The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131018   Message #2953593
Posted By: GUEST
27-Jul-10 - 11:43 PM
Thread Name: Slim Dusty and Australian Folk Music
Subject: RE: Slim Dusty and Australian Folk Music
I first heard Slim Dusty when I was still a young boy and fell in love with his songs after hearing 'Saddle Boy' which was the flipside of 'Pub With No Beer' on the 45 rpm record. Since then I have been collecting all his songs and now have them all as mp3's with the exception of 4 or 5 of them. Another of his songs that is most enjoyable is "Along the Road of Song" in which he introduces many of the characters he has sung about in other songs. I and another friend have also been busy transcribing the lyrics of these songs and they can now be found at mp3.org and we have around 500 already done. It is not without good reason that Slim Dusty was jknown as the 'King od Australian Country Music'.