At some point I started to get some fans in Australia, I’m not sure if I ever tracked down exactly why, but I think it stemmed from a shop in Melbourne called Lulu’s. Either way some people got word down there and some of them joined the patreon and yadda yadda yadda I had some friends in Australia through Dollar Country.
A few years back one of them was in the states and visited me in Cleveland. At the time he (Willie) brought some records for me that I played on episode 200. There was also another buddy (Nic) who sent me some stuff and ever since I’ve been really interested in Australian country music. It’s a lot like American country music but it has it’s own style and flavor.
Willie sent me two packages of records last month that arrived here last week and it came at the perfect time. I was getting ready to test out two portable turntables I’ve been working on and I decided to get two birds with one stone and have a live stream to test the turntables and play some Aussie country.
You can view the video here: youtube // patreon
The stream was one of those things that was very affirming. The nature of what I do is niche at best, so sometimes when I’ve tried live streaming in the past it hasn’t really worked, but this one went great. In my mind Dollar Country is the internet equivalent of having some friends over and getting to say “hey check out this cool record I found.” Ideally that’s how it would be, but we don’t all live in the same town, so I do what I can. On stream there were 8-12 people in the chat and they seemed genuinely interested in the music and were very excited to hear it. It made me feel great, and it seemed like everyone had a great time.
I just put up the audio on my podcast distributor, so you can view the video online if you want to see the records and turntables, or you can listen via apple podcasts (or wherever you get those) and on mixcloud.
Hope you dig it and if you have any Australian Country, or country from any country besides the USA, and want to get it to me, just drop me a line!
Tracklist:
Jack Munting – The First Man On The Moon
Shirley Thomas – Yodelling In The Moonlight
The Trailblazers – A Pub With MORE Beer
Dick Parry – Little Old Log Shack
Slim Newton – The Redback On The Toilet Seat
Hickey Sisters – Call Of The Bellbird
Singing Kettles – An Old Log Cabin For Sale
Reg Lindsay – When My Truckin’ Days Are Done
Buddy Williams – The Nightmare
Rick and Thel Carey – You Can Say That Again
Slim Dusty – Gumtrees By The Roadway
Reg Lindsay – Jungles Of Vietnam
Nick Antonio – Sister Of Sioux City Sue
Kenny Arnott – The Singing Wanderer
Webb Brothers – The Jockey’s Are Striking
Cole Wilson – The Barman They Couldn’t Sack
Lucky Starr – I’ve Been Everywhere (New Zealand)
Lucky Starr – I’ve Been Everywhere (Australia)
Singing Kettles – Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Rick and Thel Carey – White Crosses In The Jungle
Dusty Rankin – On The Trail Where The Rockies Meet The Sunset
Slim Dusty and Anne – Wild Rugged Land That I Love
Reg Lindsay – Goodbye Swingers
Reg Lindsay – From Forty To Sixty Five
Wayne Roberts – Aussie Talk
Buddy Williams – The Snowy Mountains
Slim Dusty – A Pub With No Beer