SLIM DUSTY

Slim Dusty is an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He  was an Australian cultural icon and one of the country’s most awarded stars, with a career spanning nearly seven decades with numerous recordings.  He was the archetypical “Father of Country Music”. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australia particularly of bush life and renowned Australian bush poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson that represented the lifestyle, the music genre was coined the “bush ballad”, a style first made popular by Buddy Williams, the first artist to perform the genre in Australia, and also for his many trucking songs.

Dusty was the first Australian to have a No. 1 international hit song, with a version of Gordon Parsons’ “A Pub with No Beer”. He received an unequalled 37 Golden Guitar and two Australian Recording Industry Association (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. During his lifetime, Dusty was considered an Australian National Treasure. He performed “Waltzing Matilda”, Australia’s national song, at the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Slim Dusty Backing Tracks – A Pub With No Beer  …  Old Time Country Halls  …  Leave Him In The Long Yard  …