“DOUG MCINTYRE has all the right credentials to be ranked amongst our finest song writers”
Jon Wolfe ‘Capital News’

Read about songs from the new album 'australian son'

• Adelaide is about a bus trip across the Nullabour and a childhood crush.
• Donald Mackay is a tribute to a true Australian hero who paid the ultimate price for making a stand against drugs in the 1970’s.
• Carrathool Races is a wonderful insight into the fun and excitement of the bush race meeting. Set in the little Riverina town of Carrathool, where every year the population explodes from just 99 to thousands.
• Going Home Some Day is a tribute to the Diggers who slaved on the Burma Railway and were incarcerated in Changi Prison during the Second World War. The song’s based on the life of Doug’s uncle Brian Pearson who only just survived, then made it home to raise a family, work a farm and help build the nation.
• Jessica is the epic tale of young Narrandera woman Jessica Bergman, whose story was made well-known by author Bryce Courtenay in his novel ‘Jessica’.
• Dragonfly is a snapshot of the medical rescue choppers flying on into the country towns and helping out in time of need. “It’s like the choppers have a personality- they’re like a big dragonfly” says Doug.  The song focuses on three scenarios of people in need, and the release that comes from the arrival of ‘our old mate Dragonfly’.
• Proud to be a Truckie is about Doug’s Griffith truckie mate Morris.
• The title track Australian Son, is a true anthem resounding with over-whelming pride in the Australian story and who we are as a people. Amidst the pride, is a clear message that we’re shaped by our past, and that we can’t forget the road we’ve taken if we want to move confidently to where we’re going.
• Taste of Paradise looks at how the real measure of a man lies in his treatment of the most vulnerable, and how true happiness comes through embracing the dejected.
• Everyone Needs Someone is about a young bloke who goes bush to reclaim lost love.
• Yellow Moon is pure romance.
• Country Road captures the thrill of driving down a country road and life on the road as a performer. “But the song is for everyone” says Doug. “We’ve all felt like a modern-day Swaggie, like the road is our second home- driving along with the window down, the friends we meet along the way, and missing home. Travelling the big distances is part of Australian life. On the road I’ve sometimes had a strong sense that it’s my songs that are taking me to the places I go. Creating songs is really about performing them to the people I write them for”.

Read about songs from the debut album 'Turn The Tide'