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Dan Kelly sings an eloquent paean to ‘The Sea Shepherd Cook’ ahead of new album and live dates – Backseat Mafia
The new track ‘The Sea Shepherd Cook’ from Australian troubadour Dan Kelly is a gorgeous dreamy and eloquent water-logged tale soaked in melancholy and drenched with a whimsical melody. The track veritably skims along the waters with a nautical lilt but leavened with a good-natured observations on nutrition, friendships and desire, with singer Jess Ribeiro adding a ray of sunshine, a golden filigree, to Kelly’s humorous and witty observational style. Kelly says of the track: I made up this one after an introduction to night kayaking, Tasmanian whiskey and homemade patè by the great Tasmanian author Richard Flanagan. Wandering through the Hobart docks the next morning, grimly trying to work…