David Gordon "Slim Dusty " Kirkpatrick AO, MBE (13 June 1927—19 September 2… Read Full Bio ↴David Gordon "Slim Dusty " Kirkpatrick AO, MBE (13 June 1927—19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter and producer, with a career spanning nearly eight decades. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australian poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson that represented the Australian Bush Lifestyle, and also for his many trucking songs. Dusty was the first Australian to have a No. 1 Hit song with Gordon Parsons (Pub With No Beer). He received an unequaled 37 Golden Guitar and two ARIA awards and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and the Country Music Roll of Renown. At the time of his death at the age of 76, Dusty had been working on his 106th album for EMI Records. In 2007 his domestic record sales in Australia surpassed seven million.
Over the course of his career, he collected more gold and platinum albums than any other Australian artist.
Dusty not only recorded songs written by himself and other fellow Australian performers, but also recorded classic Australian poems by Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson with new tunes, to call attention to the old 'Bush Ballads.' An example is The Man from Snowy River by Paterson.
In 1970, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to music. In 1971 he won Best Single at the Australian Country Music Awards at the Tamworth Country Music Festival (Slim's wife Joy McKean won Song of the Year as writer of the song for which he won best single). In all, he won a record 35 "Golden Guitars" over the years.
He died at home in St Ives, New South Wales on 19 September 2003 after a protracted battle with cancer, at age 76.
The Slim Dusty Story started back in the 1940s on a remote dairy farm in the hills behind Kempsey, NSW, when a 10-year-old boy dreamed of being a country music singer. His name was David Gordon Kirkpatrick... he called himself "Slim Dusty" and began to live that dream.
But even the most optimistic farm boy would never have imagined the life that was to unfold... a life that would establish Slim as the voice of the nation, the chronicler of Australian history in song.
Slim managed to hold on to those early visions of writing and singing about the bush because during his lengthy career, he always stayed in touch with his audience. And he did this in a very real and meaningful way, so much so that his fans would feel that Slim was one of their mates and his songs "just a good yarn you might hear from a mate at the pub, around a campfire in the bush or at a back yard barbie".
He described his music as "songs about real Australians... "I have to be fair dinkum with my audience. I can't see any other way of doing it," he said. "You have to believe in what you are singing about."
Slim Dusty was the first Australian to have a number one hit record and the only Australian to ever receive a 78rpm Gold Record (for A Pub With No Beer in 1958)...
He was the first Australian to have an international record hit and the first singer in the world to have his voice beamed to earth from space (astronauts Bob Crippen and John Young played Slim's recording of Waltzing Matilda from the space shuttle "Columbia" as it passed over Australia back in 1983).
During an amazingly successful career spanning over six decades, Slims' continued popularity saw him rewarded with more Gold and Platinum Awards for sales of his singles, eight-tracks, cassettes, CD's, videos and DVDs... more than any other Australian artist!
He received an unequaled 37 Golden Guitar Awards, two ARIA's (Australian Recording Industry Association awards), inductions into the ARIA Hall of Fame and the Australian Country Music Roll of Renown.
Slim was recognized for his long time services to Australian entertainment with an MBE and an Order of Australia. In 1999, Prime Minister John Howard named Slim Dusty Australia's Father of the Year and Senior Australian of the Year. There were many other awards and honors... too many to name here!
Dusty died at his home in St Ives, New South Wales on 19 September 2003 at the age of 76, after a protracted battle with cancer.
Over the course of his career, he collected more gold and platinum albums than any other Australian artist.
Dusty not only recorded songs written by himself and other fellow Australian performers, but also recorded classic Australian poems by Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson with new tunes, to call attention to the old 'Bush Ballads.' An example is The Man from Snowy River by Paterson.
In 1970, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to music. In 1971 he won Best Single at the Australian Country Music Awards at the Tamworth Country Music Festival (Slim's wife Joy McKean won Song of the Year as writer of the song for which he won best single). In all, he won a record 35 "Golden Guitars" over the years.
He died at home in St Ives, New South Wales on 19 September 2003 after a protracted battle with cancer, at age 76.
