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
09:08
It Sure Is Monday
Mark Chesnutt
09:09
Sunrise (Made Popular By Norah Jones) [Karaoke Version]
Party Tyme Karaoke
09:13
Sing Australia
John Denver
09:17
Till I Make It On My Own
Tammy Wynette
09:21
Paris Skies
Edward Jay, Eve Loiseau, Vasco
09:22
For Lovers
The London West End Orchestra
09:23
You're My Man
Billie Jo Spears
09:24
The Bluebell Man
Charlie Landsborough
09:30
If I Could See The World (Through The Eyes Of A Child)
Patsy Cline
09:33
Georgia On My Mind
Willie Nelson
09:38
One's On the Way
Loretta Lynn
09:41
Funky Garage A
Jay Michaels, Tom Toomey
09:41
No Particular Place to Go
Chuck Berry
09:45
Let Your Love Flow
Loretta Lyn
09:47
Summertime Blues
Alan Jackson
09:51
There Goes My Everything
Anne Murray
09:55
Amanda
Don Williams
09:58
Giggling Again for No Reason
Alanis Morissette
10:03
Paris Skies a
Edward Anthony Jay, Eve Loiseau, Vasco
10:04
As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone
Conway Twitty
10:07
Time Passages
Al Stewart
10:07
Giddy Up Cowboy
Hayley Jensen
10:10
Visiting hours
Andy Penkow
10:13
Love's Gonna Live Here
Waylon Jennings
10:15
Country Singer
Jasmine Rae
10:19
Rise and Shine
Troy Cassar-Daley
10:36
Tears
Don Williams
10:42
Wrapped Up Good
The McClymonts
10:46
Goodbye Again
John Denver
10:48
Your Cheatin' Heart
Hank Williams
10:52
Redneck Woman
Gretchen Wilson
10:56
Mama Tried
Merle Haggard
10:58
There's No Limit
Deana Carter
11:02
For the Good Times
Kenny Rogers
11:06
A Country Heart Can
Max Jackson
11:09
I Believe In You
Don Williams
11:13
Tim McGraw
Taylor Swift
11:20
Yellow Roses
Dolly Parton
11:24
I Love You Because
Don Gibson
11:27
There Goes My Everything
Anne Murray
11:31
Reason to Believe
Anne Murray
11:33
Sunshine On My Shoulders
John Denver
11:38
It's All Over
Anne Murray
11:40
Walk A Country Mile (1998 - Remaster)
Slim Dusty
11:43
Making Up For Lost Wine
Amber Lawrence
11:47
When The Rain Tumbles Down In July
Slim Dusty
11:50
Gone Wishin'
Connie Kis Andersen
11:55
Mallee Boy
John Williamson
11:58
Good Luck "N' Good Truckin' Tonite
Dale Watson
Time
Title
Artist
09:08
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Willie Nelson
09:12
Take Me Now
Tammy Payne
09:18
The Older I Get
Alan Jackson
09:22
I Will Always Love You
Dolly Parton
09:23
Star of The Show
David Francis
09:24
Knocking On Heaven's Door
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Dolly Parton
09:29
Higher Than Heaven
James Blundell
09:33
Sticks and Stones
The Silverline, Allan Caswell
09:39
My Little Girl
Korey Livy
09:45
My Father's Hands
Steve Cheers
09:48
Giddy Up Cowboy
Hayley Jensen
09:51
Visiting hours
Andy Penkow
09:56
Watcha Doin'
Connie Kis Andersen
09:56
Tomorrow
Lance Birrell
09:56
Famous At Home
Dean Perrett
09:57
Black Label Blues
4Kings
10:04
Paris Skies
Edward Jay, Eve Loiseau, Vasco
10:04
Feels Like Home
Becci Nethery
10:09
A Little Further North Each Year
Graeme Connors
10:14
In The Hinterland (Acoustic)
Hinterland
10:18
Got to Be
MooveKa
10:18
Father & Son (Live)
Darren Coggan
10:23
Just Like That
Rae Leigh
10:26
Dueling Banjos
Eric Weissberg, Steve Mandell
10:30
From Under My Rock
Warren Kearney
10:34
Getting On With Getting Over You
Dianne Coombes
10:37
TOP END TOUGH
Tom Curtain/Luke O'Shea/Sara Storer
10:42
Paris Skies a
Edward Anthony Jay, Eve Loiseau, Vasco
10:43
Comeback Queens
Amber Lawrence
10:46
Get Lost
Andrew Swift
10:50
Words You Say
The Bloomvilles
10:57
If I Had Time
Trevor Knight
11:00
Star of The Show
David Francis
11:03
Tone Deaf
Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham
11:07
Few Good Years Left Yet
Adam Brand
11:16
Only Girl In Town
Donna Fisk
11:20
Sing Me Back Home
Merle Haggard
11:26
What I Want
Morgan Wallen, Tate McRae
11:30
I'm Gonna Love You
Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood
11:36
Always Ride A Train
Allan Caswell/Lindsay Waddington
11:39
'Til I Get It Right
Tammy Wynette
11:42
Try A Little Kindness
Glen Campbell
11:45
My Man (Understands) (Album Version)
Tammy Wynette
11:48
Georgia On My Mind
Willie Nelson
11:49
I'll Never Find Another You
The Seekers
11:53
The Chicken in Black
Johnny Cash
11:56
After The Fire Is Gone
Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty (as Harold Jenkins)