Keep Folk Talking by Openhouse Studio
Jul 9, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 13 segments
Join Brian Jones as he chats with **LocTup Together**, Chris Lock and Ian Tupling, whose close harmonies and songs of the sea have entertained audiences for more than three decades. From chance…
Ian TuplingGuestChris LockGuest
Brian JonesHostThere's a wilderness, it's a no man's land Between Alice Springs and the ocean Seventeen hundred miles of burning sand And a silken thread keeps a hold on you And the emptiness like a potion Tends to fray your reason strand by strand.
And there's no more need for the mask you wear when the last goodbyes have been said.
So kiss the cheek of your dearest friend and turn to the desert again.
Now you're on your own like a sailing ship You're the captain, the crew and the sailors Turn around and this is what you see This is me, facing me All alone cause I choose to be With the wind and the sun on me
And sometimes I'll moan about this, you know, when we're on the microphones and tell them, tell them what you say.
that's about right yeah that's why you've got such a lovely voice you see yeah yeah you're obviously drinking the right stuff that's right okay so we you you've got together and like what i've seen because obviously we've never met before uh and i'm thoroughly enjoying you wouldn't believe it But we all seem to know the same people and the same, because we're all folkies together.
So can I ask you? How did you start doing that? Did you see somebody playing and say, oh, that's what we want to do, or that's...
I mean, you know, to go back to Martin Windham Reeves, there's a story of the transports, the First Fleet.
There's a wilderness, it's a no man's land Between Alice Springs and the ocean Seventeen hundred miles of burning sand And a silken thread keeps a hold on you And the emptiness like a potion Tends to fray your reason strand by strand.
And there's no more need for the mask you wear when the last goodbyes have been said.
So kiss the cheek of your dearest friend and turn to the desert again.
Now you're on your own like a sailing ship You're the captain, the crew and the sailors Turn around and this is what you see This is me, facing me All alone cause I choose to be With the wind and the sun on me
And sometimes I'll moan about this, you know, when we're on the microphones and tell them, tell them what you say.
that's about right yeah that's why you've got such a lovely voice you see yeah yeah you're obviously drinking the right stuff that's right okay so we you you've got together and like what i've seen because obviously we've never met before uh and i'm thoroughly enjoying you wouldn't believe it But we all seem to know the same people and the same, because we're all folkies together.
So can I ask you? How did you start doing that? Did you see somebody playing and say, oh, that's what we want to do, or that's...
I mean, you know, to go back to Martin Windham Reeves, there's a story of the transports, the First Fleet.
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