The Bush Music Club turns 70 this year!

The Bush Music Club turns 70 this year!

The Bush Music Club turns 70 this year! From humble beginnings… It was 1952. Jack Barrie, John Meredith’s neighbour in Heathcote, was hosting some ‘Australian Nights’. John Meredith and Brian Loughlin turned up and with Jack Barrie, the emerging Heathcote Bushwhackers...

Photographs …

Looking for photographs of DECLAN AFFLEY, DAVE de HUGARD and COLIN DRYDEN. Please contact me if you have any… or, better still, send me scans wfahey@bigpond.net.au

QUEST

I am on the hunt for a clean copy of an album released on the Score label titled ‘RAKE & RAMBLING MAN’ and featuring the songs of Don Henderson, sung by DECLAN AFFLEY. If you have a copy of this rarity, I would appreciate borrowing it to make a digital...
New website launched

New website launched

Folks, my new website is alive and kicking. On it you will find sections on Australian folklore, folksong, bush music, colloquial slanguage, yarn-telling, etc plus a huge section on the history of folk clubs plus rare photo galleries, radio programs, historic folk...