Latest News 19/2/10

G'Day folks..
Well another Tamworth has come and gone , we done a few shows there with,Reg Poole ,Tappin Teddy, Allan Luscombe, Dianne Lindsay and Peter Simpson also Cousin Dipstick and Laura Downing, Ginger Cox from broome,we were also glad to have Sharon Smith and Bec Hance on our shows also thanks to Bob Easter for his support and thanks to all the people that supported our shows in Tamworth,Bungendore etc.
Thanks to Graham, Debbie and Dellie. I hope the people that are supposed to promote Country Music don't continue to promote Rock artists during our country music festival, otherwise I think they may notice some changes, take all the caravans out of Tamworth and see what is left. They need to concentrate their surveys on the people that matter, the real country music fans on the ground when they are in Tamworth not when they leave, everyone needs to take a long hard look at what is happening in Tamworth the ones up the top think they know the answers, we will keep singing our song and try and keep
what our pioneers started The Tamworth Country Music Festival. I know there are thousands out there that support our view.

After Tamworth we travelled to Yass and played at Tumut , Yass and Goulburn, thanks to Brian Annetts and John Goode and Wally and his lovley wife at Tumut and the RSL club, and all their helpers because they arrange all the shows for us, thanks to Bec and Billy who shared our camp at Tamworth and Bungendore, a great mate and thank you Sharon and Bec for all your bass playing and help.
Bungendore Country muster was a great success again this year it was the 25th year ,with lots of great artists returning, like Chad Morgan, Pixie Jenkins, Terry Gordon, Owen Blundell, and many more, Congratulations to all the winners and Finalists, also the buskers Saturday morning in the village,Thanks to Maureen Gordon, Lloyd and Shirley, Gavin and all the helpers, and to the boss for sending some rain to settle the dust, also Norma and staff at the Bowls Club at Bungendore.

We had a great show at the Showgrounds Bungendore Wednesday with plenty of artists, Lyn and Phil Manning, Trudy and Jed Hintz, Sharon, Bob Easter, Bec and Us and more.
Caitlyn Jane stole all our Shows, we are looking forward to our shows coming up, Forrestdale Country Muster WA with Peter and Jan Pacey,5to 7th march and a few other shows as well, also will be great to catch up to Terry and Jenny Bennetts and all our other friends in WA,then it is back to Reg and Dot Pooles place and up to One tree pub, with our host Sally Smith 38 klm
north of Hay towards Ivanhoe on 20/21st march Saturday nite and Sunday morning , tickets at Hay tourisim or at the Gate, free camping but you must go to both shows.
with Reg Poole, Dianne lindsay,Peter Simpson, Cousin Dipstick, Allan Luscombe, Ted Thompson, Alisha Smith, Caitlyn Jane and me also a bush poet sunday morning bring water , chair and own generator, parking for Motorhomes, caravans, campers, aeroplanes? and motorbikes also cars and Tractors and swags hope to see yas there.

Then we are hoping to show near Shepparton, Queenbeyan, Kangaroos club and then up with Dianne and Peter to their show at Nabiac from there back to Bouldercombe, Then back to Boondoomba with Buddy Thompson, from there we will be getting ready for The Bouldy Bush ballad Bash on the21/22/23May at Bouldercombe with lots of guests, between Rockhampton and Mount Morgan Walk up shows start when vans arrive,with Tappin Teddy Thompson and Allan Luscombe. Then its down to Bundaberg Aussie Muster weekend of 29/30th may for a great show then over to Pittsworth with Jeff Brown on the 6th June at Pittsworth Town Hall at 2pm, then still moving along we are looking forward to playing at Gympie Stampede 11/12/13 th June
with Baz and Joyce, also Reg Poole, Jeff Brown, Alisha Smith just to name a few, then we start our Around Australia Tour with Jeff and lyn Brown and The Brown Bombers taking in many towns and cities, and aboriginal Communites right across Australia.
We might be playing at a place near you,first stop Rockhampton, Capella, Charters Towers .
phone for info on all shows 0427731088 or 0749340950

GIDGEE COAL AWARDS 2010
Entry forms (PDF) are now available for the for 2010 Gidgee Coal Awards Download Closing date 31st August 2010

It was with great sadness that we were told of the passing of Slim Connors, our Sympathy goes out to Gwen and all the family.

See you around the Ridges
Yours With An Aussie Song
Keith Jamieson/Alisha Smith
and Caitlyn Jane

< Caitlyn Jane Jamieson at Widgee Muster 2009 with the new shirt on her mum made.









