Solo Work and Other Bands
In 1998, Dalton left Sydney and moved to a farm on the outskirts of the village of Morongla (near Cowra in central west New South Wales) with his girlfriend, writer Lucy Lehmann. He closed the Half A Cow bookshop, but continued to run the record label from the farm, while working on a second solo album. Dalton and Lehmann ended their relationship in April 2003, and Dalton continued to work on the album, setting himself a deadline of his 40th birthday for its recording. The album, titled Home of the Big Regret, was recorded between July and November 2004 with a bluegrass band Dalton called the Gloomchasers. Despite their breakup, Lehmann remained involved with the album, having co-written several of the songs and writing the liner notes for the CD.
Dalton played bass for Ratcat at the Homebake festival in 1998, at the Big Day Out festival in 2003 and in a support slot with the Psychedelic Furs in 2006. He is still a member of Ratcat.
After a year in Melbourne, Dalton moved back to Sydney in 2006 and formed a new lineup of the Gloomchasers, as well as joining lounge act the Handlebars. In 2011 he formed a "kids' band" called the Sticker Club with Alison Galloway and Ben Whitten, and also joined Luke Russell and the Proposition.
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