Since this is the last one of 2024, thought it might be nice to finish it before the year ends....
My introduction to this week's tune came about because of a good review in Rolling Stone. I took a chance on a new artist, and it paid off as I really enjoyed listening to her album and our song of the week became an all-time fave. As an added bonus, I eventually learned how to play it on my guitar, making me quite the musical maven...or not.
Kasey Chambers, who incidentally just happens to have the same birthday as me (though considerably younger), has had quite the career in her native Australia. At the ripe old age of sixteen, she began playing with her parents and her older brother in the Dead Ringer Band (so-called because many people noted the children bore striking resemblances to their parents) before embarking on a solo career in 1998. Over the course of the last twenty-six years, Chambers has had numerous hits, toured regularly, performed with a Who's Who of Australian music, won fourteen ARIA Music Awards, and written three books. She also gets bonus points in my book for playing the banjo in addition to the guitar--a dual threat. Along the way she had three children, two broken relationships, a miscarriage, an eating disorder, and a nervous breakdown. Still, she's come out on the other side, and credits music for helping her to rebuild her life. For her career, Chambers has released thirteen studio albums (five #1's in Australia, and seven of which have charted on the Billboard Country Albums Chart) and thirty-seven singles (with one #1 and three other top ten hits--again, in Australia). Chambers is the youngest solo artist to be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, still tours regularly, and released her latest album earlier this year.
Fun Fact: Chambers has won nine--count 'em, nine--Aria Music Awards for Country Album of the Year. That is downright dominating.
"We're All Gonna Die Someday" was the last song on Chambers 1999 solo debut LP, the rather nautically entitled The Captain. The song was not released as a single (should have been!), while the album rose to #11 in the Land Down Under and #49 on the American country charts.
Despite the rather downcast sentiment in the song title, "We're All Gonna Die Someday" is all about the fun. Chambers makes the case, humorously, that our faults don't matter all that much because, well, we're all gonna die someday. Her vocals are pure unadulterated twang and they are used to perfection. The band breaks in with a couple of nice hillbilly instrumental breaks, and a rollicking good time is had by all. The song also brings to a close year ten of our musical journey here on Friday Night Jukebox, and I hope it's been as fun for you as it's been for me. Onward to more musical musings in 2025!
Lyric Sheet: "Well they can all kiss my ass lord/They can all kiss my ass/If they want to kiss my ass well they better do it fast/'Cause we're all gonna die someday..."
Enjoy:
Fuck Donald Trump
Peace,
emaycee
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