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
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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