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BY GAIA BORANGA
Deadly Blokes and Kids lit up the stage when they made their first public performance at the Argyle Diamonds Barramundi Concert on Saturday.
Along with Peter Brandy and Deon Cox, the ensemble were one of the highlights of the night as they performed two original songs they have been working on these last few months.
The Deadly Blokes and Kids activity was supported by the Australian Government as part of the Communities for Children initiative.
Facilitated by the Yambaba Consortium (Save the Children and the Lingiari Foundation), the aim of Deadly Blokes and Kids was for male care-givers and children to spend some quality time together, have fun while creating music, produce songs around the themes of strong families as well as build self esteem and a sense of achievement.
At the concert the kids sang Going Bush - a song they wrote together with Peter Brandy, Deon Cox and the blokes.
It was based on their own stories of what they love to do - going bush with their families, playing in the park, catching barramundi, bush turkey and goanna and swimming at springs and waterholes.
The blokes were truly deadly as they performed a song they had written themselves called We are the History.
On stage for the first time was Porky (Garry Gerrard junior) on vocals, Butchy (Gilbert Cox Junior) on bass and Blackboy (Jonathan Boombi) on electric rhythm guitar alongside Peter Brandy.
The song originated from a yarning session between the blokes about themselves as family members, stories of growing up, belonging to tribal and language groups and their ancestral country.
The song is dedicated to their children and contains messages about what they believe is important.
Deadly Blokes and Kids have been meeting weekly at OVAHS on Monday evenings.
The blokes and kids have had the opportunity to spend quality time together as well as develop their musical skills.
At present, they are working on one more song and will record the three songs later this month.
The songs will be played on local radio and copies will be distributed around the community.
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