At the end of a very quiet corridor, we open a door and are met by a burst of music, with 14 people standing and sitting, all engaged in rehearsal of Poor Ned, a 45-year-old ballad about Ned Kelly first created and told by Redgum.
The band singing it today involves 10 inmates at Cessnock Correctional Centre, learning the song under the tutelage of singer-songwriter William Crighton and original Redgum member John Schumann.
