A yarn from Barry Palmer about how Holy Grail came to be recorded.

Author: Joe Matera, Shepparton News.

Date: 14 March 2023.

Original URL: https://www.sheppnews.com.au/musical-musings/musical-musings-australian-metal-makes-a-mark/

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Behind the song: Holy Grail — Hunters & Collectors (1993)

Former Hunters & Collectors lead guitarist Barry Palmer shared the following story with me in 2006 about the making of the Aussie anthem Holy Grail.

“Mark Seymour, as always, was full of ideas,’’ he said.

“One of Mark’s moments, amongst others, was what was to become Holy Grail; however, there was considerable input by band members into the breakdown section and as always, the horn players wrote and arranged their parts for that song, as they did for all of the others that they played on.

“The lyrics were always Mark’s domain.

“You might cop a ‘whaddya think of this?’ but that was about all the input he ever needed.

“We had no idea at the time that the song would go on to become such a loved Australian anthem.

“In fact, it was one of the songs that producer Don Gehman didn’t want to record, but Mark put his foot down and Australian sport can now thank him for ever.”

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