Ross Wilson Rocking All The Way to California

This story is just too cool. Apparently Aussie legend Ross Wilson has been invited to the Eagle Rock Music Festival in Eagle Rock, California. No prizes for guessing what they’ve asked him to sing.

Ross may have written this classic rock track 38 years ago, but it’s never really gone away. It was an Aussie number one in 1971, and it hit the top 20 again in 1982. More recently Ross assumed the alias of King Mondo and recorded the song with The Wiggles.

It’s popped up again on Ross’ latest album Tributary. In an unlikely twist Ross has decided to give the song a 1908 feel in an attempt to capture what it may have sounded if it were written 100 years ago. That certainly sounds interesting!

Tributary is part of the very cool Liberation acoustic series. It hits stores today and features new takes on Ross’s solo hits, Daddy Cool classics, and Mondo Rock gems.

Of course I have to leave you with a bit of “Eagle Rock.” Here’s the man himself performing an African-inspired version of this monster hit on John Safran’s Musical Jamboree.