Cheers for the art of music and a special love of playing it and you never think you can get better when you have been playing for a long time, but like everything in Art one never gets to the point of not being able to learn something new, even when my 50th Anniversary of being a full time musician every time you play you always find something new to play, which is one of the greatest things in the world of creativity, Love, Barry.

A collection of blues masterpieces like "Rollin' and Tumblin' and "I can't be satisfied" as one track and a tribute to an old friend of CHAIN, Mister Muddy Waters, of who Chain did a national tour supporting the Muddy Waters Blues band and then recorded 4 tracks with 2 of the members of Muddy's band, the track on 'Child Of The Street " is called "A Tribute To Muddy Waters. " The Titled track 'Child Of The Street" is an original from CHAIN. The remaining tracks are all CHAIN originals.
1. "CHILD OF THE STREET". ( Rock feel )
2." Messages". ( A shuffle that really grooves which CHAIN are playing again on tour).
3." I don't want to be like Anyone Else ". ( A ballad and quite a big production.)
4. " Highway 31 Shuffle "( A song written about the highway between Sydney and Melbourne).
5. " More than a Man can Stand ", ( Song written in studio and a fast rocker ).
6. " The Ginza " ( A strong on feel written about the ladies of the night in the Orient ).
7. " Outrage" ( song written and played as a heavy type rock feel ).
8. " A Tribute To Muddy Waters " ( Starts with Can't be Satisfied and accellerates into Rollin' and Tumblin'
Best version of these 2 Blues classics that I have heard. The Album deserves 5 STars.

The New Orleans Suite, well some people say that American Jazz started in New Orleans and the further out guys reckon it started in Philadelphia, where John Coltrane lived. Louis Armstrong came from New Orleans and thank the Heavens that they both eventuated.
The first track on this Album would be good for Blues (Electric) Players listen to. But that is very hard to convince them to take the time to listen. The first track is A Shuffle with an unbelieveable groove, the Bass Playing is really get down and dirty and with the drums makes Ellington's Orchestra groove and it is a 12 bar blues, like most Electric Blues Players play all the time. But, Ellington has all these Masters of their instruments, perfectionists and when each player takes a solo the band changes key each time and the thing builds and buids on each Key change. What a great track. Ellington's portraits of each person mentioned on each track portrays their sound and feel perfectly. His Portrait of all the greats are spot on. One of my Favorite tracks is Blues from the Delta or the "beautiful Delta" of the Mississippi River ( spelling ok? ). When you listen to the Orchestration and the actual composition you can imagine a very peaceful river delta, he portrays everything perfectly and your imagination can take you to where or what he is writing about. This Album is a must for Jazz Fans and Rock Blues, Electric Blues and all blues players, as there really is no difference when they have the Magic Groove. TEN STARS.

Well, what can I say about this record except it has become a timeless piece of Australian music Culture and the record that opened up the way for the 'real" music bands and not the Glamour bands. It was the foresight of Michael Gudinski who started Mushroom Records because of this album, Michael saw that the Australian people wanted to get more down to earth with the music they listened to and went to see, so his wisdom caused this Album to reach no. 1 on the Album Charts. It was recorded in 1971 and because it never stopped selling, Festival-Mushroom re-released the album on 24 bit stereo in 2001 and added 3 great Chain songs to it and called the Album, "Toward the Blues Thirty Years Anniversary" Album . This record has been selling non-stop from 1971 to 2005 and never stopped in between. It is a collection of great "Feel" music and I think people will dig it forever.
Love, Lil_Goose

Well Chain, what a band when it is firing, you may say I am biased, but this band has a groove unlike any other. The Chain Line-ups over the years have been many. 35 to be exact, but that is from 1968 to 2005. I am their drummer and have been for 36 years, When Barry (big goose) Sullivan and Barry( lil goose ) Harvey joined up with Phil Manning and Warren ( the pig) Morgan. We have a farmyard of geese and a pig already. We recorded the first CHAIN Album which was called "Chain Live" with the addition of Glynn Mason, because of his Incredible Vocal power. What an Album, still the most creative Australian Album I have ever heard. The arrangements were brilliant and the solos from Phil Manning, 'The Pig" on piano, myself, ( lil goose) on drums, Big goose's unbelieveable bass playing, which is sadly missed Big Goose 1946-2003. He lasted for a long time seeing the sort of character he was. He recorded an Album with me just before he died and it was a self titled one called
"BROTHER GOOSE" and is my fave for the 21st. Century so far. It is BRILLIANT.
We lost "The Pig" to Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs after the first CHAIN Abum, but he was replaced by Australia's one and only Matthew Taylor. then we wrote "Black and Blue" which was a national hit in Australia. It was no.1 in Melbourne for 13 weeks. Michael Gudinski who was our manager at the age of 18 and stayed with us forever, not as our manager but a soul who matured into a great Human Being. He told us to Record an Album immediately after the single got to no.1. So we recorded an Album called "Toward the Blues", which holds the record in Australia as the only Album never to be taken off Record Store Displays.
We went on to 'Chain Live Again" put out by Festival Records with the same line-up as 'Chain Live" The band then went through many changes, but the Matt Taylor, Phil Manning, Lil Goose combination got back together in 1994 with a new bass player Dirk Dubois. This band is still touring now in 2005. And is FIRING, Love, Lil_Goose