Gidgee Coal Bush Ballad Awards 2009 Finalists & WINNERS *

The Finalist & WINNERS listing for the 2009 Gidgee Coal Bush Ballad award, held Sunday 22nd November, Pittsworth Town Hall, Pittsworth QLD.

Female Vocal
Denise Brooks - Saddle Boy
Dianne Lindsay - Jackie Howe*
Bec Hance - My Mother's Words
Sharon Smith - Are There Any Kangaroos In Heaven
Debbie Beckett - Rambling Weatherboard Shack

Male Vocal
Reg Poole - Jacaranda Blue
Pete Smith - Revenue Dodger
Ernie Constance - Silent Crosses*
Dean Perrett - The Dust Of Kalkadoon
Graham Rodger - From Banjo's Pen

Group Or Duo/Collaboration
Dianne Lindsay & Anne Kirkpatrick - Long Road Home
Dean Perrett & Dianne Lindsay - There's A Rainbow Round My Memories*
Graham Rodger & Amanda Gilmour - Guilty Or Not Guilty
Anne Kirkpatrick & Dean Perrett - We're Doin' Fine
Dianne Lindsay & Peter Simpson - The Message

Instrumental
Lindsay Hammond - Mandrake/Showman's Song Medley
Terry Bennetts - Memories Of Home
Charley Boyter - Good Morning Australia*

New Talent
Kellie Fogarty - Where The Brumbies Come To Water
John Battle - In The Outback Of Australia*
Lana Ross - Pioneering Days
Sharon Smith - Are There Any Kangaroos In Heaven
Bec Hance - Lou And Ray

Album Of The Year
Reg Poole - Aussie Balladeer
Dianne Lindsay - Heartbeat Of Australia
Graham Rodger - We're Gonna Be Alright
Ernie Constance - Milestones
Dean Perrett - A Thousand Campfires*

Songwriter/S
Dean Perrett/K & M Dixon - The Cannon Hill Ghosts
Ernie Constance - Milestones*
Wave Jackson - The Dingo
Dianne Lindsay - Kellie's Eyes
Dean Perrett/Peter Pratt/Stuie French - A Thousand Campfires

Comedy/Novelty
Debbie Beckett - Ode To Elsie*
John Battle - Joe Blake
Reg Poole - Ode To The Road
Ernie Constance - Over Fisher's Fence
Graham Rodger - Said Hanrahan

Encouragement Award
SHARON SMITH

LIVING LEDGEND AWARD
Wave Jackson

We have just completed our tour with Terry and Jenny Bennetts,starting at Nhill in Victoria then Murrayville,Moonta, Jamestown,Port Pirie, Hindmarsh Valley, Millicent, Narrawong,Warrnambool, Moe, Bairnsdale,Orbost, Cooma, Goulburn, Hexam, Wauchope, Kyogle, Gatton, Maryborough, Rockhampton, Capella, Mackay, Proserpine, Home Hill, Charters Towers then to the Homestead Caravan Park at Barcaldine for Two weeks,Terry and Jenny had to leave after one week to take in the long journey back home via Katherine back to Perth, We had a great Tour with them lots of great shows taking in four states, some cold weather and rain and some warm weather .We wish Terry and Jenny well with their future Touring and Recording.

We would like to thank all the people that helped arrange our shows with posters etc and who looked after us, you know who you are, thanks to all Abc and Community Radio for supporting our shows and Print Media Thanks to Alisha for helping me organise the shows which takes a lot of work and time and phone calls, thank You to Bec Hance and Daly Stephenson,and to the two lovely young Singers from Clermont and to Ben and Thahn from the Homestead Caravan Park Barcaldine Qld a great place to play and stay and Pet Friendly,it is great to see so many Caravans on the Road taking in the Beauty of Australia .
Thanks to Harold Williams for doing a few songs with us at Home Hill ,But most of all, Thanks to the people that came to our Shows, and our little girl Caitlyn Jane for singing and not missing one show even when she was sick.
Thanks to Gail and Lindsay Hammond and Les Williams and Ron on Bass, for helping our Show at Bairnsdale, Sharon Smith at Gatton,and Sharon Heaslip at Mackay , Chainsaw at Wauchope and The Currawong Ernie Constance at Cooma, You all made our Shows.

Don't forget the Gidgee Coal Awards Pittsworth Town Hall in November see ad in Bulletin.
Thank you to the Bulletin Staff for their help.
Have a great Christmas , see you all in Tamworth.

