James Reyne dips back into the Crawl File
James Reyne is dipping back into the Crawl File, hitting the road to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Australian Crawl’s first greatest hits collection. The national tour includes shows at Freo.Social on Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28.
To coincide with the tour, Crawl File has been reissued on vinyl by Universal Music, and is on sale now.
Crawl File plays like a classic gig, opening with the band’s debut single, Beautiful People, and closing with their most popular live song, The Boys Light Up. In between are some of the most-loved Australian songs of all time, including Reckless, Errol, Oh No Not You Again, Downhearted and more.
Crawl File was the biggest Australian best-of of 1984, hitting #2 on the charts. The best-of capped a bittersweet year for James Reyne and Australian Crawl. The band sponsored 1984’s Bells Beach Surf Classic, James Reyne won a Logie for Most Popular New Talent following his starring role in the hit mini-series Return To Eden, Australian Crawl won Most Popular Group at the Countdown Rock Awards, but then the band was rocked by the death of Guy McDonough and a planned US tour was cancelled.
“It was all a long time ago,” said Reyne upon announcing the tour and reissue. “Sometimes I feel like it was another person who lived that life. But I’m still making music and I’m still on the road. Australian Crawl was a great apprenticeship.”
James Reyne will be joined by an eight-piece band for the tour, including guitarists Brett Kingman and Josh Owen, bassist Andy McIvor, with Sean Johnson on keys, drummer John Watson (who was part of Australian Crawl with Reyne) and backing singers Melinda Jackson and Nicky Kurta.
James Reyne plays Freo.Social on Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28, 2024. Tickets are on sale now from moshtix.com.au