Performance: After 30 years, Simon McCullough is returning to his roots to launch is debut solo album.
McCullough will play at The Loft on Saturday night and the Commercial Hotel in Terang on Sunday afternoon.The gigs will showcase songs from McCullough's debut album Southern Ocean Rivers. McCullough lives in Melbourne but was born and raised Warrnambool."It will be good to be back, I left Warrnambool when I was 21," McCullough said. "The title track off the album is about Warrnambool. I hadn't written a song for a few years when I wrote it so it's nice to have it as an important part of the album." McCullough describes the sound of the album as Celtic-Americana.His band for the weekend shows will included John Emry (drums), Peter O'Shea (fiddle) and Jules Fines (accordion).Support act for the shows will be Lee Morgan and Andy Alberts.The solo album is a change of direction from McCullough, who has built a reputation as a hard rock performer.In his formative years in Warrnambool, McCullough played with hard rock bands Barbarians and Talisan.McCullough was part of the Bon But Not Forgotten tribute show to Bon Scott and worked alongside Australian music heavyweights Angry Anderson and former AC/DC bass player Mark Evans.
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