Background
Born in Stanthorpe, Queensland.
Born in Stanthorpe, Queensland.
Blundell released his eponymous first album in 1989, which was followed by "Hand It Down", which was released in the United States in 1990 following its success in Australia. Successive albums were This Road and Touch of Water. This Road, which sold more than 145,000 copies in Australia, included the hit Way Out West, a collaboration with James Reyne. Blundell's first works reflected his background as a jackaroo and his love of that lifestyle. Although his next albums were less successful commercially, Blundell continued to play regularly at folk and country music festivals around Australia. In 1997, Blundell featured in a Qantas commercial, singing "I Still Call Australia Home",and in the lead-up to the 1999 Australian republic referendum, Blundell recorded the official song for the "No" campaign, despite being in favour of a republic. In 2003 Blundell garnered media attention for his song "Postcards From Saigon" and speaking out against the war in Iraq. In June 2013, Blundell was selected as Katter's Australian Party's lead Senate candidate] for Queensland in the 2013 federal election.
Blundell has been married twice—firstly to Louise, a former manager, and secondly to Lidia, with whom he had two sons. He left his second wife in August 2007 for Jesse Curran, a singer who he had met at one of his concerts, and he and Curran have since had a child together.