TWENTY-five years after he busted out of the garage and into the Australian psyche, Diesel fans will be able to hear the songs that made the man when he heads around the country on a solo tour.
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Diesel’s Pieces Of Americana tour will serve as an introduction to his upcoming album by the same name, to be released mid-year.
Throughout the tour to Australia’s regional hot spots, which will include a stop in Nelson Bay in May, Diesel will be paying tribute to the artists that influenced his own musical career.
“It’s such a broad term, Americana – it means different things to different people,” Diesel said.
“From moving out here from America, then moving back and forth again I wonder if I would have as much fascination and love for American music if I had just stayed in America all my life and never made it out to Australia? It’s safe to say I probably wouldn’t.”
The music may be American, but Diesel will approach it the only way he knows how.
“It’s very Australian what I’m doing,” he said. “That mongrel thing, taking music – whether it’s from England or America – then crossing things over.
“We’re not scared of mixing things up here and breaking the rules.
“Never have been.”
He will also be performing some of his greatest hits, which will serve as a look back on the path that led him to today: eight studio albums, two of them number one hits on the ARIA chart – Hepfidelity in 1992 and The Lobbyist in 1993 – and six ARIA Awards.
Pieces Of Americana will be Diesel’s 12th album. It comes three years after his last, Let It Fly.
Diesel will perform at Wests Nelson Bay Diggers on Friday, May 13.
Tickets to see Diesel, from westsnewcastle.com.au or by phoning 4981 1344, will cost $40 for Diggers members and $45 for non-members.
The Examiner has one double pass, containing two general admission tickets, to give away to the Nelson Bay show, which will start at 8pm.
To win the Examiner’s tickets to see Diesel, send your name and daytime contact number in an email titled “Diesel” to ewatts@fairfaxmedia.com.au. The winner will be notified by 5pm on Wednesday, May 4.
