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Profile Of Folk Musician Alistair Hulett (Part One Of Three)
Alistair Hulett came into this world in Glasgow and discovered traditional music in his early teens. In 1968 he and his family group moved to New Zealand where he established a good reputation on the folk circuit with his sizable repertoire of tunes and his interpretation of the big narrative ballads. He is widely thought of as an example of Scotlands’ best contemporary political songwriters, known in particular for his protest songs.
In 1971, at the age of eighteen, Alistair moved over to Australia where he had the opportunity to meet up with several other writers of protest songs. For several years he sang his way all-around Australia’s festivals not to mention clubs. During this period he started to compose his own music and, after having a two-year stint on the “hippy trail” in The indian subcontinent, he returned to Australia in nineteen seventy nine to find the punk movement in full swing. He joined in with the garage ethos in a group called The Furious Chrome Dolls. On top of this Alistair commenced playing round the Sydney bars with a bluegrass mandolin player from Virginia USA named HUNTER OWENS. Their duo Galliard initially developed the combination of Celtic music with rockabilly/bluegrass tempos that ultimately characterised the very early ROARING JACK. Of course Hunter had been a founding member of Roaring Jack together with Alistair, although quit in 1986 to be supplanted by STEPH MILLER.
For the following five years the Jack?s punk/rockabilly take on Celtic folk created a startling impact upon the Australian music world. Their first album, “Street Celtabillity”, was released in 1986 and reached No.1 on the local Indie charts. By the point the next album, “The Cat Among The Pigeons” was released in 1988 the group were headlining in main Australian rock venues coupled with opening for foreign acts for instance BILLY BRAGG, THE POGUES and THE MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG.
Alistair died after a short illness in January 2010. He had been a vocalist, songwriter, international socialist and revolutionary. A kind, gentle person who had been devoted to fighting to get a better world; a world in line with the principles of justice, equality, love and respect for all of the human race. The world was a much better place for knowing him and is a sadder place for his loss. He leaves a splendid legacy in his music and songs which can continue to bring inspiration to many who, just like him, believed a much better world is achieveable.
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