The Slim Dusty classic country song A Pub with No Beer is steeped in Australian folklore. But there's a story behind the song behind the poem behind the pub. And it's caused enough friendly ...

Slim Dusty, whose real name was David Gordon Kirkpatrick ... Dusty found international success with his 1957 song Pub With No Beer and was the biggest name in Australian country music until ...

"Writing my own songs, finding the words, at least I am doing it," he said. While he was never lucky enough to see Slim Dusty perform live, he remembers growing up with his dad playing his music.

Born and raised on a cattle farm, Kirkpatrick wrote his first song titled “The Way the Cowboy Dies” at only age 10 in 1937. Just a year later Kirkpatrick took the stage name “Slim Dusty ...

Their songs are a representative of real Australia, not an imitation or American revival, and the beautiful wild violet Ford Fairlane and caravan they would travel in is now on display at The Slim ...

Slim Dusty at Carlton Hill Station in 1992 ... held 10 days later at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney. There were songs to be heard there, too, including his signature tunes.

Born David Gordon Kirkpatrick, he wrote his first song at the tender age of 10 called The Way the Cowboy Dies. A year later, he adopted the stage name Slim Dusty, which he thought was better ...

David Gordon Kirkpatrick (Slim Dusty) was born in Kempsey in New South Wales in Australia on June 13, 1927 and he went on to become an icon in the country music scene. He released his first song ...

He wrote his first song, The Way The Cowboy Dies, when he was just 10 years old, and shortly after that he took on the stage name Slim Dusty because he felt it was much better suited to a singing ...