I grew up in Castlecrag, that hippie trouble spot of the lower North Shore. Mucked about in Perth, where I was hired by a troupe of travelling actors, presenting plays to the schoolkids around WA. Met the Slim Dusty Show at Lake Grace (Google it, Mate!), where I recognised Australian Country Music as local folk music, which I had been singing in Perth coffee shops. I listened and heard 3 chords and honesty, with great story-telling and considered melody; what more could a person want?
Later, battled through Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma with the help of my sisters, then Joined Northside in 2005 as a clerk, eventually graduated to my stand-in Station Manager.
But my wife was offered a job in Taree, so we escaped to a tree change on 10 acres with a creek at the bottom of the land. Grew our own eggs, fruit, vegetables and meat – yep, we watched the calves being borne, fed them to maturity and killed them and ate them.
Finally, fully retired and back in Sydney, re-joined Northside Radio and, with the death of our loved Georgie Cadwallader, was offered the time slot that Smokey Dawson had at 2NSB – the last station Smokey originated his nationally broadcast show.
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Playlists
Time | Title | Artist | |
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09:04 | Funky Garage A | Jay Michaels, Tom Toomey | |
09:12 | (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction | Dolly Parton | |
09:16 | Don't Rock the Jukebox | Alan Jackson | |
09:21 | One Step At A Time | Sandy Summers | |
09:26 | Thank You Country | Craig Lloyd | |
09:30 | BENEATH AUSTRALIAN STARS (Acoustic Version) | Anne Fraser | |
09:33 | Old Felt Hat | Alice Benfer | |
09:37 | The Hill | Warren Kearney | |
09:42 | Safety in Their Arms | Shaza Leigh | |
09:46 | Bottom Shelf | Andy Penkow | |
09:49 | When I Think Of Home | Lindsay Waddington | |
09:52 | Try A Little Kindness | Lloyd Back | |
09:57 | Dance | Shelly Jones Band | |
10:07 | Sultans Of Swing | Dire Straits | |
10:12 | You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | Anne Kirkpatrick | |
10:16 | City of New Orleans | Arlo Guthrie | |
10:23 | Little Lies | Fleetwood Mac | |
10:27 | Heartache Tonight | Eagles | |
10:31 | Its Only The Beginning | Deborah Conway | |
10:36 | Unchained Melody | The Righteous Brothers | |
10:42 | Country Heart | Dianna Corcoran | |
10:46 | American Pie | Don McLean | |
10:55 | Oh, Boy! (Remastered 2016) (Remastered 2016) | Buddy Holly | |
10:57 | Keep On Rockin' | Beccy Cole | |
11:02 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
11:02 | 20 Margaritas | Big & Rich | |
11:05 | Why Haven't I Heard From You | Reba McEntire | |
11:09 | Take Me Home Country Road | Israel Kamakawiwo'ole | |
11:14 | Tenterfield Saddler | Olivia Newton-john | |
11:18 | 24 Hour Love Affair | James Blundell | |
11:23 | Real Smooth Cowboy | Jetty Road | |
11:28 | She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) | Jerry Reed | |
11:31 | Cowboys Love Texas | Marie Hodson | |
11:34 | All My Ex's Live In Texas | George Strait | |
11:38 | He Rode All the Way to Texas | Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton | |
11:41 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
11:43 | Buckle Hits the Floor | Magnificent Seven | |
11:46 | The Heart You Break May Be Your Own | Patsy Cline | |
11:49 | I Believe In You | Don Williams | |
11:53 | Chickin Lights and Chrome | Jesse Watson | |
11:57 | Good Luck "N' Good Truckin' Tonite | Dale Watson | |
