Three and half years ago the Don Henderson Project was launched at the National Folk Festival in Canberra with the mission to raise interest and finance to produce a CD of Don's songs.

The interest was there and the finance came in the form of sponsorship from Don's friends, those who sang and recorded his songs, unions, folk festivals, folk federations and folk clubs. This kind of sponsorship seems to have entered the realm of the folk process in Australia, with sponsors being recognised in the CD booklet and receiving 3 copies of the CD on publication.

The result is a double CD with 40 songs, one CD of Don singing and the second of others singing his songs:

Declan Affley, Alex Hood, Gray Shearston, Ann Bermingham, Dave de Hugard, Bill Berry, Danny Spooner, Helen Rowe, Griff Bignell, Geoff Wills, Terry Hannagan, Annette Hood, Mark Gregory, Craig McGregor, Sally Henderson and Tommy Leonard.

The tracks for 'The Songs of Don Henderson' have come from a variety of sources, recordings dating between 1965 and 2007.

Among them are studio, concert and home recordings on every medium from reel-to-reel tape, LPs, cassette tape to digital recordings, restored where necessary to the best quality achievable without losing the original atmosphere.

The 'The Songs of Don Henderson' is auspiced by the Queensland Folk Federation and released through Shoestring Records and release being planned for 15 December.

The CD will be launched at a special concert on 28 December at the Woodford Folk Festival.

For more information please visit the project website at http://donhenderson.com.au/

Cheers
Mark