Wednesday 30 December 2020

Book: The Great Jazz Pianists (Lyons, 1989)


The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of their lives and music.

Lyons, L. (1989). The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of their lives and music. New York, NY: Da Capo.
ISBN 0306803437 9780306803437

Review
I'm not a piano player (I wanted lessons from the lady across the road when I was young but my mother discouraged me from taking up music for whatever reason...); but I did jazz theory for guitar with the wonderfully talented and patient Geoff Carter once I left home. So reading this informative and readable text was both a pleasure and a positive learning experience: as it filled in so many keys areas about some of the great jazz players. I have already passed it on to my cousin Rob Rowe; and no doubt would like to re-read it someday.
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I have been reading other books about great musicians of a specific genre, including: Weinberg, M., & Santelli, R. (1991). Big Beat: Conversations With Rock's Great Drummers. NY: Billboard. ISBN 0823075710 9780823075713

Lyons, L. (1989). The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of their lives and music. New York, NY: Da Capo.

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Book: Blues Harp & Marine Band (Schackner, 1976).


Everything you always wanted to know about the Blues Harp & Marine Band: But didn't know who to ask!
Schackner, A. B. (1976). Everything you always wanted to know about the Blues Harp & Marine Band: But didn't know who to ask! New York: Warner Bros.

ISBN 9780769256108

Review
This book was one of those local thrift shop finds that took my interest straight away. Finally, I have a brief and accurate text on how the Hohner Blues Harp and Marine Band harmonicas work... For someone that is not really interested in learning how to play these instruments, that may seem a little strange. But it is the fact that I have accompanied harp players when I have been playing my guitar; and when I have a better understanding of how their instrument works I can apply that knowledge to my playing and my choice of music.
I've seen and browsed through other Harmonica Instruction and Study titles by authors such as Jon Gindick and Steven Manus ; however, I knew that Blues Harp & Marine Band had the information I was seeking about the selection and use of harmonicas for country and blues styles of music.
This book may be forty years old and is just 48 pages and held together with a thick card cover and a couple of staples. It may not last much longer, judging by the number of times I've picked it up and read parts of it over the last couple of weeks. It was worth every penny of my donation.

Other reading of related texts
One of the best introductions to professional harmonica players of the modern era would have to be Kim Field's Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers: The evolution of the people's instrument (1995). There are a number of editions of this book: I read it about six years ago when the Hobsons Bay Library (Melbourne, Australia) held a copy of an earlier edition. Unfortunately, they seem to have disposed of this book.
Field, K. (2000). Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers: The evolution of the people's instrument. New York, N.Y: Cooper Square Press. ISBN 1461661021 9781461661023.
-- By the way, a great review of Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers is on the Brighton (UK) website HarpSurgery; run by harmonica professional and teacher Richard Taylor (RW Steele-Taylor; known as “Wilf” on the HarpSurgery forums). Also look for their annual Harpin' by the Sea festival of harmonica music.
As this book Blues Harp & Marine Band is mostly about the instrument and its operation (as opposed to teaching known songs for the harp), I relate it to my other books on guitars and amps.
-- 2023: Just borrowed this book from the Hobsons Bay Library Altona North branch (APA 7th Edition citation style):
Brocksmith B. Dorfman G. & Lichterman D. (2018). How to play harmonica : a complete guide for beginners (First Adams Media trade paperback). Adams Media.
This is a short (approx 170pp) and accessible book for beginners and enthusiasts of the Mississippi Saxaphone. I won't be going out to buy my first Marine Band; but I have enjoyed reading it and it has taught me a few things along the way (I didn't realise harp note bends were always flat; for guitars, a note bend is to make the note sharp). It also includes little boxes of Harp Tips (playing, care and maintenance) and Harmonica Heroes (men and women).
See my webpage devoted to my Fender '93 Super Amp that I bought in 1994. It contains a list of most of the books I have devoted to Guitar Amplifiers and some of my electronics books. DARR, J. (1973-3e). Electric guitar amplifier handbook. Indianapolis, H.W. Sams. ISBN 0672208482 9780672208485
LEGG, A. (1981). Customising your electric guitar. London, Kaye & Ward. ISBN 0718237307 9780718237301
WEBER, G. J. (1994). A desktop reference of hip vintage guitar amps. Pflugerville, Tex, Kendrick Books. ISBN 9780964106000

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Schackner, A. B. (1976). Everything you always wanted to know about the Blues Harp & Marine Band: But didn't know who to ask! New York: Warner Bros..

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Sunday 29 November 2020

Book: Origins of ethical failures (Gentilin, 2016)



Origins of ethical failures (Gentilin, 2016)
Gentilin, M. D. (2016). Origins of ethical failures. Abingdon: Routledge
ISBN: 9781317022022 1317022025

Review
I didn't realise, when I picked this book up in a rush a day before months of curfews and lockdowns, that the author is based locally. Dennis Gentilin is an articulate storyteller of first-hand experience of significant ethical failures in the banking industry.

Other reading of related texts

Rachels, J., & Rachels, S. (2007). The elements of moral philosophy. NY: McGraw-Hill
Governance
Auditing
Stakeholders
Ethics
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Gentilin, M. D. (2016). Origins of ethical failures. Abingdon: Routledge
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TOC:
THE POWER OF CONTEXT:
Social norms --
Stanford prison experiment --
The role of leadership.
GROUP DYNAMICS:
Power and obedience --
The (innocent?) bystander --
Majority influence --
Group polarisation --
Ethical followership.
OUR FLAWED HUMANITY:
Are humans self-interested? --
Money --
Power --
Fear.
WHAT WE FAIL TO SEE:
Loss aversion and framing --
Overconfidence --
Moral disengagement.
CONCLUSION:
Education --
Chief ethics officer.
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Books: The Fender Book (Bacon et al; 1992-2007)

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9781871547658 Bacon, T., & Day, P. (1998)(2ed). The Fender Book: [A complete history of Fender electric guitars]. London: Balafon Books.
9780879308971 Bacon, T. (2007)(3ed). The Fender Electric Guitar Book. New York, NY: Backbeat Books.
9780879306212 Bacon, T. (2005). 50 years of Fender: [Half a Century of the Greatest Electric Guitars]. Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books. Review
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Sunday 22 November 2020

