Redgum : The Long Run, live 1984

Redgum on the Don Lane Show (!) circa 1984. Line-up is John Schumann (vcls, gtr), Michael Atkinson (gtr, vcls), Verity Truman (flute, vcls), Hugh McDonald (vln, vcls), Stephen Cooney (bs,didge) and Brian Czempinski (drums).
This is a full band version of the song that appeared in acoustic form on the Virgin Ground LP a few years earlier.

[@42dmisso]

In the years when so many vocalists wanted to sound like Americans, John Schumann sang with a proudly Australian voice. I first heard Redgum when I returned to Aus after 20 yrs in the UK and they brought nostalgic tears to my eyes (much to the disgust of my New Romantic friends!) I'm revisiting them on iTunes. They still have the same effect. Maybe because I'm now a 70 y.o. maudlin fart.

[@abiosian7176]

How are you today David?

[@scottypersia5715]

It is so beautiful.

[@jozefward8433]

Speaking as a sixteen year old "next generation" new romantic I can proudly say that Redgum's music is fantastic. There is always room for folk music!

[@geigermulleryoutubescience1973]

I know, they have an unapologetic aussie accent that makes a truly unique listening experience. Legends.

[@carolynbrightfield8911]

This 70 year old agrees

[@daveholmes2725]

how many times can I watch this classic Aussie band before I cant watch them any more over, 40 years and counting

[@MarchKatze]

love from the US. refreshing to hear folk in a strong Aussie accent. Been a fan of goanna and redgum for a bit now and they got me through some tough times. Both bands, even if from the other side of the world from me, really emphasize fighting for what is right. Sounds cheesy but their love of nature, emphasis on peace, and the problems of failed dreams all reverberate through their songs.

[@stuarthickson6103]

we need a band like this in 2023

[@karenmalovani5507]

This has been my ringtone for years. Happy memories of an Aussie boyfriend long long time ago.

[@darrenmcdonald5373]

You should call him see how he is doing 👍

[@karenmalovani5507]

@@darrenmcdonald5373 we're friends on FB!!! Lol

[@Faxy95]

@@karenmalovani5507 yay :)

[@ChickenatorJr]

Drummer on this song Brian Czempinskiwas my drum teacher in high school he is amazing. He also was the first teacher of drumming legend Virgil Donati

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

What a distinctive voice John has. One of Redgums best songs.

[@robertgoetz2678]

I learned to appreciare redgum when i was hitch hiking through austrailia in 1988. Brings back wonderful memories!!!

[@markryan5493]

I still say to myself at 7 on a monday morning when making my coffee, better make it it a strong one.

[@LunarEclipse737]

I grew up on this!!

[@danhemming6624]

My Childhood and my Teen years remembered! LOVE this stuff. Bushwackers too!

[@garybakker8515]

Brilliant. Second non-joke Aussie accent in pop/rock/folk music, after Dave Warner. Best concert was at Canberry Fair in 1982 when they were onstage with the Bushwackers. Redgum lyrics with Bushwackers' musicality!!

[@TheBuchstar]

Australia remembers happier days. Got that straight Jonny & Hughy

[@davidfox6725]

What a fantastic song

[@garryshort6740]

Love this 2023

[@budthebusker]

Missing my Friend Hugh. Redgum were my Hero's!!!

[@malcolmneate5852]

I miss these days

[@ObeseVampire]

Eat your heart out Midnight oil fans, these guys were so much better. Wish they'd do another tour

[@GilesConradWatson]

Brilliant! It's great to see this again after all these years!

[@russelldobson8470]

RIP Hugh. I think "Working girls" was their best song. Saw them live many times in the 80s. Great days

[@paulmorris4283]

Keep saying this to myself "It'll be alright in the long run."

[@AJonVolk]

the drummer of this band is my teacher now lost a bit of hair lol

[@friternator70]

Australians look at what's happening to our country, it won't be "alright in the long run" if we don't stand up for ourselves and stop the rot that's setting in.

[@lonewolf-vd9jj]

7 years and it's still SNAFU.

[@mushroomdew]

Still LNP government selling us out from underneath ourselves...

[@scottypersia5715]

Have another beer Mark, she'll be right.

[@zambonibob2026]

Mad love from the USA, hold tight brother, fight on!

[@commissarvigil4806]

Let it rot.

[@somethingelse4878]

My wakeup song Watched Danger close and 19 hit me so hard i found Redgum

[@YankeeRhoad]

This is great !!!

[@stormboy1517]

i remember watching this on the tv.

[@69100leegrant]

Ahh John Shumann. To make politics acceptable in music was one thing but to make it entertaining and engaging was another. Get involved positively and, productively and there is no going back.

[@neuregel]

Love it! just got turned on to these guys

[@KCBill13]

It is more important now than it has ever been...