Yours With An Aussie Song
Keith Jamieson/Alisha Smith and Caitlyn Jane



Terry , Jenny Keith and Alisha and Caitlyn Jane - Pt Pirie SA

Terry, Alisha, Keith and Jenny at Pt Pirie SA

LAST REPORT...

Well we completed our tour with Dianne and Peter after Tamworth, Bungendore down through the Gippsland to Tassy through the terrible bushfires. The tour was great except for the sadness of the fires. Our sympathy goes out to all of those people who suffered and lost loved ones. I don't think anybody could write in words what those people experienced.
Our tour continued through South Australia and New South Wales included One Tree Plain at One Tree Pub with Sally Smith a great lady. We finished our tour at Narrabri with Peter and Dianne two great country music artists, then out to Takarra Bush Resort Carnarvon Gorge then back to Beaudesert for a birthday bash for Debbie Snow. The following day up to Warwick to do a show with my cousin Margie Hobbs and hubby Sam home from working on cruise ships in America, a great show.
We then saddled up for a road trip and a few shows to Katherine Muster NT with Reg Poole and Rachel Richards winging her way to Katherine, but said her bed was hard. We all had a great time. Thanks to all the committee for a great muster. Jeff and Lyn Brown and the boys were coming with us but Jeff stayed back with his brother Graham, who was very sick, sadly passed away. Our sympathy goes out to Jeff, Col and Eileen and all the Brown family and thanks to Pooley from Brownie and our selves. Thanks mate.

The Bouldy Bush Ballad Bash Success!
We are re excited about the great response to the Bouldy Bush Ballad Bash. This is the first time the event has been held and will become an annual event. We would would like to thank the Bouldercome Progress Association Committee, Caretakers, also all the Walkup artists and Poets that supported the event, also Tony and Carmel Newton from Tanby Sea foods Kepell Brand, Ted Thompson,Allan Luscombe, John and Margaret Staunton also Jim and Marion and Rod and Doreen Crome Artists Reg Poole, Jeff Brown,
Gary Fogarty, Bec Hance,Daly Stephenson,Slim Jones,Col Black, Nell Carter, Nedd Dodd and Sharon Heaslip, but most of all the local people and the people that travelled hundreds of kilometers to support our show, a big thank you to all the radio and print media. The Bouldy Bush Ballad Bash will be held 21, 22 and 23rd May 2010.

SHOWS COMING UP....
We will have a show with Pooley, Brownie at Pittsworth town hall 6th June. Thanks to Don Maher Rainbow FM for your help for show at Tannymore 7th June with Pooley and Ted Thompson. What a great little spot for a show, close to my mums home town of Yangan.

We will then set off to meet Terry and Jenny Bennetts, a great country music duo, and the folk who recorded our latest cd Rhythm N Rhyme. We will meet them at Nhill in Victoria in early June then to Murrayville to Pt Pirie, Moonta, James Town, Hindmarsh Valley Hall, Millicent Warrnambool, Moe, Bairnsdale. Looking forward to some great shows.
We will be at Goulburn 4th July Railway Bowls Club 8pm, Hexam Bowls 5th July 7pm, RSl Club Wauchope, 8th July at 8pm. please check Tour Dates for further shows. We will be travelling through, NSW, and Qld to Mt Isa, then Terry and Jenny go to Katherine and across the top end and Kimberly and home.
Hope to catch up to you all at our shows.

THE GIDGEE COAL BUSH BALLAD AWARDS
Pittsworth Town Hall November 21st/22nd 2009
Guest Artists, Trevor Day, Jeff Brown, Ricky Shipp, Alisha Smith, Allan Luscombe, Ted Thompson, Keith Jamieson, Dean Perrett, Gary Fogarty
Open To All Australian Independent Bush Ballad Artists and Writers
With 500 copies or more released for sale between 31st August 2007 & 31st August 2009.
Walkup Artists at showgrounds prior to awards. Camping at showgrounds available.
Bookings for camping with John and Margaret Staunton phone 0427091644 home 0746951162
Accommodation also at Pittsworth Motels and Hotels Bush Poets Breakfast at Tatts Hotel with Gary Fogarty And Friends. Info Ph 0749340950 Or 0427731088
more information bl27406@bigpond.net.au
ENTRY CLOSES 31st August 2009 Get your nominations in early to Gidgee Coal Awards, 52586 Burnett hwy Bouldercombe, 4702 Q
Download 2009 Gidgee Coal Awards form (PDF)

Yours with an Aussie song
Keith Jamieson/Alisha Smith
and Caitlyn Jane

PS: Thanks to all the radio presenters who support our shows and our music and thanks to all ABBA staff.

