Mates on the Road

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Mates on the Road
Mates on the Road by John Williamson CD.jpg
Live album by
Released23 February 2004
RecordedJuly 2003
Label EMI Music
John Williamson albums chronology
True Blue Two
(2003)
Mates on the Road
(2004)
From Bulldust to Bitumen: 20 Queensland Songs
(2005)

Mates on the Road is a live album by Australian country music artist John Williamson with fiddle player Pixie Jenkins and country music singer Warren H. Williams. [1] The album was recorded during the True Blue Reunion tour in support on the 2003 album True Blue Two . [2] The album was released on 2xCD and on DVD in February 2004.

Contents

Track listing

CD 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mallee Boy"John Williamson3:28
2."Dear Little Quambatook"Williamson3:33
3."Chook Routine"Williamson1:16
4."It Goes Without Saying" 3:17
5."Cracker Night" 2:56
6."Flower on the Water" 3:16
7."Forty Years Ago" 3:38
8."Hawkesbury River Lovin'"Williamson4:07
9."The Flight of the Blowfly" 1:55
10."Boomerang Café"Williamson3:45
11."Buried in Her Bedclothes" 3:47
12."You and My Guitar"Williamson2:49
13."Galleries of Pink Galahs"Williamson4:01
14."Cootamundra Wattle"Williamson4:09
CD 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Old Man Emu"Williamson3:50
2."Teach Me to Drive, Dad" (with Warren H. Williams)Williamson5:14
3."Cape York Peninsula"Williamson3:47
4."Crocodile Roll"Williamson3:12
5."Wrinkles" 4:58
6."Diamantina Drover"Hugh McDonald3:09
7."Amazing Day"Williamson2:53
8."Three Sons" 3:35
9."Keeper of the Stones" 4:20
10."A Thousand Feet" (with Warren H. Williams) 2:55
11."What a Place" (with Warren H. Williams) 2:49
12."Raining on the Rock" (with Warren H. Williams, Pixie Jenkins)Williamson4:36
13."Chain Around My Ankle" 1:11
14."I Can't Feel Those Chains Any Longer" 2:13
15."Diggers of the ANZAC"Williamson3:05
16."Waltzing Matilda" Banjo Patterson 4:02
17."A Number On My Back" (with Warren H. Williams, Pixie Jenkins) 3:38
18."True Blue"Williamson4:15
19."A Bushman Can't Survive"Williamson3:50
20."Glory to Australia" 3:00
21."Mates On the Road" (with Warren H. Williams, Pixie Jenkins) 2:44

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts) Albums [1] 98
Australian Country (ARIA) Albums [1] 6
Australian (ARIA) Top 40 DVD [1] 18

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia23 February 2004 [3] EMI Music 5981832
Australia23 February 2004
EMI Music
Australia11 July 2014 [4]
Warner Music Australia 5419625852

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References

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