[@billquinn9095]

Scarily apt 34 years and more later. :'(

[@RodneyRivers-mx2qi]

Red gum are the. Best from. Rodney Rivers Mittagong nsw Australia

[@neillickfold]

We used to have this as a demo on a 45 for radio stations.

[@damianread2490]

a good voice.

[@reardonville]

The GUM great 80's .I saw them in the late 70s and early 80s. It will be ok in the long run.

[@Paulman50]

reardonville , I saw them at Airs Rock in concert packed into a small tavern, would have been 1983 or 4. Still play their music, so good.

[@louisdevilliers1705]

Sadly, since then, "We've taken some right turns They've been the wrong ones" I'm waiting desperately impatiently for the long run when it'll be all right.

[@purplezain]

great tight band, they look pumped to..

[@dabelstein]

great song!! john is stil ldoing this with Hugh now....

[@CatsandCircles]

gold

[@annemacpherson916]

No enough red gum 4 me my life is at an end now life sucks then we die

[@andeejam]

Classic

[@robertflett959]

I love Redgum .. from way back in the day .Adelaide .. What about the song Ted

[@paulmorris4283]

Buried in a paupers grave he lived and died alone.

[@brahminy1]

@efcstoo Nice comment. I grew up listening to them and thinking this way also! Now so many things have changed but it's funny how it's all still the same! I listened to them again yesterday riding home from work and thought we really need another injection of this sort of music again today! The injustice and corruption seem to be growing but the kids need music that tells them it aint right.

[@bobdown8043]

Filmed on dodgy ABC provided trampolines.

[@DanielKellyFolkMusic]

Ha Ha, I was going to say that is why drummers are supposed to be on a platform.

[@druslocallawncare109]

Well maybe it won’t be alright in the long run but as the lyrics say kiss ya kids goodnight cause u hope it’ll be alright in the long run

[@garryshort6740]

❤

[@Meandgenevieve]

Is this good? We saw the Gum 30 or 40 times, they were our band. Best Aussie band ever. Triffids, Go Betweens, The Church and Tactics come in just after.

[@steventaylor5283]

REDGUM POWER

[@ardizc]

very best

[@RollsRoyceFanatics]

This is when Oz had an identity. it's lost now

[@jmik5057]

agree the Australia we knew is lost

[@AJWRAJWR]

Our governments undermined our shared identity when they imposed this socially engineered 'multiculturalism' ideology upon us. It's not like we had a vote or a say on it either. It's been imposed.

[@69100leegrant]

Not so equal and not so free. Lookout!

[@sthnwatch]

Check John's eye's out at 2:31. He's wacked as! Yeah I'm just a bit envious that's all. Good on 'im! God bless Redgum, I love 'em. Top Aussie band. The last pioneers of folk that opened the way for Aussie Rock, Aussie Hip-Hop and the rest of the successful stuff.

[@gothiccloverr]

Anzac wave

[@peteredawson]

@efcstoo Redgum were fantastic at combining folk/rock with politics, and had a huge following in the Uni circuit as a result. No-one would dare mention then Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Peterson ("Letter To BJ" off their first album), but they did. Sadly all their original albums are not available on CD, as the only discs are the live "Caught In The Act" and "Anthology" double. I rang John Schuman several years ago to ask, but he didn't hold out much hope of them coming out on CD. It's a shame.

[@DanielKellyFolkMusic]

All up on Spotify now, thankfully.

[@momadtempo3146]

Regards to Bathurst 🥰👍🏻😂😂😁

[@tony999Melb]

@pippinturner Yep...good point. Sounds like they were made to be played together.

[@JammaOG]

let it happern

[@Sulahtla]

@peteredawson Brown Rice and Kerosene is available on CD, mate.

[@bris2world]

All the mics and gear are wobbling!! What are they playing on? A mattress?

[@BrianFStevenson]

Keep the faith, Australia. 'Troop ships leave and the headlines blaze 'Australia remembers happier days' ' - how prescient was that??

[@RodneyRivers-mx2qi]

Red gum sing Al l the best song s From Rodney Rivers Mittagong nsw nAustralia

[@VeggiePower303]

How long is that......?

[@zymonukizac]

i spongebob shuffled to this

[@PTPavlos]

Almost unseated Alexander Downer once.

[@mattbox87]

Our nation cries for a contemporary... Please someone point me to an active outfit doing it so I can get behind them!

[@mikeperth8027]

Australia, we have a ways to go!

[@donnajohnson9324]

I have the records

[@tony999Melb]

So, since Redgum, what quality band has Australia produced? (the Oils notwithstanding)

[@connorwaud6134]

Bit late but hilltop hoods is the stuff

[@stavros34]

love the song not the band and what they stand for

[@1Dr1nkb33r]

@tony999Melb cold chisel for one..

[@manicthrasher]

The stage seems to be of shonky construction... microphone stands keep swinging... would have been annoying to sing into.

[@Consumerify]

John is skinny