Dragon "Sunshine to Rain" 2006

...Shell-shocked yet reluctant to let go of their hard-won rung on the Australian pop ladder, the band flew in a new drummer from New Zealand, 20-year-old Kerry Jacobson, with whom Taylor had previously played in Mammal.
This was the line-up that, over the next two and half years, would establish Dragon’s legacy. It is a legacy won by a combination of hard work and hard play, raw talent and recklessness. In that time, the group would travel thousands upon thousands of miles across the Australian continent, playing hundreds of gigs, sustaining themselves on a variety of highs, legal and otherwise…

...The endless touring turned them into an incredibly tight and supremely self-confident unit. Returning to New Zealand for a brief Nesbitt-promoted visit, they were lean, loud and mean, barely recognisable as the same band that had left a little over a year earlier.
‘Get That Jive’ was their next single, their first with Jacobson, and first to insinuate itself into the Top 20. Sunshine, their first Australian album, followed in mid-77, and contained both the recent hits plus a spread of material that showed the group’s depth and capabilities. Members of the group wrote in various combinations and sometimes on their own. The songs Taylor had a hand in such as ‘Blacktown Boogie’ and ‘Street Between Your Feet’ leaned towards funk. Hewson’s songs, such as the cautionary ‘Same Old Blues’ or the aching title track, were more melodic and melancholic…to be continued... - audioculture

trax:
1. Sunshine 2. Speak No Evil 3. April Sun In Cuba 4. Are You Old Enough 5. Body And The Beat 6. Wilder World 7. Still In Love With You 8. Dreams Of Ordinary Men 9. Get That Jive 10. Magic 11. Age Of Reason 12. Promises 13. This Time 14. Young Years 15. Celebration 16. Rain 17. Age Of Reason (Demo By Marc)
…served by Gaius…