IT Redux

2021: NAS Tutorial
A DAS is not an NAS
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HDD: Desktop vs NAS Hard Disk Drives - "Spinning Rust"
What brand? What type? How big?What to Buy???
(Not the first time I'll warn about marketing...GIVEAWAY VIDEOS...)
1, 2, 4, 8tb STANDARDS
ONBOARD: How hot should they run?
SPIN SPEED: noise, vibration, temperature
When 6gb is not 150MB...
Failure?
HDD: CMR vs SMR vs PMR : Conventional; Shingled; Perpendicular- but not HAMR or SSD.
Seagate's List
Why SMR requires "ME Time"
HDD: SSD
SSD Lifespan
MLC vs TLC vs QLC
Gerald Undone uses Synology or QNAP with SSDs for video editing, storage and uploading to the Backblaze cloud.
RAID
RAID JBOD 0 1 5 6 10 (10 = One-Zero; not "10")
Raid 5 with Four Disks takes 2 days or more to build - Robbie 22:00 of build time video. I confirm that...
My original build was 2 disks in RAID 5 then four disks in RAID 10...
Currently the System disk is separate and the other three disks are RAID5.
REMEMBER: don't get ripped off for Memory Upgrades - good quality upgrades are not that expensive.
The QNAP OS
UBUNTU Server
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SPANDOT QNAP INSTALLATION 2020.
2019 Version Part 1.
QNAP Storage and Snapshots
SYSTEM
When a Disk is not a Drive
VOLUMEs
Thick vs Thin - don't be swayed by bias without addressing the weaknesses.
Thin = JIT = Over Allocation: you cannot write data to thin air...
STORAGE SPACE/STORAGE POOL - first Pool 20% of total (see 24:00 of video above)
System files and apps: does it really help to spread them across a RAID system?
How many apps do you need?
How you can create more Drives than Disks (...Folders in Volumes...).
Archiving files away from Onedrive
Clogging up drives with unusable data - my reasons for creating large folders of useless data.
Why my Surveillance Security Cameras need that extra 10gb.
NAMING: disks, drives and storage pools.
ACCESSING THE NETWORK
Spending money on an extra router."...because 1GBe is cheap and unsatisfactory..." (0:45 of 11:21) says who?
Wired or Wireless? GIGABIT (1gbe=109MBS): Really, how fast are network connections?
Should you have an open server on the Internet.
Default ADMIN 2021 - not using Admin to Admin - my problems.
Keeping it clean - it attracts dust like bees to honey...
TO HDMI OR NOT TO HDMI?
Common CPU choices...Celeron, i3, i5, i7, Xeon, AMD Ryzen, Marvell Armada, Realtek, AMAZON-ARM = Annapurna Labs - Alpine...
HBS-3 and CLOUD PROBLEMS.
CREATING A FOLDER OR A SHARED FOLDER: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?.
Allow all Operating Systems Access - Windows - Apple - Linux.
Using your PC for folder creation and management - otherwise you get Read/Write Access problems.
Where to find their Apps. But dont confuse apps with important DOWNLOADS, like BIOS Updates.
What Happens When Apps Run for the First Time: don't get rid of help screens yet...
QNAP FORUMS: NOT ALWAYS HELPFUL. DON'T DEPEND ON EVERYTHING YOU READ.
WHEN IT SEEMS TO HAVE STOPPED... when the apps take over.
.BACKING UP FROM A PC OR MAC
Enabling Time Machine for a Mac.
USING HBS-3 FOR INTERNAL BACKUPS.
Virus Checking.
RAID Scrubbing for RAID 5 and RAID 6.
DANGER WILL ROBINSON.
7Zip.
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Blackmagic and DaVinci Resolve
Rob's goto tutor Casey Faris.
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Curtis Judd talks about Audio and Lighting for Podcasts: all seems good...
Or Curtis Judd's longform school setup sessions are here on another channel.
Dave Dillon runs with GoPros.
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.ATEM MINI PRO
.Shane Guitar IN THE BLUES has a Tech Channel GeekyNerdyTech Website -
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.0:00 - About this Video
.1:05 - Why I wanted the ATEM
.2:13 - Dedicated Setup or Not?
.3:10 - You need it in arms reach
.4:43 - Resolution Limitations
.5:33 - ATEM Mini Pro as a Webcam
.6:41 - Who is the ATEM Mini Pro for?
.7:33 - ATEM Mini for Gamers
.8:24 - ATEM Mini Pro Features
.10:00 - Overall Review
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.►Panasonic Leica 15mm f1.7 -
.►Panasonic G85 -
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Using the ATEM Mini Pro with Microsoft Teams Live Event 04:09
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.00:00 Intro
.00:44 Hardware Overview
.03:40 Software Overview
.05:12 EQ Controls
.10:59 Dynamics Controls (Compressor, Limiter, Gate)
.16:25 Hardware Vs Software
.18:32 Toggling Mic/Line Input
.21:49 Other Important Audio settings
.23:56 The Biggest Problem and How to Fix It [DELAYING AUDIO WITH Fx Mixer]
.26:14 Conclusion
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.Table of Contents:
.00:00 Intro
.00:53 The Setup [Using a Mic Splitter as a Line Level Splitter]
.04:02 Finding the Delay (Extreme Edition)
.06:31 Finding the Delay with a Lav Mic
.09:07 Calculating the Delay Time
.11:53 Easiest Way to Fix the Problem
.13:45 Other Ideas
.14:19 Using a DAW (Why it’s not a good idea)
.16:28 Why Blackmagic Hasn’t Addressed this Problem
.18:22 Conclusion
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. If you're reading this then you may be aware that the Apple Big Sur Update (Nov 2020) is a downright Piece of Shit. There is a major bug in the WiFi app and despite showing you are connected, it will quielty drop your connection and the only way to get it going again is a full system restart. I've seen pathetic newbies and brain dead forum techs trying to tell us old timers to follow a couple of links and it's fixed. I've been dealing with TCP/IP connectivity since 1993 - yup, 27 years - and a couple of boxes ticked doesn't cut it. This thing is wiping your script and inserting its own IP numbers: shades of Windows XP workarounds that didn't work. What is it doing to your DNS? Ignoring it. Wiping any reference to it. Great. Who came up with that feature? And Apple have known about these problems since the Beta Testers brought it to light from about the end of May 2020 onward. If you are looking to download the 12gb Big Sur update: don't. It will break your Mac. It's a fuckup, Jim, that only Apple could get away with while the bootlickers can't get enough of the bullshit from Cupertino. See if you can find a negative amongst any of the media reviews.
Big Sur: the Broken Sewer of operating systems.


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Saturday 31 October 2020

Book: The Destruction of Aboriginal Society (Rowley, 1970)

Rowley, C. D. (1970). The destruction of Aboriginal society. Artarmon, N.S.W: Penguin. Rowley, C. D. (1970). The destruction of Aboriginal society. Artarmon, N.S.W: Penguin. TBE << http://library.jlab.org/title/destruction-of-aboriginal-society/oclc/1155219240 >> What seems to be a soundly-researched review from an academic highly regarded in Pacific Anthropology. # # #

