Gold Mine Music Video

I wrote this song about 1972 and recorded it with Craig Pilkington in Melbourne about 1997. In 2018 Sharon, my second wife, and I travelled around Australia in a caravan after we were married. My son Fraser put the video clips together in 2019. I have always enjoyed playing and singing the song which is a tribute to Australian singer songwriters, artists and writers. It’s tough to be successful. I admire those people who were successful and also those who had a crack at it. Watch more of Ken's videos here

    1. Where We Belong

    2. Hazel Eyes

    3. Jimmy Flood

    4. Waiting for the Tide

    5. Nothing at All

    6. Brunswick Street - Dean Patterson

    7. The North Wind -
      L.McDonald K. McDonald

    8. Mt Tom Price and Paraburdoo

    9. Toolooa

    10. Hard to Beat Home

    11. Campfire Man

    12. Rodeo Rider

    13. Love Crept Up on You and Me

    14. All the Way to Mapoon

    15. Goldmine

    16. Fire Licked the River

    17. The Dogs are Sleeping

    18. Desert Heart

    19. Shots Away

    20. Shoulda Known Better

    21. Reprise Where We Belong -
      Redland City Choir

Wind Waves & Water

    1. You Be the Water -
      K & L McDonald.

    2. Thank You Gac - Tribute to Heather McDonald Sung by 8 grandkids

    3. Barracuda Susie

    4. The Legend of Merkyl Crud - L McDonald

    5. Nothing at All

    6. Can You Hack It

    7. Old Grey Man -
      D & K McDonald\

    8. Jimmy Flood

    9. Sometimes a River Floods

    10. Love Crept Up on You and Me

    11. Cyclone Kim. -
      K McDonald Live with Fig Tree Jam

    12. When the River
      was Ours

    13. Fire Licked the River

    14. Bob the Scraper Driver - Peter Zambelli

    15. See You Later

    16. Tried It

    17. 7 Mile Creek

    18. Wind in My Hair -
      K & L McDonald

    19. Hervey Bay

    20. Waiting for the Tide

Heading North Again

    1. Bauxite to Gold -
      KMcD and MFoulkes

    2. Green Side of a Gun -
      L K & the late Ron McDonald

    3. Shots Away

    4. Mt Tom Price and Paraburdoo

    5. Campfire Man

    6. Hard to Beat Home

    7. Greenant Shuffle

    8. Desert Heart

    9. Ramshackle Junction

    10. The North Wind
      L& KMcDonald

    11. Fella from Goonyella

    12. Rodeo Rider

    13. Wilbur the Pig
      PZambelli KAnton

    14. Miss Crocodilly
      DMcDonald

    15. All the Way to Mapoon

    16. Ebagoola Gold

    17. Hard to Beat Home

    18. Greenant Shuffle

    19. Janie

    20. Curious Dilemmas

All proceeds from these albums go to the Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation: www.gallipoliresearch.com.au

Please email to order: ken.mcdonald357@gmail.com

Listen to the Lost and Found Album

The Lost and Found album is a collection of tracks that aren’t found on any other album. It’s “digital only” which means there is no physical CD available. You simply buy the digital files here and then download them. You can purchase the entire album or selected tracks.

A Ramshackle Junction of songs and a poem about life, aspirations, and intrigue. Some songs like ‘Peace of Land’ started in the 1970’s when I sang in a 4 wheel drive as my family went on camping trips in Weipa. It is much richer now with three generations of singers.

Curious Dilemmas started at Harry and Susie’s home on Macleay Island one week-end in late 2006. It was a leafy, sandy, musical, and memorable experience.

Billygoat & Crocodilly Rock
is the famous kids music! It’s full of character driven songs with animals and funny voices. Parents all over the world have told Ken that his album gets played repeatedly by their young children.

Ken McDonald

I used to call myself a ‘not-for-profit’ singer/songwriter. It sounded a bit negative, so now I’m a ‘fit-for-purpose’ singer/songwriter. Spike Milligan once said, “What can go wrong when you haven’t got a plan!” My music feels a bit that way. I started writing songs for fun when I was about 15, in the 1960’s in Maryborough. I have been at it on and off ever since.

Recording started in the mid-late 1990’s when my nephews Lockie and Stuart McDonald twisted my arm. I planned to do 5 albums when I started. Now No.6 “Ramshackle Junction” was completed in late 2013. There is also an album with a jamming band. Along the way, my son Fraser McDonald kindly built a web site that has developed into an interesting trail of music and video footprints for many family members. The video clips in recent years are a big bonus. A lot of people ask me about my style of music. It is quite variable or eclectic – pop, rock, country rock, country, folk … easy listening. There’s a lot of stories about people doing interesting things in interesting places. A lot of family members and friends help with instruments and vocals. It have been an interesting ride. You can listen to any so any song on this website and hope you enjoy the videos.

“The North Wind” is a poem my brother Laurie wrote. It is on the “Fire after Flood” album. Macca has played it on ‘Australia All Over’ a fair bit over the years. “Ramshackle Junction” has 16 tracks. I wrote 15 songs. I had some help in the writing stakes on a few. “The Legend of Merkyl Crud” is another poem by Laurie is on this album. The songs are about life, aspirations and intrigue.

Mike Patterson recorded most of the tracks and did a great job with his musical colleagues. Dean Patterson recorded 3 tracks and 2 were recorded in Ontario Canada about 5 years ago.

All the best,

Ken