The Slim Dusty Story started back in the 1940s on a remote dairy farm in the hills behind Kempsey, NSW, when a 10-year-old boy dreamed of being a country music singer. His name was David Gordon Kirkpatrick... he called himself "Slim Dusty" and began to live that dream.
But even the most optimistic farm boy would never have imagined the life that was to unfold... a life that would establish Slim as the voice of the nation, the chronicler of Australian history in song.
Slim managed to hold on to those early visions of writing and singing about the bush because during his lengthy career, he always stayed in touch with his audience. And he did this in a very real and meaningful way, so much so that his fans would feel that Slim was one of their mates and his songs "just a good yarn you might hear from a mate at the pub, around a campfire in the bush or at a back yard barbie".
He described his music as "songs about real Australians... "I have to be fair dinkum with my audience. I can't see any other way of doing it," he said. "You have to believe in what you are singing about."
Slim Dusty was the first Australian to have a number one hit record and the only Australian to ever receive a 78rpm Gold Record (for A Pub With No Beer in 1958)...
He was the first Australian to have an international record hit and the first singer in the world to have his voice beamed to earth from space (astronauts Bob Crippen and John Young played Slim's recording of Waltzing Matilda from the space shuttle "Columbia" as it passed over Australia back in 1983).
During an amazingly successful career spanning over six decades, Slims' continued popularity saw him rewarded with more Gold and Platinum Awards for sales of his singles, eight-tracks, cassettes, CD's, videos and DVDs... more than any other Australian artist!
He received an unequaled 37 Golden Guitar Awards, two ARIA's (Australian Recording Industry Association awards), inductions into the ARIA Hall of Fame and the Australian Country Music Roll of Renown.
Slim was recognized for his long time services to Australian entertainment with an MBE and an Order of Australia. In 1999, Prime Minister John Howard named Slim Dusty Australia's Father of the Year and Senior Australian of the Year. There were many other awards and honors... too many to name here!
Dusty died at his home in St Ives, New South Wales on 19 September 2003 at the age of 76, after a protracted battle with cancer.
Any Old Time
Slim Dusty Lyrics
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A Friend Indeed If you will open your heart to a friend who…
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A Land he calls his own Big old bullocks walking down the red and dusty track Far fr…
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A Word to Texas Jack Texas Jack, you are amusin', great Lord Harry, how I…
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Answer To Billy It must be all of three years now since Billy…
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Axe Mark on a Gidgee There's horse bound to keep me company and the water's…
Back to the Saltbush Plains Throwin′ off these city clothes, Goin' where the gidgee grow…
Back Where I Belong Gonna load up the Jeep and ride for a week…
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Banjo's Man The question is still asked today, "Who is Banjo′s man, That…
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Big Frogs in Little Puddles Big frogs in little puddles laying down the law Tying bows…
Big Gulf Rivers How I long to return to the gulf land Where I…
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Billinudgel Well it must-a been 'round 4.30 in the mornin, The first…
Boomaroo Flyer I run a large truck mister, And I live in Echuca…
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Land of No Second Chance We buried a man in the scrub today In the desert…
Leaning Post You′ve been around a-playin', now do I hear you sayin′ That…
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Leave Him In The Longyard Yes he's lookin' kind of jaded And his sight is not…
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Long Black Road When I spend a week at home I just sit…
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Losin' My Blues Tonight Oh-de-lay-ee-oh, de-lee-do-lay-ee-oh, do-lee-do-lay-ee-ee Oh…
Mad Jack's Cockatoo There's a man that went out, in the flood time…
Mad Jacks' Cockatoo There′s a man that went out, in the flood time…
Man From The Never Never My legs are kind of bowed from horses that I've…
Matilda No More Once Jolly swagmen went humpin their swags And stuffed joll…
