Twenty years ago Kasey Chambers released her groundbreaking debut album The Captain. It was a pivotal record that remains the cornerstone of her outstanding career.
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To celebrate, Chambers is sentimentally reforming her original band and playing songs from The Captain album, alongside a "best of her career" set. The tour will stop at NEX Newcastle on October 26.
The Newcastle Herald spoke to the Hall of Fame inductee earlier today and she described her love of the song and how she can't help but play it live at every show. You can read the interview in Weekender this month.
The Captain remains one of the most extraordinary and lauded debuts by an Australian artist in any genre. It is an album that critics described as a blast of fresh air in the local country scene. Songs such as the title track, Cry Like A Baby, and These Pines boasted a maturity beyond her years and a wealth of Americana-styled musical influences, yet the album had Australia and family at its core, ingredients that have been a staple of Chambers' song-writing ever since then.
The Captain earned Chambers her first solo ARIA Awards for Best Country Album and Best Female Artist. It went double-platinum in Australia, reached the Top 50 of the US Billboard Country albums and enabled Chambers to launch her music to the world.
To commemorate The Captain's 20th anniversary The Captain Deluxe Edition will be available from May 17 - exactly 20 years to the day since the ground-breaking debut album was originally released. It will be available on vinyl for the first time, too.
Music fans at the 2019 Byron Bay Blues Fest were treated to a preview of The Captain 20th Anniversary show. Supporting Kasey for The Captain 20th Anniversary shows is singer-songwriter Charlie Collins. Having played in various bands both in Australia and overseas, he has shared the stage with Gang of Youths, Death Cab for Cutie and Jack River in the past year, as well as performing at Laneway, Fairgrounds and Tamworth Country Music festivals.
Chambers and Collins met in Tamworth early in The Captain days.
"When I was 10, Bill Chambers got me up on his show. I sang Kasey's This Flower. Kasey joined me on stage that night and that feeling I got I will never forget. My idol, my hero, my inspiration. To be asked to join this tour is a dream come true. The Captain was one of the first records I bought and it changed my life," Collins said.
