Col Finley's 'Mr Wrong'
- John Weeks
- Mar 3
- 1 min read
If you are interested, here is the podcast link to my conversation with country rock artist, Col Finley, yesterday on radio station 3MDR 97.1 FM :
Simply go to the time 19:28 to hear the interview.
For more than three decades, Col Finley has lived up to the title many gave him early on as the Original Outlaw of Australian country music.
Long before country rock became mainstream, Col was pushing boundaries. The show was loud, theatrical and unapologetic. Traditionalists raised eyebrows, but audiences turned up anyway and Col created a loyal following.
But behind the bravado was a man battling plenty.
Across 33 years of recording, touring and songwriting, Col rode the highs of success and the sting of failure. Drugs (heroin), alcohol and severe mental health struggles (depression) nearly ended it all.
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