The Road to Nullagine album by Joel Smoker is a CD suite of four songs that deals specifically with going out into the regional areas of Western Australia.
The Road to Nullagine is a road song that celebrates the vast outback landscape of Western Australia, journeying from Perth to the most northern part of the Kimberley region.
Red Dog tells the story of the Kelpie/Heeler cross that became well known around Dampier and Karratha and now has a bronze sculpture erected in his memory at Dampier. It is also the subject of a book by Louis de Bernieres, a short story by Nancy Gillespie and a feature film directed by Kriv Stenders.
Get off My Case is a song about those people who seem to get on everyone's nerves out there on the road.
Tojo Dreaming is a song about getting in your 4WD Toyota (Tojo) and going out there to see this big state.
Credits
Joel Smoker - Vocals and acoustic guitar
Lucky Oceans - 8 String Dobro, national guitar, button accordion
Ron Smeeton - Electric guitar, percussion, harmony vocals
John Smoker - Bass guitar, harmony vocals
Vincent Donnelly - Mandolin
