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Williamson usually writes and performs songs that relate to the history and culture of Australia, particularly the outback, in a similar vein to Slim Dusty and Buddy Williams before him. Williamson has released over fifty albums, ten videos , five DVDs, and two lyric books and has sold more than 4,000,000 albums in Australia. [ 1 ]
Pioneers of a more Americanised popular country music in Australia included Tex Morton (known as The Father of Australian Country Music) in the 1930s and other early stars like Buddy Williams, Shirley Thoms and Smoky Dawson. In 1932, Tex Morton arrived from New Zealand, aged 16, and humped his swag around outback stations where he began to earn ...
Never Never (Australian outback), a colloquial name for the Australian outback; ... (Korn song), 2013 "Never Never", by Brick & Lace from Love Is Wicked, 2007
The song is an account of the memories of an old Australian man who, as a youngster, had travelled across rural Australia as a swagman, "waltzing [his] Matilda" (carrying his "swag", a combination of portable sleeping gear and luggage) all over the bush and the outback. In 1915, he joined the Australian armed forces and was sent to Gallipoli ...
Outback were a world music group founded in the late 1980s by multi-instrumentalists Graham Wiggins and Martin Cradick. The group fused traditional Australian tribal music , represented primarily through Wiggins's didgeridoo , with modern Western music, mostly Cradick's steel-string guitar .
During the 1970s, North American country music superstar Wilf Carter also recorded a number of Williams's songs on an album of Australian songs. A number of tribute songs have been recorded by many artists including John Williamson whose song "The Last of the Pioneers" is a tribute to Williams and his contribution to Australian music.
[2] Upon release, Kernaghan said "The 30th Anniversary of The Outback Club; It's been an amazing ride, 3 decades of music making, song writing, recording and singing songs about the people and the country that I love. This special 3-disc set has been specially compiled to take you on a musical journey through the hits and musical highlights of ...
Smoky Dawson AM, MBE (19 March 1913 – 13 February 2008), born as Herbert Henry Brown, was an Australian singer-songwriter and musician, who performed western and folk music with a tinge of country, he was a radio and television presenter, entertainer, and icon.