Monday 31 August 2020

GP Books Content

Time to go... 0891220062 9780891220060 Kriss, E. (1975). Blues guitarists, from the pages of Guitar player magazine. Saratoga, Calif: Guitar Player Productions. Blues guitarists, from the pages of Guitar player magazine. (1975). Saratoga, Calif: Guitar Player Productions. < https://www.worldcat.org/title/blues-guitarists-from-the-pages-of-guitar-player-magazine/oclc/1659389&referer=brief_results > Jazz 1978 0891220070 9780891220077 Kriss, E. (1978). Jazz guitarists: Collected interviews from Guitar player magazine. (1978). Saratoga, Calif: Guitar Player Books. Jazz guitarists: Collected interviews from Guitar player magazine. (1978). Saratoga, Calif: Guitar Player Books. < http://library.jlab.org/title/jazz-guitarists-collected-interviews-from-guitar-player-magazine/oclc/5190389 > Rock 1 e kriss 1975 0825695058 9780825695056 Kriss, E., & GP Editors (1975). Rock guitarists: From the pages of Guitar player magazine. New York: Guitar Player Books. < http://library.jlab.org/title/rock-guitarists-from-the-pages-of-guitar-player-magazine/oclc/6408289 > Rock Volume 11 1978 john lescroart 0825695066 9780825695063 Lescroat, J., & GP Editors (1978). Guitar Player Magazine. (1978). Rock Guitarists Vol. 11. New York: Guitar Player Books. < http://library.jlab.org/title/rock-guitarists-vol-2/oclc/500437549 > MoHM 1984 jas obrecht 068802937X 9780688029371 Obrecht, J., & Guitar Player. (1984). Masters of Heavy Metal. New York: Quill. < http://library.jlab.org/title/masters-of-heavy-metal/oclc/756983913 > 0394171691 9780394171692 Ferguson, J. (1979). The Guitar Player book (2e). Cupertino: Guitar Player Books. < http://library.jlab.org/title/guitar-player-book/oclc/472903954 > 0394624904 9780394624907 Ferguson, J. (1983). The Guitar player book (3e). New York, NY: Guitar Player Books. < http://library.jlab.org/title/guitar-player-book/oclc/227195974 > 087930782X 9780879307820 Molenda, M. (2006). The Guitar Player Book: 40 years of interviews, gear and lessons. San Francisco, Calif: Backbeat. Molenda, M., & Paul, L. (2007). The Guitar Player Book: 40 years of interviews, gear and lessons. Backbeat Books. < https://www.worldcat.org/title/guitar-player-book-artists-history-styles-technique-and-gear/oclc/62178071&referer=brief_results > 087930992X 9780879309923 [1476855935 9781476855936 e-book] Kitts, J., & Guitar World Editors. (2010). The Complete History of Guitar World: 30 Years of Music, Magic, and Six-String Mayhem. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Corporation. The complete history of Guitar World: 30 years of music, magic and six-string mayhem. (2010). San Francisco, Calif: Backbeat. < http://library.jlab.org/title/complete-history-of-guitar-world-30-years-of-music-magic-and-six-string-mayhem/oclc/613430480 > 0825601568 9780825601569 Kamimoto, H. (1975). Complete guitar repair. New York: Oak Publications. < https://www.worldcat.org/title/complete-guitar-repair/oclc/10818455 > [ToC] < https://www.worldcat.org/title/complete-guitar-repair/oclc/1148590833 > 0825695031 9780825695032 Anderton, C., Kriss, E., & GP Staff (1978) Guitar Player Magazine's fix your axe: Easy guitar repairs you can do at home. New York: Guitar Player Productions. < https://www.worldcat.org/title/guitar-player-magazines-fix-your-axe-easy-guitar-repairs-you-can-do-at-home/oclc/217274635 > 082560138X 9780825601385 Eastmann, L. V., Crockett, J., Brooks, M., & GP Staff (1971, 1972) Guitar Repair Manual. (1972). London: Oak Publications. < https://www.worldcat.org/title/guitar-repair-manual/oclc/263181852 > Instruction Books: 0881882925 9780881882926 Sievert, J. (1984). Electric bass guitar. Milwaukee, WI: Leonard. < http://library.jlab.org/title/electric-bass-guitar/oclc/240078570 > 0881882941 9780881882940 Sievert, J. (1985). Rock guitar. Milwaukee, WI: H. Leonard Pub. Corp. < http://library.jlab.org/title/rock-guitar/oclc/20529558 > 0881889083 9780881889086 Casabona, H. (1989). Rock guitar. Milwaukee, WI: H. Leonard Pub. Corp. < http://library.jlab.org/title/rock-guitar/oclc/19959798 > See also: UK Jazz 1984 0713715111 9780713715118 Britt, S. (1984). The jazz guitarists. Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press. < http://library.jlab.org/title/jazz-guitarists/oclc/11504470 > 0825695015 9780825695018 [0711902143 9780711902145] Anderton, C. (1978). Home recording for musicians. New York: Amsco Publ. < http://library.jlab.org/title/home-recording-for-musicians-a-comprehensive-guide/oclc/611359847 > 0891220119 9780891220114 Anderton, C. (1978). Electronic projects for musicians. Saratoga, Calif: Guitar Player Books. < http://library.jlab.org/title/electronic-projects-for-musicians/oclc/757632814 > 0825695023 9780825695025 Anderton, C. (1980). Electronic projects for musicians 
(Rev. Edn.). Saratoga, CA: Guitar Player Productions. < http://library.jlab.org/title/electronic-projects-for-musicians-a-comprehensive-guide/oclc/301816029 > 0825621801 9780825621802 Brosnac, D. L. (1977). Tuning your guitar. New York, NY: Amsco Music. < http://library.jlab.org/title/tuning-your-guitar/oclc/473916764 > Armstrong, R. (1983). The perfect refret. Coventry [52 Stratford St., Coventry CV2 4NJ: R. Armstrong]. < http://library.jlab.org/title/perfect-refret-a-complete-and-comprehensive-guide-to-refretting-your-own-instrument-including-fret-levelling-partial-refrets-top-nut-and-action-adjustments/oclc/876805177 > 0825602270 9780825602276 Sandberg, L. (1979). Complete banjo repair. New York: Oak Publications. < http://library.jlab.org/title/complete-banjo-repair/oclc/5676671 > 0958907501 9780958907507 Williams, J. (1986). A Guitar maker's manual. Dudley, N.S.W., Aus: Guitarcraft. < http://library.jlab.org/title/guitar-makers-manual/oclc/414858830 > 093322401X 9780933224018 Brosnac, D. (1978). An instruction to scientific guitar design. New York, N.Y.: The Bold Strummer < http://library.jlab.org/title/instruction-to-scientific-guitar-design/oclc/256224189 > # # #

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Friday 31 July 2020

Handbook: Truckin' Life Hand Book. 1982/83. (Johnson, Editor-in-Chief, 1982)

Truckin' Life Hand Book. 1982/83
Johnson, M.B. (Ed.) (1982) Truckin' Life Hand Book. 1982/83. Clayfield, Qld: Overdrive Publications.
[ISBN] ISSN 0155-9648

Review:
I've always had a soft spot for big trucks and the technology of long-distance transport rigs. Maybe it goes with the territory of the sort of country music I enjoy; maybe it's the past miles I've put in on long distance work-related journeys.
It's now the middle of 2020 and due to pandemic lockdowns the state of the media has changed considerably. In Australia, previously, there has been a few consumer and trade magazines and newspaper formats devoted to commercial transport, logistics, and freight industries. Just this month one of those titles I regularly sought out, Big Rigs has been closed and its website shut down.
Truckin' Life was one of the first magazine titles devoted to the Australian Trucking and Transport Industries that I knew of. It's glossy colour format magazine has been distributed through newsagents, convenience stores, and fuel stops for many years. I seem to recall I got my copy of the Hand Book from a remote provincial town some distance from our major cities. It was heavily discounted and probably New Old Stock when I bought it: it has probably spent at least thirty years rolling around in the back of whatever car I was driving at the time since its purchase.
So my copy of Truckin' Life Hand Book. 1982/83 is not in very good condition. That's a pity, because it offers a valuable insight into the Australian Trucking Industry at that time in history; and I doubt that there are many copies kicking around in libraries. It has been an inspirational and informative source for me over the years, for anything from tying truckies' knots to tyre maintenance tips to understanding legislation and how that differs between states in our ferderation of states. And the photos of the trucks are first rate. Other reading of related texts
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Besides Truckin' Life and Big Rigs, I have also been scanning through copies of Owner Driver (magazine) and Diesel (online).

Johnson, M.B. (Ed.) (1982) Truckin' Life Hand Book. 1982/83. Clayfield, Qld: Overdrive Publications..

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Saturday 13 June 2020

Book: I've been there (and back again) (McKean 2012).

