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GREG CHAMPION ALBUM RELEASE 2009, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA:

He's made cricket and Christmas CDs, comedy and sensible singer songwriter CDs and, with his "around twentieth" album STRAYANA, Greg achieves just about the ideal balance.

STRAYANA has been three years in the cooking and features a blend of humourous and heartfelt songs with one common thread: they're all about 'STRAYA and making a statement about who we are as STRAYANS.

What Champs does best is tell us about ourselves and here he serves up tales of Upper Kumbuckna, working dogs, The Mighty Murray, giant echidnas and razor-toothed ferocious platypusses, a toddler's funeral, fishing boats, Don Bradman (in duet with Kamahl) and two songs inspired by Torres Strait Islander music.

The first single is Bushman From The Outback, owing a little to Commander Cody, Bob Wills – and to Stuie French! Since Champs studied Australian Lit. at Adelaide Uni in his youth, he's set himself the goal of producing songs with Australian references, that seek to define who we are.

And his definitive moments – Cricket's On The Radio, Australians Let Us Barbecue (with Bucko), The Backyard At Mum's and the Fridge Full Of Coldies, all deal with what it's like to be STRAYAN.

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All recordings by Greg Champion © Copyright 2009
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