The H Files with Kevin Hillier Episode 31 Skyhooks Part 5 Ross Wilson, Mark Irvine and Peter Green

Skyhooks were a rare combination of fan favourite, media darlings and respected musicians. They wanted to be noticed, and they were.The H Files brings you stories and recollections about Skyhooks from many different people, inside and outside the band. It is not a Skyhooks history lesson, more a homage to a very exciting era of music and a band that led the way with an original sound and look that captured the nation.  In Part 5 you'll hear Ross Wilson, who saw the band in the very early days, signed Greg to a music publishing deal and then became the producer of the first three Skyhooks albums. Ross' memories take you inside the studio, on the road in the USA and more.   3XY disc jockey Mark Irvine got teamed with Shirl in 1984 for a short term Rocktober on-air promotion that became a permanent pairing. They became a very successful radio team and a professional and personal partnership was formed. Peter Green was a 70s Wollongong teenager who loved the music and that passion led him to Melbourne, where he is now official historian and the man behind the Official Skyhooks Facebook page and YouTube channel, plus curator of Skyhooks memorabilia.      Musical excerpts in this episode  Hey What's the Matter   featuring Steve Hill  live Benefit Concert  Living in the 70's     Shirl solo Live soundcheck Melbourne Music Festival 1988 Love's Not Good Enough    From Ego is Not a Dirty Word  Blue Jeans   from Straight in a Gay Gay World  Women in Uniform  from Guilty Until Proven Insane Jukebox in Siberia     The Latest and Greatest       Ego is Not a Dirty Word    Ross Wilson featuring Bongo Starkie  Five Decades of Cool Palais Theatre 2009 Every Litte Bit Hurts    Shirley Strachan solo single  Crazy Heart    from Straight in a Gay Gay World 3XY Shirl & Irvine Show    1988  courtesy of Ken Francis  Love on the Radio    live from the In the Heat of the Night concert Myer Music Bowl Melbourne 1975 Let it Rock       Hits and Riffs  Meglomania, Life in ther Modern World and Don't Take Your Lurex to the Laundromat    from ABC TV Special  Guilty Until Proven Insane  The H Files with Kevin Hillier  Post-production by Chris Gates For Howdy Partners Media www.howdypartnersmedia.com.au/podcasts © 2026See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.