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The Dingoes is an Australian country rock band initially active from 1973 to 1979, formed in Melbourne which relocated to the United States from 1976. Most stable line-up was John Bois on bass guitar, John Lee on drums, Broderick Smith on vocals and harmonica, Chris Stockley on guitar, and Kerryn Tolhurst on guitar.〔 Mal Logan (who provided keyboards the first LP) on keyboards joined after Stockley was hospitalised when shot in the stomach by Melbourne drug-dealer, Dennis Allen, who was attempting to gate crash a party.〔〔 The Dingoes debut single, "Way Out West", was released in November 1973, which peaked in the top 40 of the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart.〔〔 NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.〕 Subsequent singles were "Boy on the Run", "Smooth Sailing", and "Into the Night", which did not reach the top 50.〔〔 They had three top 40 albums, ''The Dingoes'' in 1974, ''Fives Times the Sun'' in 1977, and ''Orphans of the Storm'' in 1979.〔〔 On 27 August 2009, The Dingoes were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame alongside Kev Carmody, Little Pattie, Mental As Anything, and John Paul Young.〔 〕 The Dingoes reformed in late 2009 and released a new album, ''Tracks'' in 2010 which was followed by a tour of Australia. A live album 'Live at Last' came out after the tour, which prompted another tour - this time without Bois who could not get away from his day job. ==Previous bands== Kerryn Tolhurst, lead guitarist, mandolin-player, and singer-songwriter founded Adderley Smith Blues Band in 1964 in Melbourne,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Adderley Smith Blues Band )〕 which was one of Australia's first authentic blues bands. Lead vocalist and harmonica-player Broderick Smith joined in 1966, both Smith and Tolhurst were conscripted into the Army as part of National Service during the Vietnam War for two years from 1968 to 1970.〔 Smith was unable to continue with the band but Tolhurst was able to keep a line-up performing, including Joe Camilleri on saxophone in 1970. After National Service, Tolhurst formed Sundown, with singer-songwriter Keith Glass, as a country rock group, Smith briefly joined Sundown before going on to blues boogie band, Carson in 1971.〔〔 After Sundown, Tolhurst joined singer-songwriter Greg Quill in his country rock group Country Radio during 1972–1973.〔 Quill and Tolhurst co-wrote their hit singles "Gypsy Queen" and "Wintersong".〔(【引用サイトリンク】Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)">title="Gypsy Queen" at APRA search engine )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Wintersong" at APRA search engine )〕 Both Carson (with Smith) and Country Radio (before Tolhurst joined) had performed at the inaugural Sunbury Pop Festival in January 1972.〔 At the second festival in January 1973, Carson (with Smith) performed and recorded their set, including a track called "Dingo", which was released on their live album, ''On the Air'' in April. Country Radio (with Tolhurst) had also performed,〔〔 and live tracks from both bands were included on the first ever Mushroom Records album, as a triple-LP, ''The Great Australian Rock Festival Sunbury 1973''. After the 1973 festival, both Smith and Tolhurst left their respective bands.〔 Tolhurst briefly joined Mississippi which later became Little River Band.〔 Smith, in March, played the role of "The Father" in the Australian production of the rock opera ''Tommy'', which was staged in Sydney and Melbourne. Guitarist, Chris Stockley (ex-Roadrunners, Delta Set), formed psychedelic rock group Cam-Pact with Keith Glass in 1967, both had left by late 1969. Stockley joined rock group Axiom, which had top ten hits with "Arkansas Grass" and "A Little Ray Of Sunshine",〔 before they disbanded in 1971. John Lee (ex-Sayla) had been drummer for Blackfeather from February to April 1973. John Strangio was bass guitarist for St James Infirmary and Middle Earth. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Dingoes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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