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Band rocks Kanimbla
By Keeli Cambourne
Volume 50, No. 10, June 14, 2007 |
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COUNTRY ROCKERS: The Wolverines onboard Kanimbla. Back row, from left, John Jeffrey (cameraman), LCDR Graeme Wong, Julian Limosin (aka Bobby Dale) and Jaydee (The band’s helper for the day). Front row: Darcy LeYear, Chris Doyle and John Clinton of the Wolverines.
Photo: Kim Cardow |
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It wasn’t the usual manoeuvres for the crew of the HMAS Kanimbla when they spent a week in Jervis Bay in May.
As well as giving the ship a good shakedown before they went on to Exercise Talisman Saber in Queensland, Kanimbla welcomed a few celebrity visitors who worked to a different beat than most of the crew.
But it didn’t take long for country rock band the Wolverines to have the joint jumping as they filmed part of a music video to accompany their latest single, The Ballad of Young Bobby Dale. In what could very well be a first for the RAN, the Wolverines were given permission to board Kanimbla to shoot the clip for the song which contains in its chorus a mention of the “mighty Kanimbla”.
The Wolverines are probably best known for the song 65 Roses about cystic fibrosis, but the bearded trio do a lot of work for charity as well, raising money for research into the disease. They may have been novices onboard the Kanimbla but the band do have some experience on the water, with their own yacht, the Holy Cow, on which Kanimbla’s LCDR Graeme Wong has been lucky enough to sail.
“The song, The Ballad of Young Bobby Dale, is about the generations of Australians who go overseas to help our country,” said Wolverines band member and manager John Clinton. “The lyrics mention standing on the bow of the mighty Kanimbla, and is about a young bloke thinking back on his father and grandfather and the other soldiers before him who had to go over to the Middle East to make sure the war was fought over there and not here.”
The Wolverines were actually approached by a former Navy commander after he saw them perform the song at Tamworth and then organised for the opportunity for the band to film on board the ship.
LCDR Wong said it took nearly 15 months to find the right time for the video to be filmed, and the crew had to work around doing their own exercises as well as helping the band with the clip.
Included in those exercises was the arrival of two Army Black Hawk helicopters and a Navy Squirrel helicopter which was able to film the band on the ship from the air. The Wolverines had to go back onboard the ship alongside in Sydney later to finish some filming, and LCDR Wong said he was hoping that the crew may be able to have a quick peek at some the raw footage.
“There may be a few cameos in there,” he said. |
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