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MICK THOMAS BIO

"Mick Thomas has some secret magic to his writing... he surely can write great songs
that make you say "Why didn't I think of that?" but of course we never do. He writes
about mates, ratbags, races, places, weddings, parties, funny stuff - anything - but they
are really good stories and great songs.

Mick is truly a legend around the best of fair-dinkum roots venues and festivals around
the country. He is a character! He is funny! He can roll up to any crappy stage and make
it the centre of the universe to any audience. He will talk the leg off an old chair
and play the arse off a guitar, sweat the shirt of his back and lay you in the aisles.

Mick Thomas and his bands, notably 'The Weddos' or 'The Sure Thing' or MT himself are all
something to behold and have been huge favourites at Port Fairy and many other festivals
I have seen him play.

Mick is the real deal, no doubt about that!"
Jamie McKew OAM
Festival Director: Port Fairy Folk Festival Port Fairy Folk Festival

In a year which has seen Mick set up his own subscriber based monthly web broadcast
(Mick's Monthly Music Club), Mick has taken on his usual varied diet of soundtracks,
production work and co-writing, as well as keeping typically busy playing a strong and varied
set of shows - including the September spectacular with the old band Weddings, Parties,
Anything. The forthcoming UK/ European/ Asian Tour with Michael Barclay is the fifteenth
time he has toured internationally since the demise of WPA, promising to showcase his ever
evolving talents as a writer and performer.

RELEASES:
Scorn Of The Women - Weddings, Parties, Anything - WEA 1987
Roaring Days - Weddings, Parties, Anything - WEA 1988
The Big Don't Argue - Weddings, Parties, Anything - WEA 1989
No Show Without Punch - Weddings, Parties, Anything - Utility Records UK release 1990
Weddings Play Sports (and Falcons) - Weddings, Parties, Anything - Virgin Records 1990
Difficult Loves - Weddings, Parties, Anything - RooArt Records 1992
King Tide - Weddings, Parties, Anything - RooArt Records 1993
Donkey Serenade - Weddings, Parties, Anything - Independent 1995
Riveresque - Weddings, Parties, Anything - Mushroom/Sony Records 1997
Trophy Night: The Best of WPA / Benched - Mushroom Records 1998
They Were Better Live - Weddings, Parties, Anything - Mushroom Records 1999
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Under Starters Orders - solo live - Croxton Records 1998
Dead Set Certainty - Mick Thomas and the Sure Thing - Croxton Records 1999
Dust On My Shoes - Mick Thomas and the Sure Thing - Croxton Records 2000
The Horse's Prayer (double album) - Mick Thomas and the Sure Thing - Croxton Records 2002
Something To Fight For (EP) - Mick Thomas and the Sure Thing - Croxton Records 2003
Anythings, Sure Things, Other Things - solo acoustic retrospective for Liberation Records 2005
Paddock Buddy - Mick Thomas and the Sure Thing - Liberation Records 2006
Spin! Spin! Spin! - Mick Thomas and the Sure Thing - Liberation Records 2009
Head Full Of Road-kill / Live In Germany - Mick Thomas & Michael Barclay - Valve / Croxton Records 2010

PRODUCTION:
The Gadflys - First EP
The Waifs (w/ Jen Anderson)
Ruby Hunter - Feeling Good (w/ Craig Pilkington)
The Vandas - First EP
The Drowners - Far From Home (w/ Craig Pilkington)
Mrs Wainright - Clickety Clack (w/ Craig Pilkington)
The Go Set - Journey For A Nation (w/ Craig Pilkington)

THEATRE:
Over In The West
The Tank (musical score in conjunction with brother Steve for Salamanca Arts Tasmania)
Run Rabbit Run (musical score for Company B Belvoir St Sydney)
Dust On My Shoes (currently in developement stage for Salamanca Arts Tasmania)

SOUNDTRACKS:
Left Luggage - 1996 SBS Short Film (w/ Jen Anderson)
Staying Out - 2001 ABC Feature Length Documentary
Albert's Chook Tractor - 2002 SBS Short Film
The End Of The Game - 2003 ABC Feature Length Documentary
Shacks - 2005 ABC Documentary Series
The Real Water Rats - 2006 SBS Documentary Series
Alive And Kicking - 2008 SBS Documentary Series
Dust On My Shoes - Roar Film's major online broadband documentary for the ABC (click link below)

  

"Just when you imagine he can't have any more fabulous songs in him, he brings out an album like this...
he is Australia's last true balladeer..."
DJ, Forte Magazine, Geelong (talking about Dust On My Shoes)

" Mick Thomas, lyrically and musically, blows my mind. I inherited some testicular forte from Mick Thomas -
more so than anyone he did me a spin, and gave me a lot of confidence"
Tim Rogers, Age EG Interview

"Dust On My Shoes makes you more than glad Mick Thomas has bothered to clock up the miles on his
(seemingly) never ending tours as this grimy world would be a lot poorer without his engaging
songs of life, love and experience..."
Tim Peacock, Whisperin' & Hollerin', UK