I've been there (and back again)
McKean, J. (2012). I've been there (and back again). Sydney: Hachette Australia.  
ISBN: 9780733629310 0733629318
 
Review:
Slim Dusty would have been 93 today, as I write this entry. He was a consummate showman; but it was his wife and talented musical partner Joy McKean who is the consummate story teller. Possibly my alltime favourite song Lights on the Hill was written by Joy and made famous by Slim. (Joy says Slim liked The Biggest Disappointment best...)This book is one of a number written by Joy about their life and times from Slim's early days trying to get a break into what would become the Australian Country Music business, to becoming the King of the Aussie Country Music; and of the ongoing travelling roadshow that made them famous. It's an easy read, because Joy writes in short, episodic chapters: with a great collection of accompanying photographs and selections of lyrics appropriate to the story.
 

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Kernaghan, L., & Buchanan, C. (2017). Boy from the bush. Sydney, N.S.W. : HarperCollins Australia.
ISBN: 9780733338076 0733338070
Lee Kernaghan was destined to follow in the footsteps of his father Ray Kernaghan who, like Slim and Joy, seemed more at home as an entertainer in a travelling roadshow than putting down roots in a suburban quarter-acre block. With his musical collaborator and book co-author Colin Buchanan (who has also found a niche in writing for children!) and hyper-talented writer and production stalwart Garth Porter, Lee is an excellent story teller in a rocking four-minute song; and his book contains many of the lyrics from his first dozen albums (including the original Greatest Hits compilation). And I should mention, my favourite Kernaghan-Porter-Buchanan song: Baptise the Ute! (also on Ultimate Hits - worth tracking down as your first LK album if you don't have one.). It used to play on my Peugeot 306 CD player just as I hit the Hume Freeway heading south past Yass, when I drove out of Canberra; good memories
 
Jones, T. (2016). Over the Top and Back. London : Michael Joseph
ISBN 9781405920483 1405920483
Sir Tom loves nothing more than to sit back in a comfy pub with a good cigar, a pint of lager, and good company. “…Tom revisits his past and tells the tale of his journey from wartime Pontypridd to LA and beyond…” and he does it in a way with short, articulate chapters that make you feel as if you are with him in that pub enjoying each others' company. And the man is funny: laugh out loud funny; he no longer takes himself too seriously. I will keep passing around my copy until it needs replacing. (As of April 2021 it looks like that copy has a new home!) Probably my best read of the past year...

Nelson, W. (2003). The facts of life: And other dirty jokes. London: Metro. ISBN: 1843580616 9781843580614
Willie Nelson is another songwriter who has captured my imagination with some of my favourite albums and excellent compilations.
Nelson, W. (2015). My Life: It's a Long Story. London: Little, Brown Book Group.
ISBN: 9780751561746 0751561746
I just happened to buy this book today and am already enjoying it.
 
Walker, C.(2000). Buried country: The story of Aboriginal country music. Sydney: Pluto Press.
See my earlier review of this book.
ISBN 9781864031522 (1864031522)

Smith, J. (1984). The Book of Australian Country Music. Gordon, N.S.W: Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Pub. Group.
 
Latta, D., & Brennan, P. (1991). Australian country music. Sydney: Random House Australia.
 
Smith, G. (2005). Singing Australian: A history of folk and country music. North Melbourne, Vic: Pluto Press Australia. An interesting read from the same publishers who gave us Buried country: The story of Aboriginal country music: Pluto Press Australia.

Russell, T. (2010). Country music originals: The legends and the lost. NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780195325096 0195325095
Tony Russell has done an outstanding job of highlighting a range of USA country music artists from the early days of the genre. A great find in our local library that, sadly, seems to have been cancelled from the catalogue (read c2019 May-June).

Seal, G., & Willis, R. (2003). Verandah music: Roots of Australian tradition. Fremantle, W.A: Curtin University Books. An incredible resource; in 128 pages there are 47 articles on individual musicians, bands, and communities of musical talent from throughout Australia, who played from the early 1900's until the early 2000's and beyond. Verandah music is one of those rare op-shop finds I previously knew nothing about, that has now become a valuable resource. It contains two audio CDs to complement the written pieces. It is interesting to note, though, that many of musicians highlighted in this book played accordian or piano-accordian. I only realised this fact after reading books on modern drummers, Hawaiian steel guitar players, and USA blues musicians: where drum and fife had a major early influence.

Travers, J., & Muhoberac, L. (Arr.) Travers, J. (2003). The best of Australian country music (Piano, vocal, guitar). Crows Nest, N.S.W: Warner/Chappell Music.
A good selection of 23 contemporary songs by 16 Australian performers (non-Indigenous) from the early 2000s.

Archer, R. (1980). The Robyn Archer Songbook. Melbourne: McPhee, Gribble Publishers.
Besides the songs the book gives some insight into Ms Archer's life and journey as an iconic Australian performer.
Small, J. (1986). The Judy Small Songbook. Sydney: Orlando Press.
I picked the Archer and the Small songbooks up in very good condition from a local thrift shop in Nov 2020. Note that the ISBN on the back cover of the Small book is wrong...

Ruymar, L., & Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association. (1996). The Hawaiian steel guitar and its great Hawaiian musicians. Anaheim Hills, CA: Centerstream Pub.
I would love to see further work in this niche of musical history and sociology. It is a book written from the author's heart.

Poore, B., & Eicke, J. (1998). Rockabilly: A forty-year journey. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard. Billy Poore's personal history of Rockabilly: A forty-year journey is an interesting and possibly unique book. It has a quirk in the style of writing, though, as it looks like someone may have transcribed long passages directly from audio recordings; I mention this because the style of these passages is more akin to a spoken style with local idioms, rather than journal-style written reflection.

Burt, R. (1986). Surf City / Drag City. Poole [Dorset, UK]: Blandford. This is an era I grew up in...
ISBN 9780713718911

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McKean, J. (2012). I've been there (and back again). Sydney: Hachette Australia.

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Saturday 30 May 2020

### Fender Guitars & Amps

TBE 20200529_May_Guitar_Amps 20200529 - MAC.TXT Duchossoir, A. R. (1983). Fender Stratocaster. Chatillon, France: Mediapresse. ISBN: 2903648069 9782903648060 https://www.worldcat.org/title/fender-stratocaster/oclc/11698827 Duchossoir, A. R. (1983). The Fender Stratocaster, 1954-1984. Milwaukee, WI: H. Leonard Pub. Corp. ISBN: 0881883883 9780881883886 https://www.worldcat.org/title/fender-stratocaster-1954-1984/oclc/227190980 (USA First Printing 1985) Duchossoir, A. R. (1988). The Fender Stratocaster. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Pub. Corp. ISBN: 088188880X : 9780881888805 https://www.worldcat.org/title/fender-stratocaster/oclc/20124742 Duchossoir, A. R. (1994). The Fender Stratocaster. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard. ISBN: 0793547350 9780793547357 Duchossoir, A. R. (1991). The Fender Telecaster: The detailed story of America's senior solid body electric guitar. Milwaukee, WI: H. Leonard. ISBN: 0793508606 9780793508600 https://www.worldcat.org/title/fender-telecaster-the-detailed-story-of-americas-senior-solid-body-electric-guitar/oclc/27882727 Wheeler, T. (2004). The Stratocaster Chronicles: Fender : celebrating 50 years of the Fender Strat. Milwaukee, WI: H. Leonard. ISBN: 0634056786 9780634056789 https://www.worldcat.org/title/stratocaster-chronicles-fender-celebrating-50-years-of-the-fender-strat/oclc/55050044 Sievert, J. (1984). Electric Bass Guitar. Milwaukee, WI: H. Leonard Pub. Corp. ISBN: 0881882925 9780881882926 https://www.worldcat.org/title/electric-bass-guitar/oclc/12050099 Morrish, J. (1995). The Fender Amp Book. London: Balafon. ISBN: 1871547946 9781871547948 https://www.worldcat.org/title/fender-amp-book/oclc/60122359 Teagle, J., and Sprung, J. (Eiche, J., Ed.) (1995). Fender Amps: The first fifty years. Milwaukee, WI: H. Leonard. ISBN: 0793544084 9780793544080 0793537339 9780793537334 https://www.worldcat.org/title/fender-amps-the-first-fifty-years/oclc/636044009 Wheeler, T. (2007). The soul of tone: Celebrating sixty years of Fender amps. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard. ISBN: 0634056131 9780634056130 https://www.worldcat.org/title/soul-of-tone-celebrating-sixty-years-of-fender-amps/oclc/260122171 ### Updated: ### # # # : 20200529_May_Guitar_Amps # # # ###

