom forever would be . .
.
Anything without humans on it.
You are allowed just one
tattoo, and it is of . . .
A shark
David Bowie sang, “Five years, that's all we've got . . .” You would spend them where and doing what?
On Great Keppel Island fishing with mates.
And finally, in the nature of press conferences in
Japan, “Can you tell me please why this is your best album
ever?”
Because I believe our best work - We have both matured
overall as musicians. Toms song writing and his work with co-writers
on the tracks are at there very best.
Busby Marou dates (with Jamie McDell)
February 8, Caroline, Wellington
February 9, The Tuning Fork, Auckland
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