Legendary Aussie musician and singer Ross Wilson will be among a bevy of Aussie music legends when Sunset Sounds hits Torquay for a nostalgic day of non-stop hits on Saturday, April 8.
The day boasts the talents of iconic Australian hitmakers, including Ross Wilson, Daryl Braithwaite, the Black Sorrows, Russell Morris, Richard Clapton, Wendy Matthews, Eurogliders, Jack Jones, the Chantoozies and Matt Finish.
Wilson, frontman of Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock and the songwriter behind perennial Aussie hits such as Eagle Rock and Come Back Again, said the lineup made Sunset Sounds one of his favourite events.
“It’s a lot of fun and one of the great things about it is I get to hang out with some of my contemporaries, people who are in the biz with me, that I don’t necessarily see,” Wilson said.
“I have my own band and do my thing, Russel Morris has his band, he does his thing. But we’ve known each other for a long time, so it’s great to get a chance to catch up backstage.
“And it’s bang, bang, bang; we have five or six songs each and it’s just one hit after another. So it’s quite an interesting ride.
“Also, I love the Surf Coast, so I’m looking forward to being there over Easter. Bells (Beach) is just down the road, so it should be stacked with people.”
Wilson, who maintains a steady touring schedule with his own band Ross Wilson and the Peaceniks, said he’d been “making up for lost time” since the easing of the pandemic.
“I’ve been flat out; my work schedule these days is that I work really hard for 10 months, then my wife and I go off to Greece for two months,” he said.
“I’ve got some new stuff coming out, an EP in June that hearkens back to some of that earlier stuff. It’s got a good live sort of vibe and it’s pretty edgy.”
Wilson said it felt rewarding to see how much audiences still resonated with his material from the Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock days.
“Both of those bands were really, really good bands, and when we recorded we put a lot of work into crafting the songs,” he said.
“In particular, Eagle Rock and Come Back Again, and then Cool World and Come Said the Boy, they’ve stood the test of time. They still sound good when they’re played on the radio.
“And when I play them, people jump around and have a good time. That’s the ultimate test.”
