Russell Morris pays homage to Les Darcy

By Nick Milligan
March 21 2013 - 3:15pm
HOMAGE: On his new album Sharkmouth, Russell Morris pays his respects to colourful icons from Australia's history.
HOMAGE: On his new album Sharkmouth, Russell Morris pays his respects to colourful icons from Australia's history.
CHAMPION: Les Darcy has been paid tribute in Russell Morris' song 'The Ballad of Les Darcy'.
CHAMPION: Les Darcy has been paid tribute in Russell Morris' song 'The Ballad of Les Darcy'.

Though he may be best known for era-defining psychedelic rock songs like The Real Thing, Mr. America and Wings of an Eagle, Russell Morris has returned to his earliest musical style – the blues. On his new record Sharkmouth, Morris evokes a tradi­tional and minimal blues sound to tell the stories of some of the colourful characters in Australia’s history. On The Ballad of Les Darcy Morris, a long-time boxing fan, tells the story of Maitland’s heroic ­champion. 

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