Monday 27 April 2020

Book: Big Beat (Weinberg, Santelli 1991)


Big Beat: Conversations With Rock's Great Drummers.
Weinberg, M., & Santelli, R. (1991). Big Beat: Conversations With Rock's Great Drummers. NY: Billboard.
ISBN 0823075710 9780823075713

Review
This is really a book about fifteen drummers: Max Weinberg, the author, journalist, and an articulate historian of those interviewed for the book; and the list of interviewees, below. Mr Weinberg has done a great job assembling some of the best contemporary US and UK drummers of the 1980's and 1990's. I am not a drummer but I have a ton of respect for those who do commit their lives to an extrodinary vocation. I also appreciate what their families and neighbours must have gone through in their formative years!
I feel lucky to have been able to read this book, as my cousin bought it from a cutout sale at our local district library. I have been buying Modern Drummer from the newsstand when I can for about the last three years, as I realised that just focussing on reading magazines about guitars and guitar players was only really telling me a small part about my interest in many things musical.
Bob (Robert) Santelli has also done a great job with editorial and research assistance for Mr Weinberg. From the quality of the text I believe Mr Santelli shows a love of the subject, and a dedication to his craft of writing.
01. Introduction
05. Johnny Bee
17. Dino Danelli
27. Levon Helm
45. Roger Hawkins
61. "Pretty" Purdie (Bernard Purdie)
75. Hal Blaine
87. Earl Palmer
97. Russ Kunkel
109 D.J. Fontana (Dominic Joseph Fontana)
131 Dave Clark
143 Kenney Jones
155 Charlie Watts
169 Jim Keltner
179 Ringo Starr

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Koster, R. (2002). Louisiana music. Cambridge, MA: De Capo Press. I also borrowed this title from my cousin Rob Rowe and I still haven't made up my mind if it is just a bit of desktop research with a few personal, and unrelated, anecdotes; or if the author really bothered to do some action research in the locations that were written about. Whatever, I hope there are more books about Louisiana music and musicians before long, as I find them fascinating subjects.
Lornell, K. (1993). Introducing American folk music. Madison, Wis.: Brown & Benchmark. For some this book may be a little academic in style; however, I enjoyed it immensely as it filled many gaps in my knowledge about the broad subject of American Folk Music of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Nettl, B., & Béhague, G. (1973). Folk and traditional music of the western continents. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall. A highly detailed academic text from the 1970's detailing folk music rhythms and styles from around the globe. A knowledge of reading music would help to understand some of the examples; but in this age the book would provide a superb foundation for a multimedia work to illustrate the text more comprehensively.
Oliver, P. (1994). Blues fell this morning: Meaning in the blues. Cambridge: Canto. This edition was published in 1994, but the original work was published in 1960. Since these times we have come a long way in our respect for, and knowledge of, people and cultures that are not our own. I hope anyone currently reading this book can accept the fact that it is a product of its time, and not be put off by some of the language and terms used; as it illustrates how poorly many of its subjects were treated in those times. If you love blues music, this is a must-read title.
Johnson, C. N., & Gordon, C. G. (2011). Guitar: The Australian journey. Griffith, A.C.T: Barrallier Books. This is a book I borrowed from our local library and I am glad that I hadn't purchased it without inspection. Its title and synopsis led me to believe this would be a text about luthery (guitar making) in Australia: an overlooked craft. What a disappointment: it is "An Aus. Journey", not "The Aus. Journey"; it is not a book about the diversity and creativeness of Australian luthery. It is a book about one person ordering, specifiying, and receiving his guitar from one luthier. The book was supposed to have a 19-track CD on which examples of guitars from fourteen Australian luthiers, including two companies that export commercial quantities (Maton and Cole-Clark) but the CD had not been available when I checked the shelved book lately (it may be stored elsewhere). I've included this entry to archive Australian writers of music related topics.
McUtcheon, A., Jenkins, J., & Divola, B. (2016). The Music that Maton made: The Australian guitar handmade for the world stage. Melbourne, Vic.: Scribe Publications. Just like The Stratocaster Chronicles one gets the sense that this book was also commissioned as a marketing tool by a company looking to promote its product to the world stage. Disclaimer: I own Maton acoustic-electric guitars and I like their distinct, compressed, acoustic sound; but having borrowed the book from the shire library and read it cover to cover, I am not about to rush out and buy it. I was hoping to read a little more about the history of the business, the technicalities of luthery in Australia (such as using Australian tone woods), and learn a little more about what happens on the factory floor. What I think I got was pull-quotes and interviews sourced elsewhere, usually from street-press or community radio sources. I've included this entry to archive Australian writers of music related topics.
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Sunday 29 March 2020

The Billboard book of song writing (Pickow & Appleby, 1988)

### The Billboard book of song writing Peter Pickow; Amy Appleby Pickow, P., & Appleby, A. (1988). The Billboard book of song writing. New York: Billboard Publications. https://www.worldcat.org/title/billboard-book-of-song-writing/oclc/16754732 0823075397 9780823075393 Lovelock, W. (1967). General knowledge for music students: [Book 1]. Melbourne: Allans Music (Australia). https://www.worldcat.org/title/general-knowledge-for-music-students/oclc/224307385 Lovelock, W. (1972). General knowledge for music students: [Book 2]. Melbourne: Allans Music (Australia). https://www.worldcat.org/title/general-knowledge-for-music-students-book-2/oclc/27585159 https://www.normanweinberg.com https://www.normanweinberg.com/articles.html https://www.normanweinberg.com/articles.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190316065653/https://www.normanweinberg.com/articles.html NORMAN WEINBERG UT TEXAS UNI 1994 http://www.normanweinberg.com/uploads/8/1/6/4/81640608/940506pn_guildines_for_drumset.pdf Weinberg, N. (1998). Guide to standardized drumset notation. Lawton, Okla: Percussive Arts Society. https://www.worldcat.org/title/guide-to-standardized-drumset-notation/oclc/271468263&referer=brief_results 0966492811 9780966492811 Weinber, N. (2002). Guide to standardized drumset notation. Percussive Arts Society. https://www.worldcat.org/title/guide-to-standardized-drumset-notation/oclc/1027898075&referer=brief_results 9780966492811 0966492811 Current (700+pp) version: https://www.vapmedia.com/store/p5/Guidelines_to_Drumset_Notation_-_Complete_Research.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_notation Online: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-percussion Archive: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-percussion.en.html Book: Book Template 2020-01 Title
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Saturday 29 February 2020

Book: Mötley Crüe The Dirt(2002)

Mötley Crüe The Dirt(2002)
Lee, T., Mars, M., Neil, V., Sixx, N., with Strauss, N. (2002) Mötley Crüe The Dirt : Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band. Regan Books - HarperCollins Publishers, NY, NY.
ISBN: 9780060989156

Review
An amazing book if some of the events are true. There is a small note on the page that is known, I believe, in the publishing industry as The Bastard and Colophon Pages that begins "To protect the innocent..." I was in LA and NY in '86 and I don't think too many characters I met could be classed as "innocent"..!
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Louder than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal
Wiederhorn, J., & Turman, K. (2012). Louder than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal. New York: ItBooks. ISBN 9780061958281 I think I did the right thing reading Louder than Hell first as an overview of Metal Music and some of the bands of the era.

