MOSS

MOSS Teams up with Double Vision for this performance at the The Hotel Metro (46 Grote Street, Adelaide)

SUNDAY the 14th June 2026

SHOW Starts and 3:00pm

TICKETS FROM OZTIX: $10+booking fee via Oztix or $15 on the door

MOSS SHOP: https://mossmusic.com.au/product/moss-double-vision-metro

Spinifex Blues
Performed by: MOSS
Written by: LYRICS: Susan Craig MUSIC: Mark Simpkin and Ian (NED) Kelly.
Produced by: Mark Simpkin, Dave Redhead, Jake Degraaf & Ian (NED) Kelly
Full Song: https://mossmusic.com.au/product/spinifex-blues

THE BAND
Suzie Craig: Lead singer / Guitar / Percussion
Mark Simpkin: Guitar / Backing Vocals
Ian (NED) Kelly: Guitar / Keyboards / Backing Vocals
Dave Redhead: Bass Guitar
Dave Anthony: Drums

ABOUT THE SONG:
You’re rolling down a dusty red road, that endless blue sky stretched out across your bonnet. The red dirt gives way to gravel… the gravel to bitumen… and suddenly, you’re staring at your first set of traffic lights. Damn.

You glance down at your boots, worn, faithful, carrying the dust and memories of everywhere you’ve been. Then your eyes drift to the rear-view mirror, chasing one last glimpse of something you can’t quite put into words.

It’s that moment, the pull between where you’ve been and where you are now. The beauty and the ache, all at once.
If you feel that tug… that quiet collision inside… chances are, you’ve got the Spinifex Blues.

LYRICS
INTRO:

VERSE 01:
It’s good to be home. But that was just a lie
Missed calls on the phone I just wanna say goodbye
Did some things spread my wings and they taught me to fly
And they taught me to fly
And they taught me to fly

CHORUS 01:
Grass stuck in my boots
My mind is startin’ to bruise
Gotta get out back, I got the spinifex blues.

VERSE 02:
Time stood still I need clear vision
Now I’m back in this place I feel the tug the collision
There’s a better place and it’s in my rear vision
Time to make a decision
It’s in my rear vision

CHORUS 02:
Grass stuck in my boots My mind is startin’ to bruise
Gotta get out back, I got the spinifex blues.

SOLO:

BRIDGE:
I got my Gold it’s gotta shine got to guard it all the time, Yeh I’m livin’ a lie
Got my Gold it’s gotta shine I gotta guard it all the time
Got my Gold it’s gotta shine gotta guard it all the time

VERSE 03:
Time stood still; I need clear vision Now I’m back in this place I feel the tug the collision
Well there’s another place and it’s in my rear vision; Time to make a decision; Oh it’s in my rear vision

OUTRO:
Yeh Yeh Yeh
Yeh Yeh Yeh

Ode to the 70’s
Performed by: MOSS
Written By: LYRICS Susan Craig MUSIC: Mark Simpkin
Sound: Jake Degraaf
Vision and editing by: Dave Redhead and Mark Simpkin

THE BAND
Suzie Craig: Lead singer
Mark Simpkin: Guitar / Backing Vocals
Ian (NED) Kelly: Guitar / Keyboards / Backing Vocals
Dave Redhead: Bass Guitar
Dave Anthony: Drums

ABOUT THE SONG
The 1970s was a decade of change, bold, messy, and unforgettable.

It was a time when Australia took major steps forward:
• The end of the White Australia Policy
• The end of conscription
• The first recognition of land rights for First Nations Australians

And running alongside those social and political shifts was the true heartbeat of the decade: the music.
The spirit of the ‘60s revolution rolled into the ‘70s, with artists who turned amplifiers into megaphones and lyrics into protest banners. Their songs didn’t just fill the airwaves, they gave voice to a generation.

Ode to the ‘70s celebrates that era of freedom, defiance, and soul. It’s our tribute to the bands and voices that inspired us to pick up our instruments and play and to a time when music truly felt like it could change the world.

Ode to the 70’s (LYRICS)

INTRODUCTION:

VERSE 1:
You won the trophy, I am woman hear me roar, hear me roar, hear me roar
Don’t need the money, just wanna be free to sing my song, I’ll be gone, sing my song

REFRAIN
We’re living in the 70’s, The words you sang, they set us free Yeahhhhhhh

VERSE 2:
You made a new sound, you rocked and we turned up the radio, the radio, we turned up the radio.
The crowd attacked you, they rocked the stage and they wouldn’t go, they let go, they let go.

REFRAIN
We’re living in the 70’s, you rocked, you rolled, you set us free Yeahhhhhhhhh

BRIDGE
The sacks were packed we voted stay, we brought them back from hell that day
With white we ruled, for years before, now black and white, we stand for more.
Gu-rin-da-ji they made a stand; Gough Whitlam gave them back their land
Much wrong to right, now it’s time, even Canberra made top 40 Yeahhhhhhhhh.

