Red Rivers's lyrics & chords

Born in Cairns and shuttled between Victoria and Queensland as a kid, Red fell upon music with a voracious hunger for its origins and its tentacles. On the way to being informed and enthusiastic he moved through his parents record collection - Johnny Cash, Bobby Goldsboro, Red Sovine, Marty Robbins, Johnny Horton and a bunch of country staples. Listening to Cash's Tennessee Two he was besotted by the guitar playing of the great Luther Perkins; listening to Horton and Robbins he was dazzled by the Nashville picking of Grady Martin. Then it a...read more