Lee, T., Mars, M., Neil, V., Sixx, N., with Strauss, N. (2002) Mötley Crüe The Dirt : Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band. Regan Books - HarperCollins Publishers, NY, NY.

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Thursday 30 January 2020

Book: Early Pioneers of Tasmania (Stone 1969)

Early pioneers of Tasmania : a history of Thomas and Ann Stone
Jointly compiled by Richard T. Stone and Margaret M. Stone

Stone, R. T., & Stone, M. M. (1969). Early pioneers of Tasmania: A history of Thomas and Ann Stone. Bendigo, Vic.: The Compilers.(Printed by Cambridge Press, Bendigo)
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There is a lot more history to this book than I have the time to write about at the moment.
Ms Marg Stone was related to my paternal grandmother. She was an advocate for archiving family history and celebrating our ancestors. Margaret (my wife) and I visited her at her home on 10 January 1998, my 48th birthday.
Our family already had a copy of this book we'd obtained when it first came out. She gave me a signed original copy and in it is many handwritten annotations and updates.
I will keep it safe for future generations.

Some background that I will remove in the coming weeks. My father Bill’s childhood homes or there-abouts:
The Long Gully/Ironbark home, known as Hill and Dale.
It's at 92 or 96 Eaglehawk Road Ironbark.
The house at 96 Eaglehawk Road Ironbark is subject to Greater Bendigo Heritage Overlay #490 (painting restrictions)
For #92 go to the street view and there should be a green coloured house behind a big gum tree. It’s about three properties from the British & American Hotel just there in Ironbark. The house at #96 is a little further down the hill (closer to Eaglehawk) and closer to the road. The house was still known as Hill & Dale when we stopped to look at it in the 80s with Bill one trip. It was where Lil moved the kids after they lost Vern as far as I know.

Then there’s the farm at Jarklin. Have a look at the Jarklin East Road, east of the Four Posts Hotel. With these coordinates you may see a small dam (ground tank) on the northern side of the road, a little to the west of the co-ords:
36°16'10.2"S 143°58'48.4"E

-36.269500, 143.980111
Google Maps: PXJJ+52 Jarklin, Victoria

That dam: I think that was the one Bill said was where he used to ride his billy cart. There was a house a little to the east of that I think, also on the northern side of the road. Maybe almost as far east as Wright’s Road. However, it could be the house/s to the west of the small dam (back toward the Four Posts Hotel). But not all the way back to Jarklin. It was tucked behind some trees. If it wasn’t the house he was brought up in, it was the nearest one still standing. Easier to tell if I was back on the ground there; and it doesn’t help that the street view is early or late in the day.

That Clinical Psychiatry book and others. Some of the books I’ve been reading are here: https://m0414533224.blogspot.com/2019/03/book-foundations-of-clinical-psychiatry.html There are many more to add; it’s just some of the more important ones are getting listed first. If you want any let me know. I got a lot uploaded in March 2019 because I’d been meaning to upload the info since January 2019. I add more links and background now. I read ‘em ‘cause if you’re on an exercise bike then you’re a captive audience. I could listen to music but I’d rather stimulate the neurons. Dementia course said 150 minutes of puffing aerobic exercise a week, please; that’s the best antidote they’ve found to ward off dementia. The above will be edited at a later time. 20200130

Wednesday 1 January 2020

Book: The Book of Australian country music (Smith 1984)

The Book of Australian Country Music.
Smith, J. (1984). The Book of Australian country music. Gordon, N.S.W: Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Pub. Group.
ISBN 9780959037814 (0959037810; ISSN 0814-3730 - from the book)

Review
The Book of Australian Country Music by James "Jazzer" Smith (1984): it's possibly the primary reference for Buried Country. My copy is listed with ISSN 0814-3730; that indicates the Publisher considered the title part of a series. However, I do not believe subsequent volumes were issued. The book consists of 24 articles in the first 230 pages on topical matters; the following 134 pages are biographies of known artists and include late addenda.
With this entry I will try to give a complete review as my first task of writing in 2020 of this important work. As noted, this book serves as a promotional vehicle as much as a information source. Therefore, the following list of contents includes all artists listed within the book; the listings may not be in alphabetical order, but they should be in the order they appear within the book. Whether or not some of the listings appear in a certain place because they were paid listings is not recorded and not known. Paid listings in such works are not unusual: organisations I have worked for have taken out paid listings in similar works and were encouraged to pay a premium for page placement (left or right page; top or bottom of page). I also hope that the autocorrect did not get to any listing as it tried to do on a couple of occasions!

The Book of Australian Country Music
ISSN 08143730
ISBN 0959037810 9780959037814
Smith, J. (1984). The Book of Australian country music. Gordon, N.S.W: Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Pub. Group.
WORLDCAT SUMMARY: Contains brief biographies of Aboriginal musicians J. Little, E. Bridge, C. Williams, A. Andres, L. Charles, D. Conlon, K. Gunn, C. Hardy, L. Ingram, R. Knox, B. Randall, J. Ridgeway, H. Williams, W. Williams.
 
