1965 by Bill Jackson

ABOUT ‘1965’: LINER NOTES
1965 was the year of my musical awakening, coinciding with what some would describe as a watershed and revolutionary year in music. Everyone got a licence to write, inspired by the creative output of artists like The Byrds, Dylan, The Stones, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, the Bakersfield and Nashville sounds, Motown – the list goes on. Pop became Rock and Roll and accelerated the drive for personal freedom. My life would never be the same as I launched into my first chords on guitar. I also started writing not long after that and here I am…
‘I had a dream last night it was the strangest thing
Chapter by chapter it drew me in
New York city 1965
With beatniks and hipsters in a West Side dive’
Songs and writing - different children, same kin. Sometimes it takes a muse, sometimes it takes a drink or a moment or forever. Most of the time it just takes hard thinking and hoping that the magic will arrive and that it pleases you. That last song you wrote. It always feels like your last but deep down inside you just keep writing. It’s what you do.
Ten new songs – simple little folk songs but the layers will go as deep as you are willing to peel them back. Most are new and most are collaborations with Ross Jackson and Kerryn Tolhurst. Ah Ross the lyricist. Kerryn pushing me into landscapes I had never imagined and the reason this record sounds different and why each song sounds different to the one before it - why you can maybe live more inside these tunes than inside anything else I’ve ever done before - karma, love, war, aging, promises, brotherhood, cold beds, lost love, traveling and so on.

And then there are the sounds of the beautiful musicians Kerryn called on for this record who each gave some part of their soul to these songs. And then the jigsaw puzzle finally becomes an image. And then you give that image to the world and hope, like every parent, that it finds its own community and love. I love this record and I hope you do as well. In so many ways I have come the full circle since 1965 – Bill Jackson (2023)

Engineered and Mixed by Kerryn Tolhurst in Melbourne, Australia
Mastered by Adam Dempsey
Produced by Kerryn Tolhurst
(c) 2023 billjacksonmusic

Tracklist

1.	Precious Cargo	4:32

2.	My Ramblin' is Through	2:38

3.	Stone Cold Side of the Bed	4:48

4.	How I Feel	4:12

5.	A Diamond Always Shines	4:25

6.	Boots of American Snakeskin	4:01

7.	Hong Kong	3:57

8.	Hell or High Water	4:14

9.	Lonesome Rider	4:17

10.	Who Wins Wars	5:18

11.	She Does it All With Her Eyes (Bonus Track)	4:07

Credits

released November 1, 2023

CREDITS:

1. PRECIOUS CARGO (M.Gayden/K.Tolhurst/B.Jackson)
Bill Jackson – Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Harmonica/Backing Vocals
Kerryn Tolhurst – Mandolin/Electric Guitar/Resophonic Guitar/Keys
Simon Bruce – Backing Vocals
Ruth Hazleton – Banjo
James Gillard - Bass
Andrew Swann - Percussion

2. MY RAMBLIN’ IS THROUGH (R.Jackson/K.Tolhurst)
Bill Jackson – Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Backing Vocals
Kerryn Tolhurst – Electric Guitar/Mandolin
Simon Bruce – Backing Vocals
Stephen Hadley - Bass
Andrew Swann – Drums

3. STONE COLD SIDE OF THE BED (B.Jackson/R.Jackson)
Bill Jackson – Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Harmonica/Backing Vocals
Kerryn Tolhurst – Electric Guitar
Garrett Costigan – Pedal Steel
James Gillard – Bass
Andrew Swann - Drums

4. HOW I FEEL (B.Jackson/K.Tolhurst/R.Jackson)
Bill Jackson – Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Backing Vocals
Kerryn Tolhurst – Electric Guitar
Chris Copping – Hammond Organ
John Flanagan, Rory Boast – Backing Vocals
John Bois - Bass
Scotty Martin - Drums

5. A DIAMOND ALWAYS SHINES (B.Jackson/R.Jackson)
Bill Jackson – Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Nylon String Guitar
Kerryn Tolhurst – Lap Steel/Keys

6. BOOTS OF AMERICAN SNAKESKIN (B.Jackson/R.Jackson)
Bill Jackson – Vocals/Resophonic Guitar/Backing Vocals
Kerryn Tolhurst – Electric Guitar/Lap Steel/Backing Vocals
John Bois - Bass
Scotty Martin - Drums

7. HONG KONG ((B.Jackson/K.Tolhurst/R.Jackson)
Bill Jackson – Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Backing Vocals
Kerryn Tolhurst – Electric Guitar
Simon Bruce - Backing Vocals
James Gillard – Bass
Andrew Swann - Drums

8. HELL OR HIGH WATER (R.Jackson/K.Tolhurst)
Bill Jackson – Vocals
Kerryn Tolhurst – Electric Guitar/Lap Steel
Ken Howden – Rhodes Piano
Simon Bruce, Robert Price, Andrew Swann – Backing Vocals
Stephen Hadley – Bass
Andrew Swann - Drums

9. LONESOME RIDER (B.Jackson/R.Jackson)
Bill Jackson – Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Harmonica
Kerryn Tolhurst – Electric Guitar
Terry Dean – 12 String Guitar
Chris Copping – Hammond Organ
Rory Boast, John Flanagan, Bill Jackson – Backing Vocals
John Bois - Bass
Scotty Martin - Drums

10. WHO WINS WARS (B.Jackson/K.Tolhurst/R.Jackson)
Bill Jackson – Vocals/Acoustic Guitar
Kerryn Tolhurst – Mandolin/Acoustic Guitar/Keys
Stephen Hadley – Bass
Scotty Martin - Percussion

11. SHE DOES IT ALL WITH HER EYES (D.Olney/G.Owen) - OUTTAKE
Bill Jackson - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar
Kerryn Tolhurst - Electric Guitar
Stephen Hadley - Bass
Scotty Martin - Drums
Anne McCue - Backing Vocals

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