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The Wilderness Years

by Steve Kilbey & Ricky Maymi

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palomamgw David Neil represents a love story that every person should experience at least once in their life Favorite track: Higher Than Yesterday.
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Spacegirl Revisited Great New Sounds with many elements of surprise from some of your fav musicians.Strong production,both substantial and ethereal,atmospheric&grounded song-scapes that transport u forward as well as reach back w futuristic recalls.expect epic solid music even pedal steel, from music makers that understand quality.Like Space Sex on a Silver Sunday..... Favorite track: Higher Than Yesterday.
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NIDA We love this track. We've been inspired by the Church and Kilbey's music for years. A real pleasure to listen to Favorite track: Walk With Me (Little Baby).
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The Cockpit 03:35
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Lowboy 02:20
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Steve Kilbey (The Church) & Ricky Maymi (Brian Jonestown Massacre) Present "The Wilderness Years", By David Neil.

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David Neil, born in Saskatoon Canada in 1950. His early days are largely unknown. In 1970, he began to play some regional gigs here and abroad. He puts together his classic band line up and records some of the material for these songs . An apparently amazing show at the Bottom Line in New York secures a recording deal with Anchor records, a fledgeling company of the giant DMI corp.

David Neil and band enter studios in New York and Los Angeles where much material was recorded.

Neil develops multiple drug addictions and begins several affairs with various Hollywood and Long Island wives.

One last tour of the States in 1974 he is joined on bass by Steve Kilbey who 6 years later will form Australian rock band The Church. Kilbey frequently notes Neil was "a huge influence on the songs i was trying to write".

In December 1974 Neil had the dubious distinction of dying 3 deaths at once i.e. the plane he was on crashed while at the time he was overdosing in the toilet while a jealous husband kicked in the door and gunned him down. The coroners later ruled they could not tell which happened first and that all 3 things were equally fatal at exactly the same time.

Neil's tapes circulated as bootlegs. The most famous and revered being "The Wilderness Years" on the famous Trademark of Quality label. It was on blood red vinyl.

In 2008 Steve Kilbey and Ricky Rene Maymi were bequeathed some 16 track masters for what would later became known as "The Wilderness Years". The tracks were unfinished and in some places unusable. Kilbey and Maymi aimed to preserve the authenticity but also had to play to and around the original recordings. Some songs that lacked vocals. Kilbey sings relying on memory of his tour and friendship with David Neil plus some newly found lyric books. Other songs are various admixtures of new and old vocals and instruments as different players are blended through the weave while preserving Neil's true sound.

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released July 5, 2011

Steve Kilbey, Ricky Rene Maymi, Jonathan Zwartz, Matthew Mcmahon, Scott Von Ryper, Graham Lee, Lindy Morrison, David Skeet, John Kilbey.

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Steve Kilbey and Ricky Maymi Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Who is David Neil? An enigmatic and ephemeral rock star from days past, who somehow slipped through time’s arbitrary clutches.

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