The Smell of Gum Leaves
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ReleasedSeptember 1984
Recorded28 April 1984
VenueThe Vicar of Wakefield, Dural, New South Wales
LabelGumleaf Records, Festival Records
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| Released | September 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 28 April 1984 | |||
| Venue | The Vicar of Wakefield, Dural, New South Wales | |||
| Label | Gumleaf Records, Festival Records | |||
| Producer | John Williamson | |||
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 Home Among the Gum Tree (1997 re-release) | ||||
The Smell of Gum Leaves is the second solo live album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. The album was released in September 1984 and become Williamsons' first charting album; peaking at number 49 on the Kent Music Report.
At the Country Music Awards of Australia in January 1985, Williamson won his first golden guitar award; winning 'Song of the Year' for "Queen in the Sport of Kings".[1][2]
The album was re-released in 1997 under the title Home Among the Gum Trees.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dad's Flowers" | Tony Dennett | 3:40 |
| 2. | "The Bush Barber" | Williamson | 2:55 |
| 3. | "Good Tobacci When I Smoke" | Slim Dusty | 2:55 |
| 4. | "The Trees Have Now Gone" | Williamson | 4:05 |
| 5. | "The Last of the Pioneers" | Williamson | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Queen in the Sport of Kings" | Williamson | 3:55 |
| 7. | "I've Always Been A Drover" | Williamson | 3:40 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'm Fair Dinkum" | Williamson | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Drunken Duncan" (as Merv Currawong) | Williamson, Pat Alexander | 2:00 |
| 3. | "Stoned This Afternoon" (as Chad Morgan) | 2:12 | |
| 4. | "Billabong" | Williamson | 3:00 |
| 5. | "Only 19" | John Schumann | 4:50 |
| 6. | "We Will Stop the War" | Williamson, Ami Williamson, Georgie Williamson | 4:07 |
| 7. | "I'll Be Gone" | Mike Rudd | 3:45 |
