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Tex Morton, George Raymond and a horse called ‘The Goondiwindi Grey’.
One grim, rainy Saturday in 1973 dad asked me if I would like to go with him into Sydney to watch him record a track with his mate, the Australian country music legend, Tex Morton. Tex was putting the finishing touches to a single he was recording as a tribute to the famous race horse, [...]
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras dies at 84.
He was one of Australia’s favourite sons and one of our most precious contributions to the world stage of music, opera and culture. Sir Charles Mackerras has died at the age of 84. A flame-haired, freckle-faced lad he was born in America but grew up on the North Shore of Sydney – despite the many [...]
Britain’s Got Talent 2010 – goodbye to the most mediocre series yet but hopefully more of Kieran Gaffney and Christopher Stone.
Last year in 2009 BGT had plenty to write about and an interesting selection of talent and scandal to consider; Susan Boyle without a doubt provided the rags-to-riches story of the decade which will take some beating for a long time to come. Then there was young tantrum-thrower Hollie Steel getting an unheard of second [...]
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