 09 CREDITS
 11 INTRODUCTOIN
 12 THE PIONEERS
 21 SLIM DUSTY: THE MOVIE
 32 THE CROWD PULLERS
 46 HOW IT ALL BEGAN
 52 NEW WINE IN A NEW BOTTLE
 60 THE LONG JOURNEY HOME
 74 THE EYE IN THE TREE
 80 THE STUFF THAT MAKES LEGENDS
 88 A CAST OF CHARACTERS
104 BEYOND THE FRINGE
110 THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
118 THE SOUND OF TOGETHERNESS
124 THE 10 DAYS OF TAMWORTH
152 THE FIRST SONG
160 THE TIGHTROPE WALKER
168 THE MIX MUSICIANS (SIC: THE MIX MAGICIANS)
176 MEET THE WORDSMITHS
186 SONGS OF THE 36-WHEELERS
190 WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL WANDONG
196 THE OTHER STEEL INDUSTRY
200 THE CUSTODIANS OF HISTORY
204 THE BACKBONE OF COUNTRY MUSIC
214 THE MARVELLOUS NATIONAL TAPESTRY
228 LES PARTELL — CHILD OF EARLY RADIO
230 COUNTRY MUSICS’ PERSONALITY PROFILES
364 (ROPING IN THE CHANGES) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A: 231
  Gary and Clelia Adams
  Rupe Adams
  Anita Allen
  Laurie Allen
  Johnny Allen
  Greg Anderson
  Pat Alexander
  Marty Atchison
  Ian Atkinson
  Wayne Appleby
  John Ashe
  Tricia Axon
B: 235
  Glenn Bain
  Rex Baldwin
  Charlie Bartolo
  Peter Bazley
  Aubry and Martin Beggs
  Bev Beattie
  Bill Beggs
  Vaughan Bell
  Warren Bell
  Craig Berry
  Russ Bellette
  Bill and Boyd (Bill Gate and Boyd Robertson)
  Ian Betteridge
  Michael Betts
  Olive Bice
  Buddy Bishop
  Al Black
  Bluestone
  Black Velvet Bush Band
  John Berto
  Brandy and Peaches (Dee O’Dowd and Shirley Ann Thomas)
  Clay Breton
  John and Eleanor Briskey
  Bob Browne
  Bronzewing
  Gary Brown
  Geoff Brown
  Norm Brown
  Wayne and Nyree Bryan
  Buckskin
  David Burgess
  Stephen Bunz
  Jim Burns
  Zeta Burns
  Dave Byrnes
  Lindsay Butler
C: 247
  Frank Callahan
  John Callaghan
  Cactus Jack (band)
  Lynne Carey
  Nell Carter (nee Hoskins)
  Lloyd Charles
  Rick & Thel Carey (Rick and Thel)
  Greg Clarke
  Chiodo (see: Trevor Gleeson and Chiodo)
  Bob Clark
  Chris and Angie (Chris Pritchard and Angie Jenkins)
  Pee Wee Clark (Charles Philip Clark)
  Denis Conlon
  Cobb & Co
  Pam Cohen
  Coal City Cowboys
  Company Blue
  Michael Cooke
  Copper Kettle
  Tony Cornish
  Stan Coster
  Tracy Coster
  Country Two
  Country Road
  Stuart Cowell
D: 254
  Dave and Linda (David James Cowell and Linda Mary Bischoff)
  Leo Dalton
  The Dallas Cowboys (Rex Dallas’ band)
  Glen Davies
  Jan Davis
  Mark Day
  Roger Delfos
  Debonairs Inc.
  Trevor Day
  Johnny Dee (Walter John Devir)
  Noel Dobell
  Double Trouble (Desree-Ilona Crawford and Lisa White)
  Bryan Dennis
  Leanne Douglas
  Down South
  Barbara Dowling
  Dr Age
  Brian Dullard
  Tony Doyle
  Geraldine Doyle
  Chris Duffy
  Larry Dulhunty
  Kim Durant
  Guy Dutton
E: 262
  Gwen and Dick Eckert
  Col Edmonds
  Ted Egan
  Wilf Elliott
  Col Elliott
  Craig Edmondson
  Jack Ensbey
  Christine Evans
  The Ezzyriders
  Glen and Betty Eyre
F: 264
  Lou Farina
  John Faubel
  Mick Finn
  Donna Fisk
  Gene Bradley Fisk
  Mort Fist (Erskineville Slim)
  Hugo Fitz-Herbert
  Sharon Fleming
  Wayne Ford
  Doug Foley
  Rick Ford
  Deirdre Foster (Deirdre and Kerin)
  Carmen French
  Harold Frith
G: 269
  Elizabeth Garnet
  Len Gardner
  Gee Whizz
  Rob Gilchrist
  Goldrush
  Trevor Gleeson and Chiodo
  The Goodtime Band
  The Gottani Sisters (Pauline and Jennifer Gottani)
  Graham Gould
  Terry Gordon
  John Green
  Stanley Bruce Green
  Gary Gregor
  Errol Gray
  Johnny Greenwood
  Don Gresham
  Ray Griffiths
  Johnny Grills
  Lynette Guest
  Kevin Gunn
H: 276
  Jacqualine Hall
  Dianne Hammond
  Ian G. Hands
  Col Hardy
  John Hams
  Shirley Hams
  Debbie Hanley
  Hard Livin’ Country Paul Harris
  Jenny Harris
  Matt Harrison
  Paul Hart
  Ray Hasler
  Alan Hawking
  Greg Hayes
  Johnny Heap
  High Heelers
  Jim Hermel
  Paul Henderson
  Hired Hands
  The Hayes Brothers (Mike and Pete)
  Ken Hazelwood
  Hilltop Holdout
  Wayne Holly
  Marcus Holden
  Barry Holmes
  Richard Holmes
  Wayne Horsburgh
  Jim Hunter
  Honey & James
  Bob Howe
  Brian Howard
  The Hot Diggity Band
  The Howie Brothers
  Jade Hurley
I: 287
  Laurie Ingram
  Frank Ifield
  Ironbark
J: 288
  Peter Johnson
  Brian Jendra
  Jan and Terry (Jan Kelly and Terry Smith)
  Jason James
  David John
  Paul Jenkins (Pixie Jenkins)
  Melinda Johnstone
K: 290
  Johnny Kaye
  The Kalangers
  Gay Kayler
  Chris Keating
  Kel and Blossom
  Bill Kelly
  Norma Kelly
  Brian K. Kelly
  Jan Kelly (Jan Kelly and Terry Smith)
  Lee Kernaghan
  Paul J. Kinder
  Kimberley Country Band
  Kevin King
  Les King
  Anne Kirkpatrick
  Ken Kitching
  Roger Knox
  Hank Koopman and Donna Marie
L: 296
  Athol Latham
  Laury D
  Vicki Lawrence
  Lazy Harry (Mark Stephens)
  Leather ’N’ Lace (Lynette Serong and Wendy Priebe)
  John Lecner
  Paul Lester (Kevin Flight Lester)
  Tony Lee
  Debbie Lee-Rae
  Bill Lewis
  Ann Leuba
  Mick Liber
  Eddie Low
  Rod Little
  Lincoln
  Shad Lyons
M: 300
  John McCall
  Grahame (“Dooley”) Macdonnell
  Johnny Mac
  Katie McCarthy
  Paul McCloud
  McCormack Brothers Band (Rod & Jeff; Don Perri)
  Athol McCoy
  Les McDermott
  Gavin McCoy
  B.J. McKay
  John McInerney
  Tom McIvor
  John McSweeney
  Heather Mckean
  Danny McMaster
  Pattie McKinnon (Patti)
  Ann Maree and Billy K (Ian William Hanaghan)
  The Magpies
  Ron Mann
  Russell Magee
  Ricky Marr
  Joan Martin
  Shirley Mathies
  Mason River Band
  Doug May
  Ken Meloury
  Billy Masters
  Deanne Mewburn
  Bob Mildren
  Margi Miller
  Peter Miller
  Tommy Miller
  Colin Millington
  Minson Family
  Venn Minnage
  Lawrie Minson
  Brendan Mitchell
  Graham Dennis Mitchell
  Dennis Morgan
  Book Morgan
  Nancy Moss
  Deniese Morrison
  Jim Muir
  Norma Murphy
  Carrl Myriad
N: 312
  Bill Nolan
  Kevin Nolan
  Slim Newton
O: 314
  Lucky Oceans (Reuben Gosfield)
  Gina Ogilvie
  Noel Oliver
  Richard O’Keeffe
  Ellen Lee Osterfield
P: 315
  Joy and Allan / Pertzel Sisters (Joy and Dawn)
  Neville Palmer
  Billy Payne
  Tim Palmer
  Debbie Parry
  Franklyn B Paverty
  Russell Patterson
  George Payne
  Michael Payne
  Richard and Shirley Pearce
  Julie Perry
  Chris Pemberton
  Keith Pfitzner
  Steve Peterson
  Anita Phillips
  Dave Pincombe
  Michael Pincott
  Bill Pitman
  The Country Singing Pitt Family (Elaine, Carolyn, Katrina, Kathryn)
  Keith Pittman
  Wayne Pride
  Andy Priest
  Ken and Cathy Pritchard
  Price and Gadsden (Norm Price & Kevin Gadsden)
  Purple Sage Duo (Daphne Stewart and Charlie Lapwood)
  Noreen Puller
  Cowboy Bob Purtell
Q: 323
  Mike Quarmby
  Ian Quinn
R: 323
  Bob Randall
  Rantan
  Dusty Rankin
  Johnny Regan
  Mal Rice
  Dave Reynolds
  Max Richards
  Bobby Ricks
  Jim Ridgeway
  John (“Doc”) Riley
  Keith Riordan
  Charlie Rivers
  Ken Robertson
  Carl Robinson
  Snowy Robson (Doug Robson)
  Tina Rouaen
  Ron and Hazel (Ron Ellis & Hazel Townsend)
  Rosewood
  Barry Roy
  Jonnie Russell
  Ryder
  Rum Corps
S: 329
  Noel William Sadler
  Saloon
  Gary Saville
  Clayton Saunders
  Rita and Mary Schneider
  Richard Schumaker
  The Scratch Band
  Scrub Turkey
  Mike Schack
  The Settlers
  Pam Shelton
  Graeme Shiels
  Gordon Sheard
  Christine Sherras
  Johnny Shilo
  Shorty Ranger (Edwin Haberfield)
  Shotgun
  Dennis Siddall
  The Singing Kettles (Bill & Ross, and Max [d1971])
  The Silver Wings Band (NSW)
  Pete Skoglund
  Carolyn Sleep-James
  Allan Smith
  Geoff Simons
  Paula Smith
  Paul Smith
  Terry Smith
  Lenore Somerset
  Mel Sommers
  Southern Comfort
  Sound (Tasmania)
  Peter Stanley
  Lucky Starr
  Jack and Judy Stephens
  Sugarfoot
  Garry Steel
  Rainbow Stew
  Leon Lowes and Maggie Stewart
  Laurie Sterling
  Hughie Stone
  Judy Stone
  Roland Storm
  John St John
  Sunshine
  Sundown Slim (Roy Wooldridge)
  Suzie & the Fox (Suzy & Tony)
T:343
  Billy Tadros
  Warren Tapp
  Warren Targett
  Tate and Talita (Mason)
  Tag and the Noose Brothers
  Roger Thwaites and Emma Hannah
  Bill Thomas
  Shirley Anne Thomas (Peaches)
  Diana Trask
  Brian Thornton
  Meryl Thornton
  Mike Tyne
  True Country
  Will Tyson
  Toby Tyler
  Joella Tyler
  Keith Urban and Angie Marquis
V: 347
  The Vic Lanyon Band
  Frank Vessey
W: 348
  Julie West
  Robert Wales
  Rodney Walker
  Doug Wallace
  Ashley (“Ash”) Walters
  Trev Warner
  Bryan Watkins
  Allan Walsh
  Eric Watson
  Sue Watson
  Ros Webb (“Ross Webb” sic)
  Webb Brothers (Berard, Marius and Fabian)
  Ron Werth
  Westbridge Country
  Buddy Weston
  Lisa White
  Geoff Wilkes
  Geoff and Chris White
  Harold Williams
  Harry and Wilga Williams
  John Williams
  Mary Williams
  Noel Williams
  Rod Williams
  Sonia Williams
  Tex Williams
  Les Wilson
  Witchita
  Don Wood
  Stan Wood
  Reg Wood
  Natalie Wood
  Wylie-West (Sue Wylie-West and Freddie Jim West)
  Col Wrightson
XYZ: 358
  Brian Young
  Kid Young Jnr
  Yettomogah Philharmonic Orchestra
  George Xanthos
Addendum: 359
  Auriel Andrew
  Tex Banes
  Chris Carmichael
  Desree-Ilona Crawford
  Mick Hamilton
  Don Henderson
  Allan Hubble
  Billy Jack
  Bernie O’Brien
  Carolyn Reece
  Digger Revell
  Noel Watson
  Donita Day
  Dead Livers
  Silva Wings (Tasmania)
  Natalie Wood (as above: see entry in the previous section...)
   
