Banjo Paterson Travelling with fiancée, Sarah Riley, they met with her old school friend, Christina Macpherson, who had recently attended a race at Warrnambool in Victoria. She had heard a band playing a tune there, which became stuck in her head and replayed it for Paterson on the autoharp. The melody also resonated with him and propelled him to write "Waltzing Matilda" While there has been much debate about what inspired the words, the song became one of his most his widely known and sung ballads. In addition, he wrote the lyrics for songs with piano scores, such as "The Daylight is
The Naked and Famous naked and famous", from The Presidents of the United States of America's song "Naked and Famous". Current Former The Naked and Famous The Naked and Famous are an indie electronic band from Auckland, New Zealand, formed in 2007. The band currently consists of Alisa Xayalith (vocals, keyboards), Thom Powers (vocals, guitars), David Beadle (bass), and Luna Shadows (keyboards). The band has released three studio albums: "Passive Me, Aggressive You" (2010), "In Rolling Waves" (2013) and "Simple Forms" (2016). Since 2012, the band has been based in Los Angeles. Xayalith (born 1986) is the daughter of Laotian refugees, and was born