FIRESTONE: TONCHI McINTOSH & ANDREW HULL

This album is the first to come from a project in collaboration with Bourke writer Andrew Hull. The "River Roads" project aims to tell the story of the Western NSW region and in doing so, preserve and promote the people and places that characterise this remote but beautiful part of Australia. The album tells the Irish / Australian pioneering story of Mary Divine and Thomas Mathews and the founding of the town of Louth in Western NSW in the late 1800's . It is an amazing story that captures the spirit of the the west and explains the mystery of a glowing celtic cross that reflects the sun in a magnificent halo to this day.

"A glowing granite cross in a remote river township, a woman transplanted from the soft green of Ireland to her husband¹s fledgling township in Australia, the dying days of the paddle steamer trade these are just some of the stories gathered and translated into song by Tonchi McIntosh and Andrew Hull on the CD Fire Stone. Tonchi and Andrew, friends since primary school, decided to pool their musical, writing and research skills in a trip up the Darling River, stopping off in townships, properties and pubs along the way to collect local stories they could work into poems and songs."
Jan Nary, Trad&Now, Dec 2004

Andrew Hull - Bass, Vocal
Tonchi McIntosh - Guitars, keys, Vocals
Mark Wenitong - Guitars
Paul Thomas - Pedal Steel
Rob Gray - Harps
Dorian West - Horny Horn, La Bafoonic lap Steel
Herb Patten - Gum Leaf
Cam Goold - Drums, Percussion, Keys, Programming, Noises, Clap Sticks, Tools

All songs written by Tonchi McIntosh & Andrew Hull
© 2002 Tonchi McIntosh & Andrew Hull

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