GOLDEN GUITAR FINALISTS 2008!
INSTRUMENTAL
Alisha Smith & Charley Boyter - Tanami Track
Kross Cut Records
Full awards listing:
http://www.country.com.au/index.cfm
2008 TSA SONGWRITERS’ SALUTE AWARDS OF AUSTRALIA FINALISTS

BUSH BALLAD OF THE YEAR
Follow In The Footsteps – KEITH JAMIESON
COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG OF THE YEAR
Old Pete’s Yellowbelly – KEITH JAMIESON
Full listing of finalists www.tsaonline.com.au

Dinki Di Country Tour 2007- November

We have just finished our around Australia tour with Reg and Dot Poole and Graeme and Debbie Snow, we had a great tour except for doing a gearbox at Casino but with the help of the NRMA and The RACQ it pays to belong, we had the ute sent to Toowoomba, where a mate of ours Stan Bennett pulled the box out with a bit of help from me and Andrew who owns the workshop located a gearbox for me in Brisbane and the rest is history we got rolling again.

>> Keith, Alisha & Reg at Port Pirie
So if you are ever stuck and need a hand call on Andrew, Stan and the crew at Toowoomba Engine Centre. and thanks to Stan and Carrol Bennet for their hospitality from myself, Alisha and (Caitlyn who ransacked their house and fed the chooks.)
<< Caitlyn at  Port Pirie
>> Reg and Dot at Port Pirie

We we're honoured to have Reg with us as he added heaps to our shows and were all on the same wavelength and was great to travel with, Dot and Debbie were very efficient on the door and Graeme was a great help looking after Caitlyn as she wanted to be with Mum and Dad on stage some times.
To all the people that looked after us, the ones that supported our shows the radio stations and media on behalf of Reg and Dot, Graeme and Debbie, Alisha, Caitlyn and Myself we thank you sincerely and to the roadhouses that Ripped us off, next time I will be bringing a fuel tanker with me.
We finished or tour at Widgee Balladeers muster to a Great crowd and lots of caravans thanks to Lex K and the Committee and Tappin Teddy Thompson for your tappin’ Mate.
 
<< Farewell at end of Tour:
L-R: Graeme, Reg, Debbie, Keith, Caitlyn, Dot, & Alisha.

>> Keith and Caitlyn Mimbi Caves near Fitzroy Crossing WA.

Thanks to all at the Bulletin for their coverage of our tour, if you get a chance to tour make sure you have a look at our Beautiful Country first and we hope to see you all again soon, have a great Christmas and we will see you at Tamworth or Bungendore or at a show near you.
Yours With An Aussie Song
Keith Jamieson, Alisha Smith, Caitlyn Jane, Reg and Dot Poole
 

Pt. 2. Around Australia Tour 2005
We had a great tour. We were on the road for about 7 months of the year, first with Jeff Brown and Sharon Smith and then later in the year we went around Australia again with Rick & Cathy.  We spoke about some of our tour earlier on the site,  at the time we were about halfway through the tour and in WA.  After we left there we headed out across the Nullabor to perform several shows in SA at Lock, Pt Pirie, Wilmington, Nuriootpa, Moonta and Hindmarsh Valley.  We had some great support from the SA people and really enjoyed performing over there.  We then called in at the Mildura festival for a few days and caught up with some of our mates who were performing at the festival.  We did a guest spot on Warren Mahoney's show at Apex Park which is a great venue for bush ballads.

From there we performed at Robinvale where Wave Jackson was a special guest artist on his way home from Mildura.  We then did a show at Narrawong in Victoria and left our caravans with Alby and Joan Martin at Koroit before heading over to Tassie on the Spirit of Tasmania for two weeks.  We had a great time in Tassie once again with some great hospitality from Pam & Brian Lewis and Gaylene and Maurie Faulkner.  We had 7 good shows in Tassie with great support from the people at Lindisfarne, Huonville, Bruny Island, Tam O'Shanter, Launceston, Ulverstone and Deloraine.

After Tassie we headed back to Koroit via the Great Ocean Road to pick up the vans and perform at Warrnambool, which was organised for us by our friends Ron & Jan Morgan.  We then showed at Traralgon, then onto Bairnsdale Country Music Club where we had a great crowd and our special guest artists were Lindsay & Gail Hammond and Les Willams.  Then we were on the home run, as we started to make our way north, performing at Wagga Wagga, Yass, Canberra and Goulburn.  We had a few days off so we called in and stayed a couple of nights with Ted & Merelyn Olive at Maitland while Rick & Cathy spent some time on the coast at Woy Woy. 

