COLOURED STONE

The original Coloured Stone band members were three brothers, Bunna Lawrie (drums, lead vocals, songwriter), and Neil Coaby (rhythm guitar and backing vocals) and Mackie Coaby (bass guitar and backing vocals), and their nephew, Bruce (aka Bunny) Mundy (lead guitar and backing vocals). All are from the community of Koonibba, South Australia.

Lawrie is a member and respected elder of the Mirning people coastal Nullarbor region in South Australia. He is known as a whale-dreamer, songman, medicine man and storyteller. He is Coloured Stone's founding member and chief songwriter. The band's single, "Black Boy" was a success when first released in 1984. It became the #1 song in Fiji and sold 120,000 copies. The lyrics included the line "Black boy, black boy, the colour of your skin is your pride and joy", which was a somewhat revolutionary sentiment for Aboriginal people in the 1980s. Four decades after its release, the single still inspires hope and inspiration for generations of Aboriginal people. The band has released eight albums. The band won an ARIA award in 1987 for Best Indigenous Release.

Lawrie's son, Jason Scott, played guitar, bass, drums and didgeridoo for Coloured Stone from the age of 13 years. His first major gig was "Rock Against Racism" in Adelaide. Scott has also performed at the Sydney Opera House and he toured the US in 1994 with the Wirrangu Band as part of a cultural exchange program. With his band Desert Sea, Scott released an album in 2002 titled 'From the Desert to the Sea'. They were inducted into The National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame in 2011.

Members

Bunna Lawrie (vocals, drums, guitar, didgeridoo), Bruce Lawrie (guitar), Neil Coaby (guitar), Mackie Coaby (vocals, bass), Selwyn Burns (vocals, guitar), Russell Guy (didgeridoo), Bart Willoughby (bass), Fletcher (drums),Peter Hood (drums), Cee Cee Honeybee (backing vocals)

SINGLES
''Black Boy / Kapi Pulka (Big Rain)'' 1984 Imparja 
''Island Of Greed / Breaking Hearts'' 1986 Imparja 
''Dancing In The Moonlight / Kapi Pulka'' 1987 Powderworks 
''Human Love / Waiting For The Tide'' 1987 Powderworks 
''Stay Young / Love Is For Life'' 1988 RCA
''Wild Desert Rose / Love Is For Life'' 1989 RCA
''Love Is The Medicine'' 1992 RCA
''Australia'' 2000 CAAMA Music

ALBUMS
'Koonibba Rock' 1985 Imparja 
'Island Of Greed' 1985 Imparja 
'Human Love' 1986 Powderworks 
'Wild Desert Rose' 1988 RCA 
'Island Of Greed' 1988 RCA 
'Crazy Mind' 1990 RCA 
'Inma Juju Dance Music' 1991 BMG
'Rhythm Of Nature' 1998 CAAMA Music
'I Dance To The Sun' 2013 Coloured Stone

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloured_Stone