Coloured Stone is a band from Ceduna, South Australia. Their sound has been described as having a reggae thump and a funk feel, with unique Aboriginal qualities. The band performs using guitar, bass, drums, and Aboriginal instruments the didjeridu and the bundawuthada (gong stone), to play traditional music such as the haunting "Mouydjengara", a whale-dreaming song of the Mirning people.

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  • Coloured Stone is a band from Ceduna, South Australia. Their sound has been described as having a reggae thump and a funk feel, with unique Aboriginal qualities. The band performs using guitar, bass, drums, and Aboriginal instruments the didjeridu and the bundawuthada (gong stone), to play traditional music such as the haunting "Mouydjengara", a whale-dreaming song of the Mirning people. Coloured Stone's album Human Love won a 1987 ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release and Inma Juju was nominated for the 1993 ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release. The band members of Coloured Stone were originally two sets of brothers, Buna and Bunny (Duane) Lawrie, and the Coaby brothers, Neil and Mackie, who play rhythm and bass. All are from the mission settlement of Koonibba. Buna Lawrie is drummer, singer and leader of the band, and also a member of the Mirning Aboriginal tribe. The band's single, "Black Boy" was a success when first released in 1984 (it became the number one song in Fiji) and sold 120,000 copies, and was followed by "When You Gonna Learn" and "Dancin' in the Moonlight". The lyrics of "Black Boy" included the line "Black boy, black boy, the color of your skin is your pride and joy," which was a somewhat revolutionary sentiment for outback Australia in the 1980s. It moved black audiences to increase their dancing each time it was played at an early gig in Alice Springs. Buna Lawrie's son, Jason Scott has played guitar, bass, drums and didjeridu for Coloured Stone since he was 13 years old. His first major gig was "Rock Against Racism" in Adelaide. Jason has also performed at the Sydney Opera House and toured the US in 1994 with the Wirrangu Band as part of a cultural exchange program. With his band Desert Sea Jason released an album in 2002 named From the Desert to the Sea.
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    Duane Lawrie
    Neil Coaby
    Mackie Coaby
    Bart Willoughby
    Selwyn Burns
    Jason Scott
    John John Miller
    Joseph Williams
    Ash Dargan
    Robby Fletcher
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  • Coloured Stone is a band from Ceduna, South Australia. Their sound has been described as having a reggae thump and a funk feel, with unique Aboriginal qualities. The band performs using guitar, bass, drums, and Aboriginal instruments the didjeridu and the bundawuthada (gong stone), to play traditional music such as the haunting "Mouydjengara", a whale-dreaming song of the Mirning people.
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