Early years to The Moodists David John Graney grew up in
Mount Gambier, South Australia.
1986–1998: The Coral Snakes and White Buffaloes In late 1986,
The Moodists ground to a halt and after taking a break Dave Graney and Clare Moore formed Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes (also seen as Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes) in late 1987 and played in London pubs and clubs. a remix and remastering compilation project where Graney went back to the 2001 and 2003 albums
Heroic Blues and
The Brother Who Lived to sing, play extra guitars and add keyboards and percussion and remix the songs. Previously unreleased tracks were included in the package of 18 tracks, with a Mahony illustration on the cover. 2011 saw the release of ''Rock'n'Roll is Where I Hide'', on Liberation. The album was recorded at Soundpark in Melbourne by Graney and The Lurid Yellow Mist and mixed by
Victor Van Vugt in New York. A collection of re-recordings with The Lurid Yellow Mist of songs from his back catalogue. It was released with Graney's second book,
1001 Australian Nights, by
Affirm Press, was released by Cockaigne. The lead single was "Flash in the Pantz", with an accompanying video of the band shot live at Meredith Music Festival 2011. A further video for "We Need a Champion" was filmed and edited by Nick Cowan. Graney and Moore also played and recorded an album as rhythm section for Howard and the NDE, a band fronted by old friend
Harry Howard (
These Immortal Souls,
Crime & the City Solution, the Pink Stainless Tail) and
Edwina Preston. 2013 saw a series of digital only singles released as work was begun on a solo acoustic album. A fourth narrative show was also performed at the Butterfly Club in Melbourne. A solo show called
Early Folk featured Dave Graney playing songs from across his career which had been inspired by the town of Mt Gambier. May 2014 saw the release of
Fearful Wiggings, the second album to be credited as a "solo" album. Again, Clare Moore featured extensively on the album playing vibes and singing. UK guitarist
Nick Harper played on two tracks and Graney recorded all the lead vocals with
Lisa Gerard (
Dead Can Dance) at her studio in country Victoria. Three songs from the album had accompanying video clips. The song "Everything was Legendary with Robert" had a video made for it by film makers Donna McRae and Michael Vale, while a video for "Country Roads, Unwinding" was made by Dave Graney. This video featured footage of the drive along
the Coorong between
Adelaide and
Mount Gambier shot by Heath Britton. 2015 saw the release of several digital only albums. 2015 also saw the first of several reunion shows with Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes, playing to sellout crowds in Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Adelaide. The Melbourne annual Leaps and Bounds Festival honoured Dave Graney and Clare Moore as
Living Legends and a concert was held at the Gasometer Hotel with many Melbourne musicians paying tribute to the pair by playing their songs. The performances went for 5 hours.
Dave Graney and The mistLY played an ATP Festival in Prestatyn, Wales, curated by comedian
Stewart Lee, a long time supporter of their activities. They joined up with former guitarist
Malcolm Ross and played shows in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester (including a BBC6 session with dj
Marc Riley) and continued on to dates in France, Holland, Belgium and London. In July 2016 there was a further return show for Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes to a packed house in Melbourne. In April 2019, Dave Graney and The mistLY released an album called
Zippa Deedoo What Is/Was That/This? In November 2019 a digital only studio album was released by Dave Graney and Clare Moore called
One Million Years DC. The album featured guest appearances by Shane Reilly from the Lost Ragas on pedal steel and Coral Snake
Robin Casinader on mellotron. In December 2019, Dave Graney and Clare Moore were inducted into South Australian Music Hall of Fame. In 2021, the album
Everything Was Funny was released, credited to Dave Graney and Clare Moore. In 2022, the album
In a Mistly was released, credited to Dave Graney and Clare Moore. In April 2024, Graney and Moore released
(strangely) (emotional). November 2024, digital studio album by Graney and Clare Moore
I Passed Through Minor Chord in a Morning ==Other performances==