And he knows about ups and down.

He sunk himself into the stereotype rock and roll lifestyle of drink and drugs after his first marriage ended in the mid-90s. The binge lasted a decade, on and off until a “massive bender” in 2005.

Now an ambassador for anxiety and depression support organisation beyondblue, Gable is happier in life and on stage.

“Yeah it's been ups and downs many times … and I'd think I'd rather be in a cool band, I wish I had of been in The Church or I wish I had of been in this or that or the other,” he says.

"You go full circle several times and you come out at the end of the day, where we are now, and it's just bloody amazing fun.

"When we started in the 70s, and we really started in '76 on the northern beaches, the pubs, going down to the beach was awesome, it was just so much fun."

From Sydney’s northern beaches, the Choirboys became a pub-rock music favourite and produced some of the most memorable Australian music from the era.

Almost 30 years after its release, Run To Paradise is still one of the most recognised Australian rock anthems – a pub rock staple along with Boys Will be Boys and Never Gonna Die.

Through all the ups and downs Gable is proud of the fact the Choirboys have never stopped performing live music.

"'There's not so much of a revival with the heritage artists, and we put ourselves in the "Heritage Artist" bag, but there's only three bands in Australia from back then that haven't broken up – Mental As Anything, Radiators and Choirboys.

"All the rest have broken up and reformed, even John Farnham, and but they're all heritage artists.

“People know if they go along and see one of the old bands or old artist – and I'm talking old, 60s, 70s and 80s - they know they're going to be entertained and have a good time.

"You know they're going to play some Australian pub rock and roll and it's going to be fun."

Music fans at Thurgoona’s Kinross Woolshed will get all the party hits but Gable says the band is working on a new three-album project.

“I think we'll bung a couple of new ones in at Albury,” he teased.