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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09:08 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:10 | A Number on My Back | John Williamson |
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09:14 | Any Man Of Mine | Shania Twain |
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09:19 | Man With The Blues | Willie Nelson |
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09:20 | Shut The Front Door | 8 Ball Aitken |
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09:25 | I Stayed Long Enough | Tammy Wynette |
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09:28 | Can't Help Falling In Love (Live) | Elvis Presley |
09:30 | Drowning In The Seal Of Love | Eva Cassidy | |
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09:35 | Busy Being Fabulous | Eagles |
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09:40 | Funky Garage A | Jay Michaels, Tom Toomey |
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09:42 | Born To Lose | LeAnn Rimes |
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09:47 | Crazy | Patsy Cline |
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09:50 | Unanswered Prayers | Garth Brooks |
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09:53 | Come To Bed (Featuring John Rich) | Gretchen Wilson |
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09:57 | Try A Little Kindness | Glen Campbell |
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10:07 | Out Of Our Heads | Sheryl Crow |
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10:11 | Shameless | Garth Brooks |
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10:16 | 26 Cents | The Wilkinsons |
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10:21 | What A Crying Shame | The Mavericks |
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10:26 | Kissing on a City Corner | John Williamson |
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10:28 | Kiss Me | Jetty Road |
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10:35 | Kiss My Cheek | Connie Kis Andersen |
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10:37 | Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' | Charley Pride |
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10:42 | Good Hearted Woman | Waylon Jennings |
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10:45 | Can't Nobody Love You (Like I Do) | Wynonna |
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10:48 | I'll Keep on Loving You | Willie Nelson |
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10:52 | Fly (The Angel Song) | The Wilkinsons |
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10:56 | Angel of Mercy | Charlie Landsborough |
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10:59 | Curiosity | Jim Haynes |
11:06 | Mountain Angel | Asleep At The Wheel | |
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11:13 | God And Angels | Adam Brand |
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11:17 | It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | Camille And Stuie |
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11:24 | World Full of Angels | Carter & Carter |
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11:30 | Send the Angels Down | Karen Lynne |
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11:33 | Like Angels | Lee Kernaghan |
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11:40 | Seven Spanish Angels | Daniel O'Donnell |
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11:44 | On The Side Of Angels | LeAnn Rimes |
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11:50 | Angels Love Bad Men | Barbara Mandrell, Waylon Jennings |
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11:53 | We Can't All Be Angels | David Lee Murphy |
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11:58 | A Year or Three | Simply Bushed |
Time | Title | Artist | |
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09:07 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:09 | Smile | Charlie Landsborough |
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09:14 | He Loves Me All the Way | Tammy Wynette |
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09:15 | Amarillo By Morning | George Strait |
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09:18 | Up! | Shania Twain |
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09:23 | I Say a Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin |
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09:24 | Mind Your Own Business | Willie Nelson |
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09:28 | Do Me with Love | Janie Fricke |
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09:33 | Think | The Blues Brothers |
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09:36 | Good Imitation Of The Blues | Alan Jackson |
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09:42 | Dreaming My Dreams with You | Alison Krauss |
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09:46 | Life on a Rock | Kenny Chesney |
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09:49 | You Ain't Woman Enough | Loretta Lynn |
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09:52 | Gonna Get A Life | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:56 | Doesn't Everybody | LeAnn Rimes |
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10:03 | Little White Lines | Shooter Jennings |
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10:08 | Gasoline | Sheryl Crow |
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10:10 | Out Of Our Heads | Sheryl Crow |
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10:13 | Easy | Lionel Richie, Willie Nelson |
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10:17 | Another Sunday in the South | Miranda Lambert |
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10:22 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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10:23 | Home to Donegal | Daniel O'Donnell |
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10:28 | Cliffs of Doneen | Mary Duff |
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10:32 | Sean | The Proclaimers |
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10:35 | My Life Drives Me to Drink | Aleyce Simmonds, Lachlan Bryan |
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10:39 | Life Can Be a Problem to the Drinking Man | Allan Caswell |
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10:53 | Steamy Dreams | Connie Kis Andersen |
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10:57 | The Great Australian Love Song | Simply Bushed |
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11:03 | Good Year For The Outlaw | Adam Brand And The Outlaws |
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11:07 | If Teardrop's Were Silver | Alice Benfer |
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11:09 | Our Sunshine | Paul Kelly, Uncle Bill |
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11:17 | A Bushman Can't Survive | Tania Kernaghan |
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11:22 | Rm Williams Boots | Bec Hance |
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11:29 | Dust From The Land I Love | Slim Dusty |
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11:33 | Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Slim Dusty |
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11:35 | Eumerella Shore | Slim Dusty, Barry Thornton |
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11:38 | Buckle Hits the Floor | Magnificent Seven |
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11:44 | My Baby's Love (Jessie's Song) | Clelia Adams |
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11:49 | Brown Dog's Song | Dallas Steele |
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11:52 | Grew Up 'Round Trucks | Jayne Denham |
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11:59 | A Year or Three | Simply Bushed |
Time | Title | Artist | |
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09:07 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:09 | The Music Lives On: Chapter Three | Tanya Hart |
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09:12 | Forever Yours | Tammy Wynette |
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09:15 | Anywhere On Earth You Are | Alan Jackson |