11:59 | A Year or Three | Simply Bushed |
Time | Title | Artist | |
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09:07 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt | |
09:09 | Rockstar | Dolly Parton | |
09:14 | Funktry | Doug Bruce | |
09:18 | I Hope Heaven Has a Honky Tonk | Tracy Lawrence | |
09:23 | Widgee Widgee Station | Alice Benfer | |
09:26 | Shotgun Love | Sisters in Country, Jodi Vaughan, Aly Cook | |
09:29 | Thank You Country | Craig Lloyd | |
09:33 | When I Think Of Home | Lindsay Waddington | |
09:37 | The Hill | Warren Kearney | |
09:41 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
09:42 | BENEATH AUSTRALIAN STARS - Acoustic Version | Anne Fraser | |
09:46 | Bottom Shelf | Andy Penkow | |
09:49 | Try A Little Kindness | Lloyd Back | |
09:53 | Safety in Their Arms | Shaza Leigh | |
09:57 | Dance | Shelly Jones Band | |
10:03 | Help Me Rhonda | T. Graham Brown | |
10:07 | It Keeps Slipping My Mind (Album Version) | Tammy Wynette | |
10:09 | Home of the Blues | Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two | |
10:16 | Walking Dream | Patsy Cline | |
10:19 | Young Widow Brown | Waylon Jennings, The Waylors | |
10:23 | Broken Man's Lament | Emmylou Harris | |
10:29 | Sin City | Dwight Yoakam | |
10:32 | Luck in My Eyes | k.d.lang & The Reclines | |
10:37 | (Turn Out The Light And) Love Me Tonight | Kenny Chesney | |
10:41 | Happy Girl | Martina McBride | |
10:45 | The Road Goes On Forever | The Highwaymen | |
10:50 | The Girl Most Likely | Jeannie C. Riley | |
10:52 | Keep Your Hands to Yourself | The Charlie Daniels Band | |
10:55 | You Win Again | Charley Pride | |
10:58 | I Love You Enough To Let You Go | Chely Wright | |
11:03 | Jerry's Breakdown | Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed | |
11:05 | A Bridge That Just Won't Burn | Conway Twitty | |
11:11 | Hurricane Jump | Markus Meier | |
11:14 | My Imagination | Rachel Dillon | |
11:25 | Hawkesbury River Lovin' | John Williamson | |
11:28 | Hunky Country Boys | Jasmine Rae | |
11:32 | Thank God I'm A Cowboy | Doug Bruce | |
11:36 | Real Smooth Cowboy | Jetty Road | |
11:42 | A Cowboy's A Cowboy | Nev Nicholls | |
11:48 | Dirt Track Cowboys '08 | Adam Brand | |
11:51 | Cowboys Love Texas | Marie Hodson | |
11:54 | Waltz Across Texas Tonight (Unreleased 1994) | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris | |
11:58 | Good Luck "N' Good Truckin' Tonite | Dale Watson | |
11:59 | A Year or Three | Simply Bushed |
Time | Title | Artist | |
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09:07 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt | |
09:09 | Evolution | Sheryl Crow | |
09:17 | You’re No Good | Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow | |
09:22 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
09:23 | The Hill | Warren Kearney | |
09:26 | Birdsong | Felicity Urquhart, Josh Cunningham | |
09:30 | Let's Ride | Troy Cassar-Daley | |
09:35 | Widgee Widgee Station | Alice Benfer | |
09:38 | Try A Little Kindness | Lloyd Back | |
09:43 | Another Neon Bar | JoKeria | |
09:46 | Bottom Shelf | Andy Penkow | |
09:50 | Thank You Country | Craig Lloyd | |
09:53 | BENEATH AUSTRALIAN STARS - Acoustic Version | Anne Fraser | |
09:57 | Dance | Shelly Jones Band | |
10:03 | It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long | The Notorious Cherry Bombs | |
10:08 | (She's Got A Butt) Bigger Than The Beatles | Cledus T. Judd | |
10:11 | Put The Seat Back Down | Kacey Jones | |
