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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09:02 | Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) | Steve Harley | |
09:05 | Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Grows) | Edison Lighthouse | |
09:08 | It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings | Mark Chesnutt | |
09:08 | Uneasy Rider | Charlie Daniels | |
09:13 | Love Is Never Easy | Reba McEntire | |
09:17 | Let's Take It Nice and Easy | Charlie Rich | |
09:23 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
09:24 | Bottom Shelf | Andy Penkow | |
09:28 | Straight Line | Keith Urban | |
09:32 | Little More Country | Max Jackson | |
09:36 | Let's Ride | Troy Cassar-Daley | |
09:42 | No One Holds a Candle to You | Vanessa Bourne | |
09:46 | Try A Little Kindness | Lloyd Back | |
09:50 | Gone, Gone, Gone | Lance Birrell | |
09:57 | Thank You Country | Craig Lloyd | |
10:01 | BENEATH AUSTRALIAN STARS (Acoustic Version) | Anne Fraser | |
10:07 | A Little Bit Of Country In Us All | ALLAN CASWELL | |
10:13 | The Ghosts of Culloden | Isla Grant | |
10:17 | Scotland | Darren Coggan | |
10:22 | Australia | Isla Grant | |
10:30 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
10:31 | Irish Heartbeat | Van Morrison, The Chieftans | |
10:36 | Once a Day | Mary Duff | |
10:38 | I Just Want to Dance With You | Daniel O'Donnell | |
10:43 | Cammo Was a Bugger of a Kid | Errol Gray | |
10:53 | Put The Seat Back Down | Kacey Jones | |
10:57 | I'm My Own Grandpa | Willie Nelson | |
11:03 | Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford | |
11:04 | A Truckie Up In Queensland | Allan Caswell | |
11:08 | Shelly's Song | Allan Caswell | |
11:11 | Billy Joel Song | Allan Caswell | |
11:16 | Next Broken Heart | Lynchburg, Allison Forbes | |
11:19 | Who Gets the Friends? | Allan Caswell | |
11:27 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
11:27 | The Tractor | Glenn Jones | |
11:30 | Young Love | Frank Ifield | |
11:34 | Mambo Da Capo | Gerhard Narholz | |
11:37 | My Life Drives Me to Drink | Aleyce Simmonds, Lachlan Bryan | |
11:41 | I'll Drink To That | Adam Harvey | |
11:54 | They Wonder Why You Drink | Errol Gray | |
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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09:08 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt | |
09:09 | Friends in Low Places | Garth Brooks | |
09:14 | It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | DOLLY PARTON/TAMMY WYNETTE/LORETTA LYNN | |
09:17 | Honky Tonk Badonkadonk | Trace Adkins | |
09:18 | You Can't Treat A Man Like That | ALLAN CASWELL | |
09:24 | SHE SANG THE HARMONY (Acoustic Version) | Anne Fraser | |
09:30 | Little More Country | Max Jackson | |
09:34 | Widgee Widgee Station | Alice Benfer | |
09:37 | Gone, Gone, Gone | Lance Birrell | |
09:41 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
09:42 | BENEATH AUSTRALIAN STARS (Acoustic Version) | Anne Fraser | |
09:45 | Birdsong | Felicity Urquhart, Josh Cunningham | |
09:49 | No One Holds a Candle to You | Vanessa Bourne | |
09:53 | Try A Little Kindness | Lloyd Back | |
09:57 | Thank You Country | Craig Lloyd | |
10:05 | Apartment | Tammy Wynette, George Jones | |
10:07 | I Can't Stop Loving You | Roy Orbison | |
10:10 | Heartbreaker | Dolly Parton | |
10:14 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | Willie Nelson | |
10:17 | Two Hearts Breaking | Jewel | |
10:19 | Motivational Epic Music | SoulProdMusic | |
10:21 | (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time | Don Gibson | |
10:22 | Sea of Heartbreak | Don Gibson | |
10:25 | My Happiness | Daniel O'Donnell, Mary Duff | |
10:29 | Happy Ending | Sugarland | |
10:34 | What Makes Me Happy | Charlie Landsborough | |
10:41 | Home is Where You're Happy | Willie Nelson | |
10:47 | What a Wonderful Life | Elvis Presley | |
10:50 | Love and Happiness | Clelia Adams | |
10:54 | Lifetime Friends | Adam Brand | |
10:58 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
11:00 | She Don't Know She's Beautiful | Adam Harvey | |
11:03 | Beautiful Distraction | Aleyce Simmonds | |
11:11 | Beautiful Mess | Kasey Chambers | |
11:15 | Yesterday Was Beautiful | Adam Brand | |
11:19 | What a Beautiful Day | Jetty Road | |
11:24 | Born Beautiful | Markus Meier | |
11:27 | Beautiful Thing | Melinda Schneider | |
11:30 | Beautiful Life | Troy Cassar-Daley | |
11:34 | Beautiful Dreams | Rachel Richards | |
11:38 | Bad and the Beautiful | Rod Dowsett | |
11:42 | Stay Beautiful | Taylor Swift | |
