THE BUSHMANS PAVAROTTI
DAVID GORDON KIRKPATRICK,WAS BORN IN KEMPSEY AUSTRALIA 13TH JUNE 1927,AND RAISED NEARBY ON THE NULLA NULLA DAIRY FARM.MANY WOULDN'T RECOGNISE THE NAME,ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA.BUT DAVID GORDON KIRKPATRICK,IN 1938,BECAME SLIM DUSTY,AND BEGAN THE CAREER THAT MADE HIM THE GREATEST COUNTRY MUSIC ENTERTAINER IN AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY.MAKING OVER 100 ALBUMS.
IN 1958 HE RECIEVED AUSTRALIA'S FIRST EVER GOLD RECORD FOR HIS RECORDING OF "A PUB WITH NO BEER" A SONG EVEN THOSE LIVING OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA MAY HAVE HEARD.
SLIM DIED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO--BUT NOT BEFORE HE'D SPENT THE BEST PART OF 60 YEARS TRAVELLING AROUND,WITH HIS SHOW--TAKING HIM TO JUST ABOUT EVERY SPOT IN THE COUNRY.EVERYONE LOVED SLIM,HE WENT TO THE PEOPLE AND GAVE THEM WHAT THEY WANTED TO HEAR,GOOD MUSIC--LONG LIVE IN OUR MEMORY "THE BUSHMANS PAVAROTTI----SLIM DUSTY
THE BUSHMANS PAVAROTTI
Well,who didn't know,when Slims travelling show
was coming into town?
'Twas time for fun,with the shearing done
to put those wide blades down.
"we're going to have a knees up Mum,
put on your frock,lets go,
with friends no fear,and we'll sink a beer
at Slim Dusty's travelling show."
He was the bushmans Pavarotti,
and the small towns next big thing.
All the drovers found,from miles around
came to hear Slim Dusty sing.
Oh we didn't care how we got there,
by horseback,car or boot
Slim was in town,at the village ground
so pile into the ute.
Heading off down on the Dusty track
on our way,through the station gate.
Be we rich or poor,could we ask for more
than,to have Slim as our best mate.
He was the Outbacks Elvis Prestley
and to the cockeys he was King.
all the shearers that shear,from there to here
came to see Slim Dusty sing
He was The Bushmans Pavarotti
The small towns next big thing.
all the drovers found,from miles around
came to hear Slim Dusty sing.
He was The Outbacks Elvis Prestley
and,to the cockeys he was King.
All the shearers that shear,from there to here
came to see Slim Dusty sing.
All the shearers that shear,from there to here
came to see Slim Dusty sing.
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IN 1958 HE RECIEVED AUSTRALIA'S FIRST EVER GOLD RECORD FOR HIS RECORDING OF "A PUB WITH NO BEER" A SONG EVEN THOSE LIVING OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA MAY HAVE HEARD.
SLIM DIED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO--BUT NOT BEFORE HE'D SPENT THE BEST PART OF 60 YEARS TRAVELLING AROUND,WITH HIS SHOW--TAKING HIM TO JUST ABOUT EVERY SPOT IN THE COUNRY.EVERYONE LOVED SLIM,HE WENT TO THE PEOPLE AND GAVE THEM WHAT THEY WANTED TO HEAR,GOOD MUSIC--LONG LIVE IN OUR MEMORY "THE BUSHMANS PAVAROTTI----SLIM DUSTY
THE BUSHMANS PAVAROTTI
Well,who didn't know,when Slims travelling show
was coming into town?
'Twas time for fun,with the shearing done
to put those wide blades down.
"we're going to have a knees up Mum,
put on your frock,lets go,
with friends no fear,and we'll sink a beer
at Slim Dusty's travelling show."
He was the bushmans Pavarotti,
and the small towns next big thing.
All the drovers found,from miles around
came to hear Slim Dusty sing.
Oh we didn't care how we got there,
by horseback,car or boot
Slim was in town,at the village ground
so pile into the ute.
Heading off down on the Dusty track
on our way,through the station gate.
Be we rich or poor,could we ask for more
than,to have Slim as our best mate.
He was the Outbacks Elvis Prestley
and to the cockeys he was King.
all the shearers that shear,from there to here
came to see Slim Dusty sing
He was The Bushmans Pavarotti
The small towns next big thing.
all the drovers found,from miles around
came to hear Slim Dusty sing.
He was The Outbacks Elvis Prestley
and,to the cockeys he was King.
All the shearers that shear,from there to here
came to see Slim Dusty sing.
All the shearers that shear,from there to here
came to see Slim Dusty sing.
'
posted by tonyfromwindsor | April 17, 2008
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