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Tex Perkins

Tex Perkins

Gregory Stephen Perkins (born 28 December 1964), better known by his stage name Tex Perkins, is an Australian singer-songwriter who fronted the Australian rock band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie. He has also released many solo records. In 1997, a portrait of Tex Perkins by artist Bill Leak won the Packing Room award at the Archibald Prize.

Albums

1996 Far Be It From Me
2000 Dark Horses
2009 The Best Of Tex Perkins - Songs From My Black Cattledog
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Latest Articles

News / Music
Tex Perkins Leads Meatstock 2018 Music Line-up
Meat and music, together at last.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Easy Fever
"Grown men cry and hold each other, lighters are held aloft and goosebumps appear."
Features / Music
Tim Rogers Reckons He's The 'Least Accomplished Singer' In The 'Easy Fever' Troupe
"If you don't feel that red hot poker being shoved up you when those songs start then you shouldn't be there."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Easy Fever
"Who knew they were the Tame Impala of their day?"
News / Music
Jimmy Barnes, Sarah Blasko, Tex Perkins, Holly Throsby & More Named For Byron Writers Fest
The three-day event hits northern NSW in early August
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Tex Perkins & Matt Walker, India Bradshaw
"...an artist who must surely be regarded as one of the greatest front men in the country."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Tex Perkins & Murray Paterson
"Here, relaxed between a couple of bottles of white and/or red, they're a couple of blokes sitting on the verandah, strumming guitars and having a chat."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Tex Perkins & Charlie Owen
"While Perkins plays a chiselled jester, Owen sits back with guitar in hand, endearingly shaking his head with a chuckle."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Far From Folsom: Tex Perkins, Vic Simms
"Cash standards like Ring Of Fire and Boy Named Sue provide handy fodder for relaxedly drunken Sunday night singalong."
News / Arts
Tex Perkins Brings Far From Folsom To Fremantle
Far From Folsom, Close To Fremantle
News / Music
Tex Perkins Brings ‘Far From Folsom’ To Freo Prison
The spirit of Johnny Cash is alive and well in Tex Perkins.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: For The Jumper
Leave it to Perkins to raise the bar. He shares vocals with Dan Sultan on a rowdy, rockabilly rendition of When The Saints Go Marching In (St Kilda's theme song)
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