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Posted on 26 April 201920 December 2022

Matthew’s Didgeridoo

Ray playing the didgeridoo

© Ray Grieve

In 1975, I was in Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, on the way to  the Kimberley Ranges in Western Australia and  waiting for a roadblock to open at midnight.

Continue reading “Matthew’s Didgeridoo”
Posted on 17 April 20195 December 2022

The Rouseabouts – a rattling good bush band

© John Low

AN INTERVIEW WITH RAY GRIEVE

Ray Grieve

Ray Grieve‘s early musical experience was in the rock world. He began singing professionally in 1964 and, throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, was lead singer in a number of rock bands including the Minit-Men, the Travellers and most notably the Elliot Gordon Union. Continue reading “The Rouseabouts – a rattling good bush band”

Posted on 14 February 201926 November 2022

Luna Park – the song

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Luna Park was just for fun
In childhood days now past
The welcome smile was there for all,
The memories still last
I used to go there after a swim
At the pool next door
My eyes would widen as I gazed about
And marvelled at the things I saw. Continue reading “Luna Park – the song”

Posted on 29 August 201820 December 2022

Eugowra Station

written and sung by Jim Low
Escort Rock
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