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Reference List / In-Text Citation Styles in APA 6th
Please Note: I do not strictly follow APA style in these citations as I would like various technology and media to be able to access these pages.

Latta, D., & Brennan, P. (1991). Australian country music. Sydney: Random House Australia.
The Worldcat entry for this book seems to have been corrupted with information about another title. My copy of the book consists of 70 articles based on topics and artists of Australian Country Music contemporary to that period (c1990). In the 190 pages of articles, just three pages are devoted to Aboriginal country artists.
AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY MUSIC 1991 9780091825812
 08 THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY MUSIC NATION
 11 RECORDING
 16 THE MEDIA
 22 THE FANS
 26 FESTIVALS
 30 TAMWORTH
   
 36 TEX BANES
 38 KEITH BLINMAN
 40 JAMES BLUNDELL
 42 OWEN AND IAN BLUNDELL
 44 ERNIE BRIDGES
 46 LINDSAY BUTLER
 48 ALAN CASWELL
 50 GREG CHAMPION
 52 GRAEME CONNERS
 54 STAN COSTER
 56 REX DALLAS
 58 THE DANGLIN’ BROS
 60 DAVE DAWSON
 62 SMOKY DAWSON
 65 PAT DRUMMOND
 67 SLIM DUSTY
 70 TED EGAN
 72 COL ELLIOT
 74 NICK ERBY
 76 THE FARGONE BEAUTIES
 78 KEITH GLASS
 80 TERRY GORDON
 82 THE GOTTANI SISTERS
 84 THE HAPPENING THANG
 86 WAYNE HORSBURGH
 89 STEVE HOY
 91 JADE HURLEY
 94 JEANETTE JAMES
 96 PAUL “PIXIE” JENKINS
 99 AUSTRALIANA
104 MELINDA JOHNSTONE
106 JOHN AND GENNI KANE
108 ANNE KIRKPATRICK
110 THE LEGARDE TWINS
112 BRIAN LETTON
114 REG LINDSAY
116 JIMMY LITTLE
118 LUHRS AND CRAWFORD
120 LAWRIE MINSON
123 ABORIGINAL MUSIC
126 THE MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS
128 CHAD MORGON
130 DENIESE MORRISON
132 NORMA MURPHY
134 NEIL MURRAY
136 DOBE NEWTON
138 ROCKY PAGE
140 KATHRYN PITT
142 REG POOLE
144 COWBOY BOB PURTELL
146 THE RANK STRANGERS
148 MARY SCHNEIDER
151 MAINSTREAM
160 JEAN STAFFORD
162 IAN STEPHEN
164 MAX THORBURN
166 KEITH URBAN
168 TANYA WALSH
170 ERIC WATSON
172 JOHN WILLIAMSON
174 BRIAN YOUNG
176 THE MIDDLE GROUND
182 CURIOS
190 NEW COUNTRY
198 APPENDIX
204 INDEX
   

 
 
 
 
 
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