April 30, 2025 • 8 mins
Clairsy & Lisa had a chat to British musician David Gray as he prpares to come back to Perth in November. They had such a great chat that it didn't all fit in the show so here is the entire full blown chat for you.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Tickets are available through Ticke Tech for David Gray on
his Past and Present Tour November four and five at
the Riverside Theater and David is with us this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Hello, Hello there, David.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
This album Dear Life, it's been a while in the
making because it was interrupted by things like oh COVID.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Yeah, that's right. The whole process was rather truncated by
a massive stop in the middle. So in the end
I think it actually enriched the creative part of the record.
I think that whatever silence came to Rain during that
strange sort of maroon time when we're all found its
way into the lyrics somehow. But there was a bit
(00:40):
of sort of contemplative enrichment that happened from just stopping
the world and having a good old look at what
was there. So it's got something a bit extra I
think this record as a result.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
But on this tour are we going to hear quite
a bit of the album because some beautiful things on there.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
The song will Tellier Ray is just a gym amongst others.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, that's right. Well, we're using quite a lot of
the record live on the tour, but mixed in with
these songs are big enough to stand up for themselves.
So they're in amongst all the big old songs, the
Babylons and sailor Ways and what have you. And yeah,
it's been a real great mix so far. We've had
(01:20):
a fantastic tour since we started in January. We're also
kind of deep diving into some of the back catalog
in quite a significant way. To We've played nearly seventy
songs on the floor so fast, so it's it's a
bit of an epic it's an epic show. We've got
to try and cram it all in few old and
the neglected fruits of the past. So yeah, exactly two hours,
(01:44):
maybe fifteen, two hours twenty each night. It's a long gig.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well, I mean, there's a few songs you wouldn't get
out of live if you didn't do I mean, I
mean Babylon. I'd barricade the doors if you didn't do Babylon.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Davey, what is it about that song?
Speaker 1 (02:02):
That is my I was on a road trip just
the other day and I think I played it three
times during the three hour course of the trip because
it's just it's one of the most beautiful melodic songs
out there.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
It's it's an uplifting kind of tune, and it's hard
to write something that lifts you up without being kind
of corny. One the toughest one to find. But there
was something about that track that just obviously did it.
Really it clicked. It sounds just just enough sweetness and
(02:36):
just enough kind of interest to keep it interesting. So
it's not too sweet, you know. So, Yeah, it has
an atmosphere, but it has an energy to it. Yeah,
the crowd love it. Somethously got a very big chorus
that gets me singing, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Well, thank you because it is a beautiful son.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
In fact, you have the ability to lift us up.
Note in so many ways, every of those love songs
another one I love and this is love without the corn.
You avoid the corn quite a skill.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
It occasionally creeps in there. It's waiting for every song.
Try and I try not to lash it onto.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Sometimes one man's corn is another man's not.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
There's the line exactly exactly.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Yeah, David, you said that you've really enjoyed the tour
so far, and I'm loving some of your little reviews
of some of your own you know, the crowds and
that on Instagram.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Lightly but the Royal or Albert Hall.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
What is that like with a full horn section? As
a musician as you are, that must be a joy.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
That was an amazing gig. I mean, I've played the
Royal album all before, but never like this. It's just
some nights, I don't know. Everyone was in the mood.
We had a full horn section. We decided to treat
ourselves with some amazing arrangements from the new record, and
we wanted to actually get the actual horn players who
played on the record play with us. So that was
(04:02):
such a treat. But the audience were incredible. We sold
the choir stores, so we had people all around us.
It was a three sixty experience. For me. It's a
great immersive experience. But they it looked amazing in there,
It sounded amazing, and everyone just went nut. You know.
It was the best of both worlds. They listened when
(04:23):
it went quiet, they really tuned in, dialed in, focused,
and then were absolutely crazy when the big songs came.
So we had one of the best gigs of the tour,
best gigs ever. Really was it lived forever in the memory.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
That one you are about to kick off the European
leg of the tour this week. Where in Europe outside
of the UK do you find the fans do go
the maddest for you very.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Obviously Ireland i'd say had head and shoulders above everywhere else.
They're pretty mad for it over there. So we've got
a string of Irish shows coming up and then some
more later in the year. But they'll always be lively.
We've done a couple already and they were they were
(05:08):
pretty full on. Yeah, I've got I've got another Dublin
this week, the Limerick and Outdoors in Limerick in May.
That sounds like you're going to get very wet, but
actually I think the weather in a kind so and
we've done We've done Belgium, Holland and we went up
(05:29):
to Copenhagen as well. We just then Mark. We've been
kind of going around the place. We've had an amazing reaction.
I mean in Europe, I don't get over there as much.
