[1][2] He grew up on Widgiewa Station, a large sheep and cattle property near the small Riverina town of Urana, and he worked there for various periods until his mid-20s.
[4] Field replaced Chris Pokorny on bass guitar in a pop band, King Fox, which was formed in Sydney in 1967.
[4] King Fox issued a four-track extended play, Unforgotten Dreams, on the Du Monde label in 1969 as well as a single, "I Think You're Fine", on Festival records in 1972.
[3][4] Field's first solo album, Bad Habits, was released in June 1981 by WEA in Australia and Europe and CBS in the United States.
[8] It is co-written by Field and Price and has been covered by other artists including David Lee Roth on his album Diamond Dave (July 2003), John Farnham/Anthony Warlow on Highlights from The Main Event (December 1998) and Jeff Duff.
Lisa Perry of The Canberra Times saw his performance at Queanbeyan in September that year and wrote, "He still has what it takes to entertain even the hardest of audiences.
"[15] Her newspaper colleague, Karen Milliner, described how the single did not reflect his style, "[it] is a commercial number which obviously has succeeded, but it's the only one of its ilk on the album.
The Canberra Times' Michael Foster observed, "[Daly is] expected to put a tight and exciting band of accomplished musicians on the stage, and the combination with [Field] makes the prospect even more fascinating... if Field decides to demonstrate, even beyond his undoubted ability as a composer, lyricist and singer, his skills on bass, piano, drums, guitar or woodwinds.
The Canberra Times' Kathryn Whitfield wrote, "His voice is not one that you would describe as versatile, the music on this album does exhibit an interesting variety ranging from love ballads to the raunchy 'Blue Boogie'...
"[18] Paradise Studios has been used to record albums by Air Supply, Cold Chisel, INXS, Paul Kelly, Icehouse, the Models, Absent Friends and the Angels.
[19] Interest in Field's music was re-generated in November 2004 after a contestant, Courtney Murphy, performed "You Weren't in Love with Me" on the TV talent show Australian Idol.
[11] Murphy was also a guest on ABC TV's Spicks and Specks, a celebrity pop music quiz program, in 2005 and revisited his performance.