Mechanised Swaggies Im a mechanised swaggie in a Kenworth T950 I haul big…
Memories And Dreams I'm here at the horizon Between the future and the past I'm…
Middleton's Rouseabout Tall and freckled and sandy, Face of a country lout; This wa…
Mount Bukaroo Only one old post is standing, solid yet, but only…
My Pal Alcohol Now I've been drinkin’ since I was four ain't had enough…
Namatjira Oh, hushed are the voices and grey are the skies, And…
Names Upon the Wall Men and women of the highway, And the biways of this…
Never Was At All They say I'm getting older and my hair is turnin'…
Old Dingo His dusky, keen, old troubled eyes Reveal an awe about him A…
Old Man Drought Hard hit by drought in Queensland and all the neighbouring…
Old Riders In The Grandstand I'm seated in the grandstand at a big-time rodeo With my…
Old Time Country Halls As I pick up my guitar to sing another song I…
On The Night Train Have you seen the bush by moonlight, from the train,…
Once When I Was Mustering Once when I was musterin', out Carnarvon way I had a…
One Truckie's Epitaph My Dad drove a rig on the northcoast run, and we'd…
Paddy Gramp Oh ohhhhh I come from plurry Queensland and my name…
Paddy William Said he was born on Marble Bar, been a drover…
Pay Day At The Pub Now the weary week has ended, it's pay day on…
Peter Anderson & Co He had offices in Sydney, many years ago, And his shingle…
Plains of Peppimenarti Yodel Now I've been around Australia and I've travelled ever…
Port Augusta Life in Port Augusta, things don't change Life in Port Augus…
Pub With No Beer It's lonesome away, from your kindred and all By the campfir…
Recycled Ringer Got pretty big load on a bitumen road and the…
redwing There once was an Indian maid, A shy little prairie maid, Wh…
Relics Of The Past An old man sadly gazes at the gear hung on…
Return Of The Stockman I've got my old quart pot and my saddle bag, I've…
Ringer From The Top End I'm a ringer from the top end where ya gotta…
Road Train Blues Another day is dawning, out on the lonely plain, Here am…
Saddle Boy Through the grey frosty dawn Every cold winters morn Rode th…
Sale Day at St. Lawrence Its sale day at St. Lawrence, with cattle buyers here, Store…
Send 'Er Down Hughie Oh the radio tells me it's raining But that I can…
Sequel to the Pub With No Beer It's lonesome away, from your kindred and all By the campfir…
Shanty On The Rise When the caravans of wool-teams climbed the ranges from the…
She'Ll Be Right Mate She′ll be right mate She'll be right She′ll be right mate Sh…
Since Then I met Jack Ellis in town to-day, Jack Ellis my old…
Singer From Down Under I'm a singer from down under and it isn't any…
So Long Old Mates Where are the mates I used to have? I wonder where…
Something In The Pilliga Looking forward, looking back I've come a long way down the…
Somewhere Up in Queensland Now Billy was a blacksmith in the year of forty…
St. Peter Oh, I think there is a likeness ′twixt St Peter's…
Star Trucker Well now you see that feller in the Louieville he's got…
Stringybark And Greenhide Now the aeroplanes go screaming across the blue skies overhe…
Sweeney It was somewhere in September and the sun was goin'…
The Angel Of Goulburn Hill Well I picked up my load, hit the road on…
The Answer To The Pub With No Beer It's lonesome away, from your kindred and all By the campfir…
The Battle With the Roan I come ridin′ down the Barwon with my saddle and…
The Biggest Disappointment They had my future wrapped up in a parcel And no…
The Birdsville Track Way out in heartbreak corner in Australia's far outback The …
The Bloke Who Serves the Beer My name is Tom I own a queensland pub there’s bundy…
and many more tracks by Slim Dusty.
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Malachi Wex
This song could never get old
Charn Singh
Legend! Respect for this music art of yours! RIP mate.
BOND 007
I'm glad I grew up listening to slim dusty thank you Dad for making me listening this legend
stephen prattley
another classic from one of the worlds classic singers
DEBBIE LIGHTFOOT-DE HAMER
I had just the best time dancing with my Dad at the Broadwater hall with my best friend.
He taught me so well I went onto Compition Ball Room. Which is far from today's Media programming.
Thanks Dad.
Altona Sasquatch
God bless you slim, soundtrack of my childhood and evry road trip of my life. Hope your resting in peace old timer
Roger Wall
Another era? Some songs never age. Dinosaur
Miriam Chungulla
My dad love slim so do I. Slim dusty old Aussie king. Country music.
George Hamilton
One of the best for the old people
Uncle
Not just old people I’m a young man and a fair few people in my high school used to love slim and out west this is the real music