During 1993 they supported national tours by Australian artists Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, and by Irish folk-rocker, Luka Bloom. Īt the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 Things of Stone and Wood won ' Best New Talent' for "Share this Wine". The Yearning was released in February 1993 and peaked at No. 8 on the ARIA Albums Chart. "Happy Birthday Helen" was listed at No. 91 on the Triple J Hottest 100 in 1993. Arnold heard in advance that it was due to appear, "I got worried, but it was all quite flattering.
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"Happy Birthday Helen" was parodied on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's TV series, The Late Show, in 1992 as "We've Just Run Out of Melbourne Cliches". Greg Arnold quoted in Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia (2007) by Jeff Jenkins and Ian "Molly" Meldrum, p. It was such an intensely personal love song, so it was weird hearing the song everywhere. was actually London Bridge on the Great Ocean Road. But when I played it to Mikey he said, "This is a ripper, we've got to do this song". Arnold, who later married Durham, had written the track for her 22nd birthday: The album's second single, "Happy Birthday Helen", was released in November and reached No. 9. In September 1992, the album's lead single "Share this Wine" was released which reached the ARIA Singles Chart top 50. In 1992 the band had signed with Sony and recorded their debut album, The Yearning. Black was also their manager and had been a guitarist or keyboardist in Russell Morris Band, Mondo Rock and The Revelators. In September 1991 they issued their debut single, "The Hopeful", on Things Records, which was produced by James Black ( Greg Champion). The group took up long term residencies in Melbourne and followed with interstate touring on the pub and club circuit. One of Things of Stone and Wood's earliest gigs was at the 21st birthday party for Helen Durham – Arnold's then-girlfriend. That band had formed in 1986 and included Russell Hall on bass guitar and Byron Smith on guitar, they had issued a single, "She Sells Sanctuary" (1986), and an album, Warring Tribes (1988) on Cleopatra Records. Both Allen and Arnold were former members of Thirteen at Midnight, an indie rock group. Things of Stone and Wood formed in Melbourne in 1989 with Michael Allen on bass guitar and backing vocals Greg Arnold on lead vocals and acoustic guitar Justin Brady on violin, mandolin and harmonica and Tony Floyd on drums and percussion. Main article: The Yearning (Things of Stone and Wood album)
In 2013 the original lineup reunited and in 2014 they embarked on a 25th Anniversary tour. The group disbanded in 1998, reformed in 2001 and broke up again in 2006. Arnold won 'Songwriter of the Year' at the 1993 APRA Awards. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 the group won ARIA Award for Best New Talent for " Share This Wine". Their 1992 single, " Happy Birthday Helen" reached No. 9 on the ARIA Singles Chart, which was written by Arnold for his then-girlfriend, whom he later married. Two of their albums, The Yearning (February 1993) and Junk Theatre (March 1995) peaked at No. 8 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The original line-up was Michael Bruce Allen on bass guitar and backing vocals Greg Arnold on lead vocals and acoustic guitar Justin Brady on violin, mandolin and harmonica and Tony Floyd on drums and percussion. Things of Stone and Wood or ToSaW are an Australian folk rock band which formed in 1989.
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