So it's always got a special atmosphere because I just
think people take it for grants in the same way,
and they take the gig very seriously. It's like you've
actually turned up. They really dial in. I'm always coming
(05:50):
through Dublin and London but over there not so much.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Well, you're certainly busy mat but when you finally get
a spell and get a bit of time at time,
what do you do you do? Jams or pickling or something,
and what else are you up to when you when
you get home.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
I have I have my traditional jam making family tradition.
I'm holding I'm you know, from my grandparents. I'm keeping
that one going in the autumn, I will make BlackBerry
jelly definitely lovely. Yeah, I'm like, I've had my first
sea swims of the year, so my seams and stretches
from from well, I actually went in March, but it's
(06:25):
normally April for the end of October, that would be
my sea swimming. So I like to get on the
beach and you know, into the bracing.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
Ocean and it makes you feel alive.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
It's amazing. It's absolutely amazing. After that first couple of
minutes of sheer panic that you think you're going to
have about half a se then then when when when
the engine kicks in and the whole body starts, that's
the central heating up. It's it's just incredible, it is amazing.
For that's how I am winded but I love nature.
I like to get down to the coast and get
(07:00):
onto the beach and whatever. So and so that's basically
what I'll be up to. I'm actually going to be
when I come off the road. I'm actually going back
in the studio, if I'm completely honest, because I've I've
got another sort of records to finish that I started
before COVID. So your life is chapter one.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Well, you're in Perth in November, so that's good beach
weather here and of course we you know, we have
a we have a nice beach or.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Two David got yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I've been around.
I've done a couple of them now, so I'll definitely
be going in if if we've got a couple of days,
I'll definitely be jumping in.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Yeah, especially when you get it and there's nice and warm, beautiful.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Well, the Riverside Theater there are two shows. November four
is almost sold out, so the November five show was
recently added and you can get your tickets through ticket Tech.
We look forward to having you in town again, David.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Yeah. Well, we had a great time last time. The
Australian Tour and three nights of Marry my and Jollity.
With a very cold south wind that was blowing up seasonably,
it didn't dampen the spirits that was that was drowing
the White lad I say, last time we were there anyway,
were safely packed up, tucked up indoors. Yea, I think
(08:16):
it would be amazing. So this tour is going to
be a good one.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Maybe not quite as rowdy as the Dublin crowd, but
you've to put the Suffles in as well.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
We'll have a crack crack crack, looking forward to hearing
your
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Voice all right by okay,
Tickets are available through Ticke Tech for David Gray on
his Past and Present Tour November four and five at
the Riverside Theater and David is with us this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Hello, Hello there, David.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
This album Dear Life, it's been a while in the
making because it was interrupted by things like oh COVID.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Yeah, that's right. The whole process was rather truncated by
a massive stop in the middle. So in the end
I think it actually enriched the creative part of the record.
I think that whatever silence came to Rain during that
strange sort of maroon time when we're all found its
way into the lyrics somehow. But there was a bit
(00:40):
of sort of contemplative enrichment that happened from just stopping
the world and having a good old look at what
was there. So it's got something a bit extra I
think this record as a result.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
But on this tour are we going to hear quite
a bit of the album because some beautiful things on there.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
The song will Tellier Ray is just a gym amongst others.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, that's right. Well, we're using quite a lot of
the record live on the tour, but mixed in with
these songs are big enough to stand up for themselves.
So they're in amongst all the big old songs, the
Babylons and sailor Ways and what have you. And yeah,
it's been a real great mix so far. We've had
(01:20):
a fantastic tour since we started in January. We're also
kind of deep diving into some of the back catalog
in quite a significant way. To We've played nearly seventy
songs on the floor so fast, so it's it's a
bit of an epic it's an epic show. We've got
to try and cram it all in few old and
the neglected fruits of the past. So yeah, exactly two hours,
(01:44):
maybe fifteen, two hours twenty each night. It's a long gig.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well, I mean, there's a few songs you wouldn't get
out of live if you didn't do I mean, I
mean Babylon. I'd barricade the doors if you didn't do Babylon.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Davey, what is it about that song?
Speaker 1 (02:02):
That is my I was on a road trip just
the other day and I think I played it three
times during the three hour course of the trip because
it's just it's one of the most beautiful melodic songs
out there.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
It's it's an uplifting kind of tune, and it's hard
to write something that lifts you up without being kind
of corny. One the toughest one to find. But there
was something about that track that just obviously did it.
Really it clicked. It sounds just just enough sweetness and
(02:36):
just enough kind of interest to keep it interesting. So
it's not too sweet, you know. So, Yeah, it has
an atmosphere, but it has an energy to it. Yeah,
the crowd love it. Somethously got a very big chorus
that gets me singing, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Well, thank you because it is a beautiful son.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
In fact, you have the ability to lift us up.
