Original upload date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 20:20:33 GMT
I knew him as the clever, ironic, romantic singer/songwriter from Australila. His influences and favorites were Leonard Cohen, Loudon Wainright III, Dylan, Brel, Brassens, all the best.
He worked
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as a carpenter. He never mentioned he had a past a champion rock climber in Australia.
http://www.rockandice.com/lates-news/john-ewbank-australian-climber-obituary
He came to America, if we can believe this song, chasing the golden carrot. Maybe it's just about how the worker for the very wealthy views the people he serves, the natural envy that unequal distribution of wealth creates. John was an occasional
friend of mine. I tried to contact him to film some new songs, only to find he was no more. May he rest in peace where there is no rich and poor.
Video is from Tuli Kupferberg's Revolting News, 1993
