Dingoes

The Dingoes are an Australian country rock band. They were initially active from 1973 to 1979, and reformed in 2009. Initially based in Melbourne, the band relocated to the United States from 1976. The most stable line-up comprised John Bois on bass guitar, John Lee on drums, Broderick Smith on vocals and harmonica, Chris Stockley on guitar, and Kerryn Tolhurst on guitar. Mal Logan (who provided keyboards on the first LP) on keyboards joined after Stockley was hospitalised when shot in the stomach by Melbourne drug-dealer, Dennis Allen, who was attempting to gate crash a party. The Dingoes' debut single, "Way Out West", was released in November 1973, and peaked in the top 40 of the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart. Subsequent singles were "Boy on the Run", "Smooth Sailing", and "Into the Night", which did not reach the top 50. They had three top 40 albums, The Dingoes in 1974, Five Times the Sun in 1977, and Orphans of the Storm in 1979.
== Links to Peel ==
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Peel discovered the band in 1975 via David Lay, an Australian listener living in Tasmania, who sent records of Australian artists to the DJ. In an article written by Peel in his column on Sounds music paper, published on 19th July 1975, he reviewed some of the Australian records that David Lay sent him, which included three songs by the Dingoes, which Peel praised their, 'Way Out West, song as very fine. He also mentioned that their 'Sydney Ladies' track is most impressive and has some Little Feat influences at times. It is not known whether Peel played any tracks from the Dingoes on his radio shows, as there are not many available tracklisting shows of 1975 on this site to confirm whether he played any of their songs on his programmes.
== Shows Played ==
* None, according to available tracklistings on this site
== External Links ==
* Wikipedia
* Discogs
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