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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Andrew Stafford

Paul Kelly’s Post at 40: the album in which a future star found his voice

Black and white photograph of Paul Kelly, with curly dark hair, smiling.
‘Many of the songs on Post dealt with addiction and its consequences’ … Paul Kelly, aged 33, in January 1988. Photograph: Kenneth Stevens/Fairfax Media/Getty Images

In 1984, Paul Kelly packed up his few belongings, borrowed his father-in-law’s Holden and made the 13-hour drive from Melbourne to Sydney. He had barely a dollar in his pocket and no place to lay his head.

Don Walker, who was taking a breather from the music business after the breakup of Cold Chisel, offered him a temporary refuge in his Kings Cross double-storey terrace. He had a white grand piano in the front room.

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