‘The Drifters’ sculpture and photo by Clancy Warner
Watershed
Watershed is StoneHutt's debut album
The album casts a wide creative net across musical genres and styles. The songs are filled with stories that reflect our place and time - songs of the challenges, celebrations, struggles, and simple joys of life.
Watershed was produced by ARIA award winning guru Matt Fell, and recorded at Wilder Studios in Tasmania - overseen by a misty mountain, under the brightest night sky – and mastered by Grammy Award winner William Bowden.
The players
- David Vaughan – vocals, percussion
- Verity Sanders – vocals, saxophone, percussion
- Gary Baker – guitars
- Alan Richardson – bass guitar, vocals
- Brian Hales – guitars
- With honorary StoneHutters Matt Fell – guitars, keys, percussion and Josh Schuberth – drums, percussion
Track 1 Water and Stone (Sanders)
Bidjigal man Pemulwuy, known as the 'rainbow warrior’ lived in Kamay (Botany Bay) and was assassinated in 1802 by European settlers for his resistance to colonisation. With nearby tribes, he fought the takeover of his country for many years, and at great cost. As part of our shared history, we can all witness his community’s courage and pride
Track 2 Together alone (Richardson)
A home and safe shelter is a human right – this song follows a young person’s struggle to survive on the streets, the loss of family, and the support of others that keep him going. A reflection of loneliness, hardship and disconnection that afflicts so many
Track 3 Little Bit (Vaughan)
A love song, and a poem to the simple pleasures and care that keep our hearts above water
Track 4 Embers (Sanders / Simpson)
A woman who sees the wonders of the natural world through the eyes of an artist, and tries to come to terms with the ongoing loss of a precious landscape
Track 5 Dusty Road (Baker)
Country-esque tune - sage observations and realities along the corrugated roads of life
Track 6 Killing Time (Hales)
The numb despair and loneliness of a life on the edge, without purpose or a place to belong, and a plea to not be judged
Track 7 Promises (Sanders)
Disillusionment about the coastal place that he loved to explore and surf as a boy, before it was replaced with high rise, false gold, and broken promises
Track 8 Clear Air (Vaughan)
“We can share, we can give, we can love, we can live, we can rise up above” – a shared celebration of all that’s positive in our lives. All the hope we can muster
Track 9 Blue Train Blues (Richardson)
The age-old tale of the traveler, escaping and enjoying the freedom of life on the tracks - itinerant love and escape, aided by trains
Track 10 Wildo Wodli Home of the wedge-tailed eagle (Sanders)
An ancient tree sings about a special place where a heritage woodland is thriving in the care of the community. The song invites us to listen and know our country, and celebrates a sense of place and belonging
Wilder Studios (in the trees)
