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Slim Dusty: Songs
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Slim Dusty was one of the greatest country artists of all time. The reason that that statement would seem insane to many music fans is due to the fact that they've probably never heard of him. Dusty (real name David Gordon Kirkpatrick) was an Australian who released more than 100 albums in a 60-year recording career while garnering a swag of gold and platinum records, awards, and honors and becoming a reluctant legend in his own lifetime. (Upon his death on September 19, 2003, at age 76, Dusty was accorded a state funeral.) It is fitting, then, that such a career be summed up in a greatest-hits collection and The Very Best of Slim Dusty does an admirable job, considering the vast wealth of material available to draw from. Dusty's best-loved numbers are here, including his signature song and sole international hit, "A Pub with No Beer." Other highlights include his last prominent song "Looking Forward, Looking Back" (penned by Don Walker, keyboard player for famed Aussie rockers Cold Chisel), the mateship number "Duncan," the Aussie-lingo lesson of "G'day G'day," and Slim's version of Australia's unofficial national anthem, "Waltzing Matilda."
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Slim Dusty , born David Gordon Kirkpatrick , ( June 13 , 1927 - September 19 , 2003 ) was an Australia n country music singer and songwriter. He has sold more than five million records in Australia, which is a significant number in a country of a population of 20 million.
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Slim Dusty returned to his 2nd home, the recording studio, last week to record with his old friend & mate Shorty Ranger. The sessions took place at Slim's "Columbia Lane" recording Studios and were the realisation of a dream. "We have been thinking about doing this for a while but with the 100th album things just got to busy" Slim said "But it was great to be able to finally do it. We have such a long history together and it was very important to me to get some songs done before we head back out on the road"
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The Australian singer Slim Dusty, who has died of cancer aged 76, was best known in Britain for a record that fleetingly monopolised the radio waves in 1958, A Pub With No Beer. The song told of a parched stockman herding cattle in the outback, who travelled many miles to a bar - only to find it was dry.
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Slim Dusty has got to be the most listened to Australian country music artist in the bush. He's be going for more than 50 years and has 100 albums. He sings about the outback and touch's base with a lot of rural folk. These 3 songs can give you a real feeling for the Northern Territory.
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Though remembered mostly in the UK for his 1958 single A Pub With No Beer, Slim Dusty was a true Australian institution. Signing his first record contract in 1946, for over fifty years he performed and recorded songs about Australian life and history, country ballads and folksongs, becoming the most beloved of the continent’s recording artists .In 1998 he was voted one of “100 National Living Treasures” and he reached a world audience by performing at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Olympics .Box set that documents his long career (four CDs of music plus one disc with 60 minutes of interviews) includes a 64 page illustrated booklet.
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