Then we headed up the coast to perform at Wauchope with Ken "Chainsaw" Lindsay as our guest artist.  We were very privileged to have the legendary Shorty Ranger and his fiddle player Darrell Turnbull and young balladeer Amos Morris on our show at the Powerhouse Motel at Kempsey which was organised by Bob Campaign & Jillian.  It's a great little venue if any other balladeers are looking to perform in Kempsey. We had a great show once again in Kyogle the following night, thanks to Lyn Manning.  Matt Manning and Jeff Gibson performed on the show as well as "Tappin' Teddy Thompson".  We got to catch up with Jim Laffin & Marion Dargusch, also Frank & Kath Early who travelled down to Kyogle for the show.  We then travelled up to Wynnum in Brisbane where Julie Perandes was our guest artist for the afternoon, it's great to see Julie still performing bush ballads and thanks to Jean for organising the show. 

Photo:
L-R: Alisha Smith, Shorty Ranger, Darrell Turnball, Keith Jamieson and Cathy Deite.

Our last show for the tour was at Pittsworth near Toowoomba where we had a huge supportive crowd of about 250 people.  Jeff Brown, Sharon Smith & Ted Thompson all performed and the show was compered by a legend of radio and rodeo Mr Ted Hintz.  Thanks to Marion once again for looking after the door for us.  It was a great feeling to be finished the tour and on our way home again after four and a half months straight on the road and 28000 km's.  Thanks to everyone who supported the shows and helped organise the shows, a few people we haven't mentioned are Alan & Natalie Cunningham, Laurel & Niffy Robinson, Natalie & Barney Pearce, Merv Schapell, Glyn & Rosemary Squires, Lois Holland, Bill McIntyre, Molly Leary, David Shaw, Ray Bean, Nancy & Allan Evans, Peter & Meroli Wicks, John Goode, Wayne Brennan, Brian Annetts, Joy & Max Lewis, and big thankyou to Ros Scotney, Stan & Carol.  Also Chris Jensen, Dennis O'hara, Wayne Shearman, all the crew at 4DDB and many other community radio presenters and ABC early morning presenters around Australia.  Thanks to all involved with the ABBA for their support over the past year.

PT. 1. Around Australia Tour 2005.  We started our tour on the 24th June at Chinchilla QLD and continued on to Warwick, then Tent Hill Hotel where we had a great show and launched Keith's new album, "Songs From a Bush Ballad Pen" and his autobiography "Life's Highway".  "Songs From a Bush Ballad Pen" is an album of Joe Daly's poems which Keith put tunes to and features the last recorded lead guitar of the late Paul Lester.   We also launched Rick & Cathy's brilliant new album "Through Our Eyes", which was recorded at Regency Sound by Marc Lea.

From there we headed up the QLD coast playing at Maryborough, Bundaberg, Rockhampton and Mackay to some very appreciative audiences.  Then it was out west to Capella and Blackall, where we caught up with Bill Coleman, then Isisford where we stayed with Kevie and Dolly Woodlands, Winton, Mt Isa, then onto the Barkly Homestead where we played for a couple of nights.  We did a couple of shows in Katherine at the Katherine Country Club and Crossways Hotel and spent a bit of time with some of the committee of the Katherine Country Music Muster.  In Katherine we met up with John and Margaret Staunton from Millmerran who are travelling around Australia for 12 months.  John does a lot of the cooking for the Camp Oven Festival at Millmerran.  They travelled with us right across the Kimberley and down to Eighty Mile Beach.  We really appreciated their help at the shows where they did the door and looked after our CD's, they are great people and we'll miss them (and John's good cooking)  for the rest of our trip. Pic above: L-R: Margaret Staunton, Keith, Alisha, Rick & Cathy and John Staunton at Barn Hill Station WA

We then went across to Timber Creek where we had a great show and then to Wyndham where we played with Bruce Johnson and his boys at the hotel.  Bruce is a great lead guitarist who plays in the style of Barry Thornton.  From there we played at Warmun Community, then stopped for a night at the Mary Pool rest area between Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing where we decided to do a show using 2 generators to power the equipment. It was a beautiful setting right on the banks of the river under some beautiful big old gum trees.  We met some lovely people there who we kept running into right down to Eighty Mile Beach. We stayed a few nights at Fitzroy Crossing where we played at the Fitzroy River Lodge and also the caravan park.   We also performed at a few aboriginal communities around Fitzroy - Bayulu, Wantkatjunka, Noonkanbah and Yakanarra with the help of  Martin Smiler and family, also Ronnie and Andrew.  Andrew took us on a tour of Mimbi Caves (between Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing) which are absolutely beautiful. Pic Above Right: Rick, Cathy,Alisha, & Keith at Mary Pool Rest Area WA

