What started off as a casually recorded folk song became a foundational entry in the Australian songbook.
— that Carmody's eyes were first opened to music, thanks to a battery wireless radio.
"And the quietness. You could hear the cows breathing, idle horses moving with the bells and the hobbles on.Carmody has been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and the National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame. He has written some of the great entries into Australia's folk song canon, including Thou Shalt Not Steal, Cannot Buy My Soul and, of course, From Little Things Big Things Grow, co-written with singer-songwriter Paul Kelly.Carmody remembers Kelly getting in touch with him following the release of his 1988 album, Pillars of Society.
A chord progression started to come together, and although Carmody didn't think it was particularly exciting, he saysThat story struck Carmody almost immediately.The story of the Gurindji Walk-Off at Wave Hill Station entered Carmody's mind that night at the campfire with Kelly. As well as protesting against their poor working conditions and pay, the Gurindji strikers sought the return of their traditional lands."We had an old dry cell battery, we'd run the cord up the tree. Mum used to get the back of the truck and put it down on 44-gallon drums, and that was our table. And she said, 'I just heard on ABC Radio News that Gurindji mob just walked off Vestey's station'," he recalls.
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