I got a man – Courtney Robb – 041

I watch very little telly usually, however I have been watching The Voice and have noticed that the judges often mention the depth of talent in Australia. It’s easy to be cynical and assume they’re just paying lip service to the audience, but the talent we have here is seriously incredible. This podcast has given me a vehicle for searching out Adelaide’s talents and every week I’m gobsmacked. Seriously. If Steve wasn’t looking at me with his hand nervously hovering over the NSFW button, I’d tell you how exactly impressed I’ve been, how much my eyes and ears have been opened, how good our town is.

This is the third song of Courtney’s I’ve played. She, Ben Searcy, The Bearded Gypsy Band, Andy and Marta, Susan Lily, Kelly Beaumont, and all the others – are all immensely talented musicians and songwriters.

This one, “I got a man”, I first heard Courtney play at the Irish club. It was the first time she’d played it and I loved it immediately. So when it turned up on her new album I just had to include it. It’s got everything I like about a song; it’s catchy, toe-tapping, it has a story, and best of all, it’s not formula. I made the mistake of describing it to her as “That man-hater song” once. Courtney was quick to correct me that it’s not that at all. “This song is just about peoples increased confidence to approach each other the more they drink in any given situation. It’s about Dutch courage. I was inspired to write this after one particular night at a gig. There were a few men who started off behaving like gentlemen, and ended up trying to grope me after a night on the turps.”

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