We spent a week at Derby playing for the tourists at the Kimberley Entrance Caravan Park where Ian and Julie looked after us, then went onto the Broome Caravan Park and played there for four nights, thanks to Graham and Donna.  We caught up with our great mates Ginger and Marie Cox in Broome who were great friends of Barry Thornton.  Ginger is a great lead guitarist as well and plays in the same style as Barry.  He took us up to play at the Beagle Bay Community, north of Broome where we met some lovely people and got to see a beautiful old church which was built in 1917 and has all pearl shells inlaid into the walls and floor.

 From Broome we travelled about 130kms south to Barn Hill station, which has a caravan park which overlooks the ocean with beautiful cliff faces.  It's a beautiful spot and a lot of tourists from down south go up there for  a few months of the year to escape the cold weather.  We played there for 2 nights and had a great time, Keith loved it so much that he is writing a song about the place.  We spent a couple of nights playing at Eighty Mile Beach and then had to say goodbye to the Stauntons as we headed south through Port Hedland, playing at Carnarvon and Geraldton then down to Perth, where we played at Balga with the help of Ken Lindley.  We had a great show at the South Coast Country Music Club at Albany, which was organised by Dulcie & Trevor and all the crew. 
We also had the pleasure of catching up with Rick Carey at our Albany show where Keith sang a song he had just finished writing about him and his days as "Cousin Ratsack".  After that we performed at Narrogin, York and Northam with the help of some great people - Sandra O'Neill and Ken and Pauline Tillbrook.  We are now still in York for a few days and spending a bit of time with Ken & Pauline.
Pic Left: L-R: Keith Jamieson, Rick Carey,and Alisha Smith.

We will start heading east across the Nullabor and into SA where we will be performing at several venues for a couple of weeks including Lock, Wilmington, Pt Pirie, Nuriootpa and Victor Harbour, then to the Mildura Festival and down to the bottom of Victoria to Narrawong.  Then it's over to Tassie on the boat for two weeks where we will do six shows.  We are looking forward to that as we enjoyed our trip over there in February and Rick & Cathy haven't been there before. After Tassie we will perform at Warrnambool, Traralgon and Bairnsdale, then start heading north up through Wagga Wagga, Yass, Canberra and Goulburn then over to the coast where we will work our way up through Wauchope, Kempsey, Kyogle and Wynnum.  The tour will culminate in a big concert at Pittsworth Town Hall with special guests Jeff Brown and Sharon Smith, which will be compered by Ted Hintz, radio announcer from the early Hoedown days on 2TM.  This show is being organised by our good mate Ros Scotney and will be on Sunday afternoon 6th November.
Pic Right : L-R: Cathy, Rick Carey & Rick

 We would like to thank everyone who helped us organise our tour and supported the shows right around Australia, there are too many people to mention you all but we do appreciate all of your help.  We look forward to catching up with you all at the Frog and Toad in Tamworth 2006.

Yours With an Aussie Song,

Keith Jamieson, Alisha Smith, Rick & Cathy
Keith Jamieson

>> This is a photo of my great niece Lilly Crouch at our show at Wynum Hall WA with Alisha.
She has my hat on. This was taken on our round Australia tour in 2004. A real cutie!