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09:19 | Ain't No Sunshine (Nightbird) | Eva Cassidy |
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09:26 | The Road and the Radio | Kenny Chesney |
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09:31 | Faded Love | Patsy Cline |
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09:35 | Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (with The Wailers) | Kenny Chesney, The Wailers |
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09:38 | Just Another Woman In Love | Anne Murray |
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09:43 | Genie in the Bottle | Adam Harvey |
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09:46 | She Don't Know She's Beautiful | Adam Harvey |
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09:49 | Dig Two Graves | Adam Harvey |
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09:54 | The Shake Of A Hand | Adam Harvey |
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09:59 | A Better Man | Adam Harvey |
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10:06 | It's a Bugger When You're Ugly | Errol Gray |
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10:10 | In The Sweet By And By | Asleep At The Wheel |
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10:14 | That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) | Kenny Chesney |
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10:18 | Everything it Takes | Loretta Lynn feat. Elvis Costello |
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10:23 | Bimbo | Jim Reeves |
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10:27 | It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing | Shania Twain |
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10:31 | You Are My Sunshine | Slim Whitman |
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10:35 | I'll Never Find Another You | The Seekers |
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10:37 | All Along The Watchtower | Bob Dylan |
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10:41 | You Can Admit You Like Country Music | Amber Lawrence |
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10:47 | The Mile | Amber Lawrence |
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10:52 | The Lifesaver | Amber Lawrence |
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10:56 | The Man Across The Street | Amber Lawrence |
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11:01 | A Number on My Back | John Williamson |
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11:06 | Papa Whisky November | John Williamson |
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11:11 | A Bushman Can't Survive | John Williamson |
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11:16 | The Budgie Song | John Williamson |
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11:22 | As If He Knows | Eric Bogle |
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11:27 | Leaving Nancy | Eric Bogle |
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11:31 | Now I'm Easy | Eric Bogle |
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11:35 | They Wonder Why You Drink | Errol Gray |
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11:39 | Sort of Dunno Nothin' | Pete Denahy |
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11:45 | Indian Pacific | Slim Dusty |
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11:49 | Leave Him In the Longyard | Kathy Sunners |
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11:54 | Just An Old Cattle Dog | Slim Dusty |
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11:59 | Good Luck "N' Good Truckin' Tonite | Dale Watson |
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12:00 | A Year or Three | Simply Bushed |
Time | Title | Artist | |
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09:06 | Ventura Highway | America |
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09:06 | It Sure Is Monday | Mark Chesnutt |
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09:08 | (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay ( Otis Redding ) | Chilled Jazz Masters |
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09:09 | And The Beat Goes On | The Whispers |
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09:11 | Come Said The Boy | Mondo Rock |
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09:14 | Sometimes Love | George Strait |
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09:18 | Let's Call It A Day Today | Tammy Wynette |
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09:24 | Till I Make It On My Own | Tammy Wynette |
09:27 | I Walk The Line (Original Mix) | June Carter Cash | |
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09:30 | There Goes My Everything | Anne Murray |
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09:33 | It'll Be Alright | John O'Dea |
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09:37 | Old Rusty Ute | John O'Dea |
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09:40 | Making Up For Lost Wine | Amber Lawrence |
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09:43 | Smile | Charlie Landsborough |
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09:45 | Overcome and Undone | Connie Kis Andersen |
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09:48 | Cate's Got Tequila Amnesia | Allan Caswell |
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09:52 | I Don't Want Tonight To Be Over | Gina Jeffreys |
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09:56 | If It Ain't One Thing (It's You) | Alan Jackson |
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10:00 | The Captain and the Gypsy | Clelia Adams |
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10:04 | Sweet Little Sixteen | Chuck Berry |
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10:11 | I'm Doin' Alright | Adam Harvey |
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10:15 | Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word | Melinda Schneider |
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10:20 | Now I'm Easy | Eric Bogle |
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10:25 | Candlelight and Kisses | Carter & Carter |
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10:29 | Born To Survive | Troy Cassar-Daley |
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10:34 | Because We Can | Jetty Road |
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10:37 | The Retired Drover | Slim Dusty |
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10:40 | Pushin' Time | Slim Dusty, The Travelling Country Band |
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10:43 | Three Rivers Hotel | Slim Dusty |
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10:52 | Cootamundra Wattle | John Williamson |
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10:56 | Hole In My Head | Amber Lawrence |
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11:00 | Three Brothers (The Great War) | Luke O'Shea |
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11:05 | My Life Drives Me to Drink | Aleyce Simmonds, Lachlan Bryan |
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11:09 | My Kind Of Country | Tim Mcknamara |
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11:12 | Man Flu | Ashleigh Dallas |
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11:15 | I Love This Rodeo | Lynchburg |
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11:24 | Leave It in the Ground | The Bushwackers |
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11:27 | Cowboy Lonesome | The Long and Short of It |
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11:36 | Come On Rain | Sara Storer |
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11:40 | Road Train | John Williamson |
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11:45 | Sin City Blues | Merle Haggard |
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11:47 | Giggling Again for No Reason | Alanis Morissette |
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11:51 | Always on My Mind (Single Version) | Willie Nelson |
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11:51 | Giddy Up Cowboy | Hayley Jensen |
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11:58 | Good Luck "N' Good Truckin' Tonite | Dale Watson |
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11:59 | Flying Fingers | Bryan Browne |