"The statements that last longest are most simply put .........." JAMES BLUNDELL ARRIVES AT RING AROUND THE MOON.
It's the perspective he was able to call upon that gives Ring Around The Moon - which he describes as "The most mature and satisfying record I've ever made" - its conviction, its command and its sheen.
Two decades, nine albums, country fame, pop hits, a national top five album and ones that came nowhere near, nine Golden Guitars, an ARIA Award, songs written and recorded in Nashville, New York, Los Angeles, London and Dublin, collaborations with good earth riders and metal muthas, years as a bona-fide Queensland cattleman, the embrace of Vietnam vets, a highly visible Qantas ad, gold and platinum plaques, national recognition, exultation and disillusionment, glowing reviews and occasional indifference, a tour with Kris Kristofferson and a chin wag with Johnny Cash, uncountable shows on the road that goes on forever, wrong turns and right ...... all with his curiosity, intuition, good humour and dogged determination intact. As the Grateful Dead once sang: "What a long strange trip it's been."