BIO

KEITH JAMIESON
Background
Born in Goondiwindi, Keith Jamieson has spent most of his life in the bush, which is where he gets most of his inspiration for songwriting. Keith leans towards the bush ballad style of writing and recording, following in the footsteps of our pioneers such as Stan Coster, Slim Dusty, Tony Brooks, Tom Oliver and Joe Daly.
Songwriter
Keith has written some classic songs over the years, some of which have been recorded by Slim Dusty, Jeff Brown, Sharon Heaslip, Nathan Charlton, Charmaine Pout, Dave Reynolds, Noel Smith and Bev Branson. One of his most successful songwriting efforts being The Ghost of Three Rivers, which was a huge hit for Jeff Brown and has won awards such as TSA Bush Ballad of the Year 2003 and the Tasmania and New Zealand Songwriting Award Recorded Section 2002. It also made the finals of Mildura 2002, Bungendore 2003 and the 2003 Golden Guitar Awards.
Recording Artist
Keith's album Troy's Memory, was produced by Lindsay Butler at LBS Studios and has received widespread airplay. The first single One Tree Plain, which was written by Tony McKenna raced up the Australian Country Charts to number six and earned him a finalist spot in the 2003 TIARA Awards. The latest recording by Keith is a tribute to Barry Thornton and his sidekick Mulga Dan, which he wrote before Bazza passed away and had intended to record with Barry but sadly that wasn't to be. "The Ballad of Mulga Dan" has recently won the Open Section of the Tasmania & New Zealand Songwriting Awards 2003 and is receiving a lot of airplay right around Australia. Keith also came third in the Recorded section of these awards with "Tex, Buddy & Slim".
Albums
Keith has three albums available: The Year 2000 Australian Bushman, Troy's Memory, Bush Ballads Forever also the EP The Ballad Of Mulga Dan. He also has a single available called The Roma Oil Rig Man.
Future Plans
Keith hopes to continue writing and recording bush ballads for many years to come and also encourages people young or old to carry on the bush ballad tradition.


Photo right:  2005 TIARA Bush Ballad award

 inducted into the Hands of Fame.

(Photo Left)

'RHYTHM N' RHYME'

1 MR WINTERWINDS Keith Jamieson, (Keith Jamieson) 2 BUSHMANS PRAYER Alisha Smith, (Brian K Kelly) 3 FOOTSTEPS COMING HOME Keith Jamieson,Buddy Weston) 4 COONAWARRA CALLING Alisha Smith & Terry Bennetts, Terry Bennetts) 5 A FAIR GO AND PROMISES Keith Jamieson, (Alisha Smith) 6 THE WILLY WAG TAIL HOP Alisha Smith & Ian Simpson, Alisha Smith) 7 TRUCKIES OF AUSTRALIA Keith Jamieson, (Keith Jamieson) 8 HILLBILLY STICK Alisha Smith, (Col Black) 9 THE SILVERHAIRED GENTLEMAN Keith Jamieson, (Keith Jamieson)  10 BUCKS POLKA Alisha Smith, (Buck Owens) 11 THAT'S A SAD AFFAIR Keith Jamieson & Caitlyn Jane, (Stewart) 12 BELLBIRD WALTZ Alisha Smith, (Terry Bennetts) 13 YOU'VE GOT THE CLEANEST MIND Keith Jamieson & Jenny Bennetts, (McCoy/Groom/Allan) 14 SUNNY GUITAR Alisha Smith, (Col Black) 15 WHERE IS ELSEWHERE Keith Jamieson, (Keith Jamieson) 16 MATESHIP Terry Bennetts & Keith Jamieson, (Terry Bennetts/Keith Jamieson) 17 TRUE BUSH BALLAD STYLE Keith Jamieson, (Keith Jamieson)
Available $27 posted - from  Keith Jamieson, 52586 Burnett Hwy Bouldercombe 4702 Qld.
E-mail; Keith Jamieson

"OUR BUSH BALLAD FAMILY"
Keith Jamieson & Alisha Smith  

1. Our Bush Ballad Family (Keith Jamieson), 2. Days Of Old Keeroongooloo ( Wally Brummell/), 3. Barn Hill Station ( Keith Jamieson), 4. Freedom Road ( A.E. Brooks), 5. Augathella Fella (Wave Jackson), 6. Going Back To Blackall (Wally Brummell), 7. True Blue Australian Christmas ( Keith Jamieson), 8. Old Pete's Yellowbelly (Keith Jamieson) 9. Caitlyn Jane (Alisha Smith), 10. Lorna's Waltz (Alisha Smith), 11. My Grandfather's Clock ( B. Welch, H. Marvin/B.Bennette, J. Rostill) 12. Music Box Dancer ( Frank Mills), 13. Namatjira (Monologue by Keith Jamieson), 14. Sunnyside Sunset (Alisha Smith), 15. Tanami Track - featuring Charlie Boyter (Charley Boyter/Alisha Smith)

Available $27 posted - from  Keith Jamieson, 52586 Burnett Hwy Bouldercombe 4702 Qld.
E-mail; Keith Jamieson

"25 Years On The Road Of Song"
 

Available from  Keith Jamieson, 52586 Burnett Hwy Bouldercombe 4702 Qld.
E-mail; Keith Jamieson

KEITH JAMIESON & JOE DALY
Songs From A Bush Ballad Pen
"With Paul Lester in Full Flight"
(the last recorded guitar tracks of the late Paul Lester)

