Dave Graney

David John Graney (born 1959) is an Australian rock musician, singer-songwriter and author. Since 1978, Graney has collaborated with drummer-multi instrumentalist Clare Moore. The pair have fronted or been involved with numerous bands including The Moodists (1980 to 1987), Dave Graney and the White Buffaloes (1989 to 1990), Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes (1987 to 1989, 1991 to 1997), The Dave Graney Show (1998 to 2003), Dave Graney and Clare Moore featuring The Lurid Yellow Mist or Dave Graney and The Lurid Yellow Mist (2004 to 2011) and Dave Graney and The mistLY. Many albums since Let's Get Tight in 2017 have been credited to Dave Graney and Clare Moore.

Graney was awarded the ARIA Award for Best Male Artist at the 1996 ARIA Music Awards for his work on The Soft 'n' Sexy Sound, while "Feelin' Kinda Sporty" won the ARIA Award for Best Video in 1997 and he has received seven other ARIA Award nominations. Since 2009, Graney has co-presented a radio show on Melbourne's 3RRR called Banana Lounge Broadcasting or BLB. He has published two memoirs, 1001 Australian Nights (2011) and WORKSHY (2018) and two lyrics books It Is Written, Baby (1997) and There He Goes with His Eye Out (2023)

Biography Early years to The Moodists

Graney grew up in Mount Gambier, South Australia.

1986–1998: The Coral Snakes and White Buffaloes In late 1986, The Moodists ground to a halt and after taking a break Dave Graney and Clare Moore formed Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes (also seen as Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes) in late 1987 and played in London pubs and clubs. a remix and remastering compilation project where Graney went back to the 2001 and 2003 albums Heroic Blues and The Brother Who Lived to sing, play extra guitars and add keyboards and percussion and remix the songs. Previously unreleased tracks were included in the package of 18 tracks, with a Mahony illustration on the cover.

2011 saw the release of Rock'n'Roll is Where I Hide, on Liberation. The album was recorded at Soundpark in Melbourne by Graney and The Lurid Yellow Mist and mixed by Victor Van Vugt in New York. A collection of re-recordings with The Lurid Yellow Mist of songs from his back catalogue. It was released with Graney's second book, 1001 Australian Nights, by Affirm Press, was released by Cockaigne. The lead single was "Flash in the Pantz", with an accompanying video of the band shot live at Meredith Music Festival 2011. A further video for "We Need a Champion" was filmed and edited by Nick Cowan.

Graney and Moore also played and recorded an album as rhythm section for Howard and the NDE, a band fronted by old friend Harry Howard (These Immortal Souls, Crime & the City Solution, the Pink Stainless Tail) and Edwina Preston.

2013 saw a series of digital only singles released as work was begun on a solo acoustic album.

A fourth narrative show was also performed at the Butterfly Club in Melbourne. A solo show called Early Folk featured Dave Graney playing songs from across his career which had been inspired by the town of Mt Gambier.

May 2014 saw the release of Fearful Wiggings, the second album to be credited as a "solo" album. Again, Clare Moore featured extensively on the album playing vibes and singing. UK guitarist Nick Harper played on two tracks and Graney recorded all the lead vocals with Lisa Gerard (Dead Can Dance) at her studio in country Victoria. Three songs from the album had accompanying video clips. The song "Everything was Legendary with Robert" had a video made for it by film makers Donna McRae and Michael Vale, while a video for "Country Roads, Unwinding" was made by Dave Graney. This video featured footage of the drive along the Coorong between Adelaide and Mount Gambier shot by Heath Britton.

2015 saw the release of several digital only albums. 2015 also saw the first of several reunion shows with Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes, playing to sellout crowds in Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Adelaide.

The Melbourne annual Leaps and Bounds Festival honoured Dave Graney and Clare Moore as Living Legends and a concert was held at the Gasometer Hotel with many Melbourne musicians paying tribute to the pair by playing their songs. The performances went for 5 hours.

Dave Graney and The mistLY played an ATP Festival in Prestatyn, Wales, curated by comedian Stewart Lee, a long time supporter of their activities. They joined up with former guitarist Malcolm Ross and played shows in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester (including a BBC6 session with dj Marc Riley) and continued on to dates in France, Holland, Belgium and London.

In July 2016 there was a further return show for Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes to a packed house in Melbourne.

In April 2019, Dave Graney and The mistLY released an album called Zippa Deedoo What Is/Was That/This?

In November 2019 a digital only studio album was released by Dave Graney and Clare Moore called One Million Years DC. The album featured guest appearances by Shane Reilly from the Lost Ragas on pedal steel and Coral Snake Robin Casinader on mellotron.

In December 2019, Dave Graney and Clare Moore were inducted into South Australian Music Hall of Fame.

In 2021, the album Everything Was Funny was released, credited to Dave Graney and Clare Moore.

In 2022, the album In a Mistly was released, credited to Dave Graney and Clare Moore.

In April 2024, Graney and Moore released (strangely) (emotional).

November 2024, digital studio album by Graney and Clare Moore I Passed Through Minor Chord in a Morning

Other performances Graney has played at the Big Day Out festival on many occasions, as well as the Livid festival and the Falls Festival. He performed on the TV shows Recovery, Nomad, Smash Hits, Live and Sweaty, Denton, Midday with Kerry Anne, Jimeoin, Shaun Micallef's Micallef Tonight, Mornings with Bert Newton, AM with Denise Drysdale, Sale of the Century, The Games, RocKwiz, Spicks and Specks, Australia's Dumbest Musician, Neighbours (two-episode story), Review, and Roy and HG's Club Buggery (1996–1997). He wrote a lyric book, It Is Written, Baby. With Moore, he composed and performed the score of the movie Bad Eggs, and for Mahony's short film Ray. Graney contributed music to and played a small (musical) part in Stone, a stage production of the 1960s British play.

In September 2013, Graney also sang on Nick Harper's CD (Riven) on a track called "The Beginning is Nigh".