The ABC also financed production of seven of his songs for "Amberjack", a musical about a stranded time-traveller, with musicians including Doug Ashdown. The songs are "Glencoe", "The Lure of Legendary Ladies", "Ithaca", "Bermudas", "The Blue Marlin Whore", 'Gantry Jack", and "Minotaur". They were broadcast in 1977 on the ABC/2FC radio program "Talking Point"). Dowling has performed these and other songs live at science fiction conventions over the years. Sections of the lyrics from "Amberjack" are included as linking pieces between the stories in Dowling's 2009 collection "Amberjack: Tales of Fear and Wonder" (Subterranean Press). These include lyrics to songs which were not included in the ABC broadcast.