Barry Big Goose Sullivan

After the second rehearsal of mainly Albert King material, it was decided to move straight into original material. The addition of Owen Gray on piano introduced another vocal dimension away from Ian Wilks's hard edged rock style.

This allowed the band to develop material that slipped off into different directions. Big Goose began introducing new songs on a weekly basis and encouraged the whole band in song writing and production.

Both BG and LG polished the arrangements - the band worked as one unit all heading in the same direction. The plethora of new material that resulted will form the foundation for the next couple of albums.

BG's passing in October was a huge blow to Brother Goose and a great loss to the Australian rock and blues music industry.

The material that he co-wrote and arranged will live on within Brother Goose - BG's legacy of making good music "mighty" is not only encouraging for the people he played with - but a fantastic testimony to the ideal that is performance itself. He is sadly missed - but will never be forgotten. Goose's attitude and sense of humour will remain forever with anyone who ever knew him!

While the Brother Goose line up has seen some changes since BG's departure; the essence of the grooves and feels are solidly locked into the band. As he used to repeat after almost every gig - "Mighty!"

Brother Goose
Australian rock, rhythm and blues band