After Cold Chisel disbanded in 1983, Don Walker had a five-year hiatus before resuming recording and performing using the name Catfish. Ostensibly a band, Catfish was in effect a solo project, featuring Walker on vocals, keyboards and penning all the songs. Catfish featured various backing musicians, such as Charlie Owen, Ian Moss, Ricky Fataar and harmonica player David Blight. Performing as a singer live for the first time, Walker recalled it initially being, "so hard I had to get half-happy on alcohol to manage it."
The first album, 'Unlimited Address', released in 1989, showed a jazzier, Eastern European side to Walker's songwriting, reflecting his travels during the previous years. Despite being critically lauded, sales were moderate, the album reaching #50 in the national charts. The single off the album ''Early Hours'' charted at #73. The next album, 'Ruby', was a return to Australia in sound and lyrical subject matter. Again, it was well received by critics but sold relatively poorly and only got to #98. The track "Charleville" was later to receive country music awards when covered by Slim Dusty. His next project Tex, Don and Charlie started in 1992.
SINGLES
Early Hours
| 7 NOV '88 | #73 |
References
http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Walker_%28musician%29
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