The Music Projects
Town On A Western Plain; EP
This is the title of an album planned down the track, about 4th in line, the title coming from a line in the track "Too Far Away". However
the 'title track' has been recorded in part for the purpose of the songs used in the series
of music tuition books. Hence it is proposed to release this track, along with other
'introductory' tracks from other albums due to be released, on this EP aimed at the country
music market.
Too Far Away (3:25);
Take It From Here (4:00);
Times Have Changed It All (3:26);
Just A Tune (4:59);
Back In My Own Backyard (4:23);
Too Far Away (acoustic version) (3:27)
The story behind the song:-
Too Far Away
This song like many was written in an airplane, this time travelling from Brisbane
to Adelaide. The flight path often goes right over my old stamping ground of the Sunraysia
district on the Murray River in northern Victoria, Australia. But this day was very cloudy
and as we headed south-west I was unable to see anything below that indicated where we
might be. Briefly through a break in the clouds I saw a small town but could not identify
it as somewhere I knew. My chances of finding the Murray River and my hometown of
Robinvale were dissappearing fast as it got darker and hence the song just started playing
in my head. Of course there was always a pen and paper handy when flying for just such a
circumstance and it didn't take long to finish a substantial portion of the song I
finished up with.
The farm I grew up on. I have no regrets of leaving, but I love to go back now and again.
The 1956 flood surrounded our house and we had to come and go by boat. I don't remember, I was just 2.
My mother is standing next to Dad's other pride and joy of the time, his Nash, do not ask me what year it was.
 
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