11:52 | I'll Never Find Another You | The Seekers | |
11:55 | Tears | Foster And Allen | |
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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09:08 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt | |
09:10 | SHOEY | Jake Whittaker | |
09:13 | Let It Be (feat. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr) | Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr | |
09:18 | No More Cloudy Days | Eagles | |
09:24 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
09:25 | You've Got to Stand for Something (In the Style of Aaron Tippin) [Karaoke Version] | Karaoke Backtrax Library | |
09:28 | No One Holds a Candle to You | Vanessa Bourne | |
09:33 | Straight Line | Keith Urban | |
09:37 | Try A Little Kindness | Lloyd Back | |
09:42 | Birdsong | Felicity Urquhart, Josh Cunningham | |
09:46 | Widgee Widgee Station | Alice Benfer | |
09:49 | One More Song | Cassidy-Rae | |
09:53 | Little More Country | Max Jackson | |
09:56 | Gone, Gone, Gone | Lance Birrell | |
10:00 | Thank You Country | Craig Lloyd | |
10:06 | Maybelline | Carl Perkins | |
10:09 | Grandpa's Piano | Adam Brand | |
10:12 | Dirt Track Cowboys | Adam Brand | |
10:15 | Fast Cars And Freedom | Rascal Flatts | |
10:20 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
10:22 | Bright Side Of The Road | Van Morrison | |
10:26 | Wild Women Do | Natalie Cole | |
10:30 | All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight | Hank Williams, Jr. | |
10:36 | Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman | Melinda Schneider | |
10:44 | Sunday Morning Comin' Down | Kris Kristofferson | |
10:48 | If Teardrops Were Pennies | Kitty Wells | |
10:51 | My Next Broken Heart | Brooks & Dunn | |
10:54 | Happiness Lives Next Door ("Naked" version) | Willie Nelson | |
11:03 | What Makes Me Happy | Charlie Landsborough | |
11:07 | Happy Girl | Martina McBride | |
11:13 | Happy Day | Connie Kis Andersen | |
11:17 | I'm a Happy Go Lucky Cow Hand | Smoky Dawson | |
11:21 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
11:21 | Way Out West | James Blundell, James Reyne | |
11:25 | Ring Around The Moon | James Blundell | |
11:29 | Rain On A Tin Roof | James Blundell | |
11:39 | She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) | Jerry Reed | |
11:43 | Who's Crying Now | Jo Dee Messina | |
11:46 | Still Gonna Die (Live) | Old Dogs | |
11:50 | Findin' A Good Man | Danielle Peck | |
11:54 | Good Hearted Woman | Waylon Jennings | |
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 | Friends in Low Places | Garth Brooks | |
09:12 | Bashed Up Beaten Battered Broken Heart | Kirsty Akers | |
09:15 | Happy To Be Here | Trace Adkins | |
09:18 | I Am A Country Song | Catherine Britt | |
09:24 | No One Holds a Candle to You | Vanessa Bourne | |
09:29 | SHE SANG THE HARMONY (Acoustic Version) | Anne Fraser | |
09:33 | That's Why I Love Our West | Anne Kirkpatrick, Angus Gill | |
09:35 | Hurt | Connie Kis Andersen | |
09:40 | Birdsong | Felicity Urquhart, Josh Cunningham | |
09:45 | Little More Country | Max Jackson | |
09:48 | Secondhand Stories | Ashleigh Dallas | |
09:53 | Try A Little Kindness | Lloyd Back | |
09:56 | Widgee Widgee Station | Alice Benfer | |
09:59 | Thank You Country | Craig Lloyd | |
10:07 | Sweet Nothing | Taylor Swift | |
10:10 | Our Song | Taylor Swift | |
10:14 | The Bluebell Man | Charlie Landsborough | |
10:20 | Love Is Like a Butterfly | Dolly Parton | |
10:22 | I Believe In You | Don Williams | |
10:27 | Little Babies Like to Suck on Their Toes | Camille And Stuie | |
10:31 | Dare to Dream | BalloonPlanet | |
10:33 | Rollin' | Garth Brooks | |
10:47 | Just to See You Smile | Tim McGraw | |
10:50 | Talk Dirty To Me | Talia Wittmann | |
10:53 | Hey Good Lookin' | Hank Williams | |
10:56 | A Lover Is Forever | Trisha Yearwood | |
11:03 | Mustang Sally | The Commitments, Andrew Strong | |
11:07 | Son Of A Preacher Man | Bobbie Gentry | |
11:09 | Kind Hearted Woman | Muddy Waters | |
11:13 | A Man in Boots | Connie Kis Andersen | |
11:20 | Steamy Dreams | Connie Kis Andersen | |
11:24 | Lounge Lizard | Connie Kis Andersen | |
11:26 | On the Other Side of Midnight | Connie Kis Andersen | |
11:30 | Angels All Around Us | Connie Kis Andersen | |
11:38 | Days Of Old Khancoban | Lee Kernaghan | |
11:42 | Rodeo Rider | Larry Cann, Markus Meier | |
11:45 | This Is Rodeo | Jayne Denham | |
11:48 | I Love This Rodeo | Lynchburg | |
11:51 | Rodeo Romeo | Ronni Rae Rivers | |
11:55 | Chasin' Rodeo | Troy Cassar-Daley | |
11:59 | A Year or Three | Simply Bushed |