1. Monologue 2. My Brother Ron and I.  3. Twenty Million Bulldog Ants 4. A Lone Horseman 5. Your Come In Handy  6. I proudly stand  7. Bugger Bugger Land  8.  Loudmouth  9. A Bushman And Balladeer 10. Poor Old Buggers 11. I Sobered Up Quick  12. Unwritten Law 13. The Cooper Basin 14. This Little Badge
All Lyrics by Joe Daly  - Music by Keith Jamieson
Cd $25 each plus $2 postage.
Write to; Keith Jamieson, 1 Conachan Street, Blackwater Qld 4717

>>If you wish to purchase this album with credit card please go to the Brisbane Country Music Store
- direct to this album
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Winner of... ACRA Australian Bush Ballad Album of the Year 2004!! Winner of... TIARA Award for Bush Ballad 2005!!

Top Five Finalist - in Bush Ballad Section of Golden Guitar Awards 2005! Finalist in 2005 Bungendore - Bush Ballad Album Of The Year! Keith Jamieson - Finalist - 2005 Bungendore Songwriter Of The Year!

THE BALLAD OF MULGA DAN (EP)

1. The Ballad of Mulga Dan ( Keith Jamieson) 4.12
2. Heaven's Highway One (Keith Jamieson)
3. B.M.A. We're all one Team (Keith Jamieson)
4. He's the King of Australian Country Music (Keith Jamieson)

EP - $12 posted
Write to; Keith Jamieson, 1 Conachan Street, Blackwater Qld 4717
** Credit Card Link to Country Music Store will be placed here as soon as available.

>>If you wish to purchase this album with credit card please go to the Brisbane Country Music Store - direct to Keith's album
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TROY'S MEMORY
1. Solar Powered Ringer ( K. Jamieson) - 2. Howard (K. Jamieson) - 3. Bush Ballad Rock (K. Jamieson) - 4. One Tree Plain (T McKenna) - 5. Old Time Ringer ( K. Jamieson) - 6. Alec Smith ( Pick Up Man) (K. Jamieson) - 7. I Leave You A Song (J. Daley/K. Jamieson) - 8. The Roma Oil Rig Man (K. Jamieson) - 9. He's A Bushman ( K. Jamieson) - 10. Len Cant the Drover (K. Jamieson) - 11. Overnighter (K. Jamieson) - 12. Troy's Memory ( K. Jamieson)

Cd $25 each plus $2 postage.
Write to; Keith Jamieson, 1 Conachan Street, Blackwater Qld 4717
CREDIT CARD?
To buy this album (via the Brisbane Country Music Store) -
click on - "Troy's Memory".. and follow the links.

THE YEAR 2000 AUSTRALIAN BUSHMAN
1. The Year 2000 Australian Bushman (K.Jamieson/Sundown Music) - 2. Dreamtime Country (K.Jamieson/Sundown Music) - 3. Treasured Memories (K. Jamieson /Sundown Music) - 4. Let's all Buy Australian (K. Jamieson/Sundown Music) - 5. Coal Minin' Man (K. Jamieson/Sundown Music) - 6. Modern Day Henry Lawson (K. Jamieson/Sundown Music) - 7. Earth Movin' man (K. Jamieson. B. Brown/Control) - 8. The Beer with No Pub ( K. Jamieson/Sundown Music) - 9. South Blackwater Mine (K. Jamieson-SBCL/Control) - 10. Gordonstone (K. Jamieson-ARCO/ Control) - 11. Country Clowns (J. Strofield/Control) - 12. Drought of the 90's (K. Jamieson/Sundown Music) - 13. Winton's Outback festival ( K. Jamieson/Sundown Music) - 14. Road Train Drover ( K. Jamieson/Sundown Music) - 15. Kingston Town (K. Jamieson/Sundown Music) - 16. Noccundra Pub (K. Jamieson/Sundown Music) - 17. The Shire of Duringa (K. Jamieson-D.S.C./ Control) - 18. Aussie Christmas (K. Jamieson/Sundown Music)

Cd $25 each plus $2 postage.
Write to; Keith Jamieson, 1 Conachan Street, Blackwater Qld 4717
CREDIT CARD?
To buy this album (via the Brisbane Country Music Store)
- click on - "The Year 2000 Australian Bushman".. and follow the links.

THE ROMA OIL RIG (Single)
The Roma Oil Rig Man

Single - $7 posted
Write to; Keith Jamieson, 1 Conachan Street, Blackwater Qld 4717

** Credit Card Link to Country Music Store will be placed here as soon as available.

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