The first official music video for Armidale musician LJ Hill.
A Night Horse and SideProject Films co production
in association with Social Ventures Media © 2010
The Pretty Bird Tree © LJ Hill All rights reserved
Namoi Mud available through laughingoutlaw records
LJ Hill eh? Never heard of him until 6 months ago. Just goes to show you don't have to be handsome to be talented. What a great fair dinkum Australian song, a great delivery, something of Johnny Cash about this bloke, though very Australian. Of the 2,000 odd viewings on the site I recon 200 are mine. Jeez, I'd like to take a roadtrip with LJ to real Australia of Broken Hill, Bourke, Namoi & Charters Towers. Outstanding
1mutcho 1 month ago
Great stuff. Some of the melody and feeling reminds me of Springsteen's The River. L J's is even better.
wellershill 8 months ago
Yes, Macka played it again this morning... It's great to find it here and listen again.
gillianking 8 months ago
heard macka on sunday morning play this a couple of times, glad the tune stuck and have found you
PoshLifeforME 1 year ago
Great song - cross between late Johnny Cash and Jimmy Little - '...then we'd lay next day like poisoned dogs/all around the pretty bird tree'.
theotherannafern 1 year ago
Fantastic evocation of an emotional and spiritual world.
hippydave0 1 year ago
Laszlo, LJ, Lindsay & everyone else involved. Beautiful, Simple, Gripping. These lyrics are so moving. adam PS Laszlo, no doubt you picked up on the reference to the 'water rat'!
AdamBlakester 1 year ago
Great song. Beautiful voice :0)
stevejack33 1 year ago
great song!
whaddyareckon 1 year ago