SOLO (GUITAR):

REFRAIN
Not yet a woman not quite a child, you rocked, you rolled you drove us wild Yeahhhhhhhh

VERSE 3:
The stage was blazing, and the crowd exploding with dynamite, dynamite, TNT Oh dynamite
The metal grinding, you rocked the stage with Rock and roll, see me rock, hear me roll

OUTRO:
Not yet a woman not quite a child you rocked, we rolled you drove us wild Wildddddddddddd.

Summer of ’75
Performed by: MOSS
Written By: LYRICS: Susan Craig, MUSIC: Ian (NED) Kelly and Mark Simpkin
Produced by: Ian (NED) Kelly, Mark Simpkin and Dave Redhead
SINGLE: https://mossmusic.com.au/product/summer-of-75

THE BAND
Suzie Craig: Lead singer / Guitar / Percussion
Mark Simpkin: Guitar / Backing Vocals
Ian (NED) Kelly: Guitar / Keyboards / Backing Vocals
Dave Redhead: Bass Guitar
Dave Anthony: Drums

ABOUT THE SONG:
Well the Summer of 2020 is here but still dear to our hearts was the Summer of ’75, the year we left High School and came of age. We embraced our new found freedom and the sounds of those years still resonate with us with this song.

INTRODUCTION:

VERSE 1:
From Pondalowie to the Nullarbor
Cactus waves I'd never seen before
My EH was my home the surf my friend.

VERSE 2:
From the shed to the stage, the bands were raw
The greatest rock I'd never heard before
Chisel, Rudd, Daddy Cool you were my friends.

REFRAIN 1:
In the summer of seventy-five
We lived our lives in overdrive
Campfires on the beach till morning light.

GUITAR SOLO:

VERSE 3:
Tangled hair stung by the sun
Panel vans lines up for fun
Moana silver sands you were my friends

VERSE 4:
When mates of mine were mates I knew,
Guitar and keys, played a gig or two
Countdown came alive, it wouldn't end

REFRAIN 2:
In the summer of seventy five
We lived our lives in overdrive
Campfires on the beach till morning light it felt so right

I’D RATHER WEAR A HAT THAN WEAR A HALO – (Hat’s and Halo’s)
Performed by: MOSS
Written By: LYRICS Susan Craig MUSIC: Mark Simpkin, Clive Pollard, Robert Brooking and David White
Produced by: John Rose
Video Footage: Jake Degraaf and Jethro Heller

ABOUT THE SONG:
A song essentially suggesting you’d rather be alive than dead.

Inspiration for a song can come from the most unusual places and when you least expect it. This song was inspired from a painting by Ken Brayford who painted all the dogs in their family past and present. Those who had passed are wearing halos, those who are still alive and barking are wearing hats! My immediate reaction when I saw this wonderful painting was . . . “Glad I’m wearing a hat and not a halo!” Then shortly after Mark and I went on a road trip to the Kimberley and the lyrics followed based on the amazing feeling of freedom and being totally alive in outback Australia. Sometimes it’s hard to be happy when there’re so many aweful things going on in the world that make you sad. But we shouldn’t apologies for the sand in our shoes or the wind in our hair, because we will all cop bad times and in the meantime do the best we can for others less fortunate and get on with enjoying life! Tori Dewar

LYRICS:
INTRO:
I’d rather wear a hat than wear a halo, I’d rather wear a hat than wear a halo
I’d rather wear a hat than wear a halo, I’d rather wear a hat than wear a halo

VERSE 1:
The queen of the desert, I got nothing to lose
Nothing in front of me, what will I choose
I’ll put a little Amoco in my machine
The dust in the mirror's the best I’ve seen

CHORUS 1:
I’d rather wear a hat than wear a halo, I’d rather wear a hat than wear a halo

VERSE 2:
Bad things going on, I don’t know what to do
So do what you can, then make the best of you
Oh it’s a beautiful show to be seen and heard
But before you drink it, make it shaken not stirred

CHORUS 2:
I’d rather wear a hat than wear a halo, I’d rather wear a hat than wear a halo

BRIDGE
Don’t apologise for the sand in your shoes
Or the wind in your hair, cos your life’s is on the loose
It will make you mad and it will make you sad
So put your paint on your brush and brush like mad.
Don’t apologise for the sand in your shoes,
Or the wind in your hair, 'cos you’re life . . . .. . is on the loose.

SOLO’s:

VERSE 3:
Big blue space staring back at me
Didn’t pay a cent, didn’t rent it’s free
Goanna on the rock, goanna in my car
Singin’ the tunes right up to Williams bar

CHORUS 3:
I’d rather wear a hat than wear a halo, I’d rather wear a hat than wear a halo
I’d rather wear a hat than wear a halo, I’d rather wear a hat than wear a halo