10:21 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
10:22 | Party Rock & Roll Songs (Continuous DJ Mix) | Various Artists | |
10:25 | In The Jailhouse Now | Adam Harvey, Kasey Chambers, Shane Nicholson | |
10:28 | Jailhouse Tears | Lucinda Williams | |
10:33 | I'm Trouble With A Capital "T" | Wolverines | |
10:37 | Trail Of Broken Hearts | k.d. lang | |
10:45 | Small Voyages | Chloe Matharu | |
10:51 | Streets Of London | Trevor Knight | |
10:58 | If I Had You | Willie Nelson | |
11:05 | Where have all the flowers gone | Peter, Paul & Mary | |
11:09 | John Henry | Woody Guthrie | |
11:12 | Oklahoma Hills | Jack Guthrie and his Oklahomans | |
11:16 | Two's Too Many, Three's Not Enough | The Wedded Bliss | |
11:20 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
11:21 | The Life | Kenny Chesney | |
11:25 | Storms Never Last | Camille Te Nahu, Stuie French | |
11:30 | Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard | |
11:33 | Faded Love | LeAnn Rimes | |
11:37 | She's Just an Old Friend Turned Memory | Ollie Austin | |
11:40 | South of the Border | Patsy Cline | |
11:53 | Rollin' With the Flow | Charlie Rich | |
11:58 | Good Luck "N' Good Truckin' Tonite | Dale Watson | |
11:59 | A Year or Three | Simply Bushed |
Time | Title | Artist | |
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09:05 | LIVE VIDEO CAM | John FREEMAN, Georges BODOSSIAN | |
09:08 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt | |
09:10 | Stairway To Heaven | Dolly Parton | |
09:24 | Widgee Widgee Station | Alice Benfer | |
09:27 | Let's Ride | Troy Cassar-Daley | |
09:31 | Fixin' Things | Max Jackson | |
09:34 | Try A Little Kindness | Lloyd Back | |
09:37 | Straight Line | Keith Urban | |
09:43 | Birdsong | Felicity Urquhart, Josh Cunningham | |
09:47 | Another Neon Bar | JoKeria | |
09:50 | Bottom Shelf | Andy Penkow | |
09:53 | BENEATH AUSTRALIAN STARS - Acoustic Version | Anne Fraser | |
09:56 | Thank You Country | Craig Lloyd | |
10:04 | All Those Years Ago | Allan Caswell | |
10:09 | Change of Light | Chloe Matharu | |
10:13 | Lonesome Now I'm Gone | The Weeping Willows | |
10:21 | Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) | John Denver | |
10:25 | Cry Like A Baby | Kasey Chambers | |
10:29 | Way Out West | James Blundell, James Reyne | |
10:34 | Mighty Mighty Love | Aleyce Simmonds | |
10:37 | You Can Do Magic | America | |
10:44 | Trouble Is A Woman | Gina Jeffreys | |
10:48 | If I'd Known I'd Live This Long | Andy Anderson | |
10:52 | The Blues Don't Care Who's Got 'Em | Reba McEntire | |
10:56 | City of New Orleans | Arlo Guthrie | |
11:01 | Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues | Woody Guthrie | |
11:05 | Missing You | Jonah's Road | |
11:12 | Fiesta | Carlos Guibo | |
11:12 | I Still Miss Someone (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968) | Johnny Cash | |
11:14 | Who's Gonna Miss Me? | Loretta Lynn | |
11:17 | He Ain't Worth Missing | Toby Keith | |
11:21 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
11:22 | Black Betty | Ram Jam | |
11:26 | Black Eyes, Blue Tears | Shania Twain | |
11:29 | Man in Black | Johnny Cash | |
11:32 | Black Mountain Rag | Chet Atkins | |
11:35 | Black Water (with Zac Brown Band) | The Doobie Brothers | |
11:41 | Black-Eyed Susan | Prairie Oyster | |
11:45 | Long Black Veil | The Kingston Trio | |
11:49 | Girl Happy | Elvis Presley | |
11:51 | Happy Girl | Martina McBride | |
11:58 | Good Luck "N' Good Truckin' Tonite | Dale Watson | |
11:59 | A Year or Three | Simply Bushed |