Note in so many ways, every of those love songs
another one I love and this is love without the corn.
You avoid the corn quite a skill.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
It occasionally creeps in there. It's waiting for every song.
Try and I try not to lash it onto.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Sometimes one man's corn is another man's not.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
There's the line exactly exactly.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Yeah, David, you said that you've really enjoyed the tour
so far, and I'm loving some of your little reviews
of some of your own you know, the crowds and
that on Instagram.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Lightly but the Royal or Albert Hall.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
What is that like with a full horn section? As
a musician as you are, that must be a joy.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
That was an amazing gig. I mean, I've played the
Royal album all before, but never like this. It's just
some nights, I don't know. Everyone was in the mood.
We had a full horn section. We decided to treat
ourselves with some amazing arrangements from the new record, and
we wanted to actually get the actual horn players who
played on the record play with us. So that was
(04:02):
such a treat. But the audience were incredible. We sold
the choir stores, so we had people all around us.
It was a three sixty experience. For me. It's a
great immersive experience. But they it looked amazing in there,
It sounded amazing, and everyone just went nut. You know.
It was the best of both worlds. They listened when
(04:23):
it went quiet, they really tuned in, dialed in, focused,
and then were absolutely crazy when the big songs came.
So we had one of the best gigs of the tour,
best gigs ever. Really was it lived forever in the memory.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
That one you are about to kick off the European
leg of the tour this week. Where in Europe outside
of the UK do you find the fans do go
the maddest for you very.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Obviously Ireland i'd say had head and shoulders above everywhere else.
They're pretty mad for it over there. So we've got
a string of Irish shows coming up and then some
more later in the year. But they'll always be lively.
We've done a couple already and they were they were
(05:08):
pretty full on. Yeah, I've got I've got another Dublin
this week, the Limerick and Outdoors in Limerick in May.
That sounds like you're going to get very wet, but
actually I think the weather in a kind so and
we've done We've done Belgium, Holland and we went up
(05:29):
to Copenhagen as well. We just then Mark. We've been
kind of going around the place. We've had an amazing reaction.
I mean in Europe, I don't get over there as much.
So it's always got a special atmosphere because I just
think people take it for grants in the same way,
and they take the gig very seriously. It's like you've
actually turned up. They really dial in. I'm always coming
(05:50):
through Dublin and London but over there not so much.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Well, you're certainly busy mat but when you finally get
a spell and get a bit of time at time,
what do you do you do? Jams or pickling or something,
and what else are you up to when you when
you get home.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
I have I have my traditional jam making family tradition.
I'm holding I'm you know, from my grandparents. I'm keeping
that one going in the autumn, I will make BlackBerry
jelly definitely lovely. Yeah, I'm like, I've had my first
sea swims of the year, so my seams and stretches
from from well, I actually went in March, but it's
(06:25):
normally April for the end of October, that would be
my sea swimming. So I like to get on the
beach and you know, into the bracing.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
Ocean and it makes you feel alive.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
It's amazing. It's absolutely amazing. After that first couple of
minutes of sheer panic that you think you're going to
have about half a se then then when when when
the engine kicks in and the whole body starts, that's
the central heating up. It's it's just incredible, it is amazing.
For that's how I am winded but I love nature.
I like to get down to the coast and get
(07:00):
onto the beach and whatever. So and so that's basically
what I'll be up to. I'm actually going to be
when I come off the road. I'm actually going back
in the studio, if I'm completely honest, because I've I've
got another sort of records to finish that I started
before COVID. So your life is chapter one.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Well, you're in Perth in November, so that's good beach
weather here and of course we you know, we have
a we have a nice beach or.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Two David got yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I've been around.
I've done a couple of them now, so I'll definitely
be going in if if we've got a couple of days,
I'll definitely be jumping in.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Yeah, especially when you get it and there's nice and warm, beautiful.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Well, the Riverside Theater there are two shows. November four
is almost sold out, so the November five show was
recently added and you can get your tickets through ticket Tech.
We look forward to having you in town again, David.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Yeah. Well, we had a great time last time. The
Australian Tour and three nights of Marry my and Jollity.
With a very cold south wind that was blowing up seasonably,
it didn't dampen the spirits that was that was drowing
the White lad I say, last time we were there anyway,
were safely packed up, tucked up indoors. Yea, I think
(08:16):
it would be amazing. So this tour is going to
be a good one.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Maybe not quite as rowdy as the Dublin crowd, but
you've to put the Suffles in as well.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
We'll have a crack crack crack, looking forward to hearing
your
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Voice all right by okay,
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