Music Production Rod Coe

(Cast, singing) Slim Dusty Joy McKean Anne Kirkpatrick and the Travelling Country Band David Kirkpatrick Gordon Parsons Buck Taylor

(Tail credits) The Travelling Country Band Lead Guitar Mick Reid Fiddle and Mandolin Mike Kerin Drums Alan Hockley Banjo and Dobro Ian Simpson Pedal Steel Michel Rose Bass Guitar Bill Graham

Location Sound Supervisor Paul Clark

Boom Operator/ Recordist Steve Haggerty AAV Technical Supervision Steve Pyle Music Engineer Scott Heming Sound Assistant Chris Piper Concert Sound Mixer Clive Jones

Featured Music

Where Country is Barry "Morchi" Moyses The Band Played on Traditional Song for the Aussies Slim Dusty Aristocrat Tex Morton Simmo's Tune Ian Simpson Old Sunlander Van Joy McKean Anne Kirkpatrick G. Paige Losin' my Blues Tonight Slim Dusty Wind up Gramophone Joy McKean Trouble Joy McKean Walk a Country Mile Joy McKean Old Feller Joy McKean Drownin' my Blues Slim Dusty My Final Song Slim Dusty When the Rain Tumbles down in July Slim Dusty Camoweal "Mack" Cormack So many Ballads to Play Slim Dusty The Man from the Northland Buck Taylor Old Time Country Halls Slim Dusty Biggest Disappointment Joy McKean Lights on the Hill Joy McKean Gymkhana Yodel Joy McKean Stay Away from me Slim Dusty Keep the Love Light Shining Joy McKean Country Revival Slim Dusty The Isa Rodeo Slim Dusty Stan Coster Rough Riders Slim Dusty A. E. Brooks Cunnamulla Feller Stan Coster Isa R. Ryan Plains of Peppimenarti Slim Dusty How will I go with him Mate "Mack" Cormack Just Rollin' Slim Dusty Pushin' Time Slim Dusty A. E. Brooks The Pub with no Beer Gordon Parsons Indian Pacific Joy Mckean Are the Good Days Gone Slim Dusty Gumtrees by the Roadway Slim Dusty

Slim Dusty is too well known as a country music performer and song writer to dwell on here. He has a detailed wiki here, and at time of writing an eponymous website here, with full details of his career. His most famous song, A Pub with No Beer, even has its own wiki listing here. Joy McKean has her own wiki listing here.

The film concentrates on Slim's collaborations with the likes of Stan Coster, who has his own wiki here, and bushman and raconteur Lew Williams, as noted in a story in Filmink on the making of the film here:

Local cattleman and long-time friend of Slim's, the late Lew Williams, is given prominent billing for a wonderful scene where he recites humorous bush verse for Slim's entourage and Slim returns the favour by singing a song written especially for Lew. Sadly, Lew died soon after the film was made adding poignancy to one of the film's highlights and this is commented on in the documentary about the making of the film, Just Rollin', included on the recently-released four-disc DVD edition of the film.

Also featured in the DVD 'making of' is Rod Coe, who is credited with the music production for the film: Mike Kerin, who played mandolin and fiddle in the Travelling Country Band featured in the film backing Slim Dusty, also appears in the DVD 'making of':

For more photos of Slim Dusty and Joy McKean and other musicians as they appear in the film, see this site's photo gallery.

A two disc soundtrack LP was prepared in conjunction with the movie - these discs were later replicated by Umbrella in 2006 as part of a four disc - two DVDs and two CDs - special edition release of the movie.

Details of the original two LP release:

2 LPs EMI VMP-430004 1984 Album compiled and mixed and mastered at Studio 301, Sydney utilising the “Maxicut Process”, Pat. App. Soundtrack album Produced by Rod Coe

SIDE 1: 1. Where Country Is (3'34") (Moyses), Vocals: Slim (B. Moyses) 2. Song For The Aussies (Intro. 0'22", 2'40") (Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Castle) 3. Old Sunlander Van (2'25") (McKean/Kirkpatrick/Page) Vocals: Anne Kirkpatrick (Albert/Slim Dusty Ent.) 4. Walk A Country Mile (2'36") (McKean) Vocals: Slim (Slim Dusty Ent.) 5. Wind Up Gramophone (2'44") (McKean) Vocals: Joy McKean (Slim Dusty Ent.) 6. Trouble (2'00") (McKean) Vocals: David Kirkpatrick. (Slim Dusty Ent.) 7. Losinʼ My Blues Tonight (3'12") (Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Castle) (a) Only The Two Of Us Here (Harrington) Vocals: Lew Williams (b) Old Feller (5'10") (McKean) Vocals: Slim. (Slim Dusty Ent.)

SIDE 2: 1. My Final Song (1'57") (Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Castle) 2. When The Rain Tumbles Down In July (1'53") (Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Castle) 3. Rehearsal Sequence: Back To My Old Northern Home (1'17") (Taylor) Vocals: Buck (B. Taylor) 4. Old Time Country Halls (3'31") (Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Slim Dusty Ent.) 5. The Biggest Disappointment (3'29") (McKean) Vocals: Slim and Buck (Castle) 6. Lights On The Hill (3'21") (McKean) Vocals: Slim (Castle) 7. Gymkhana Yodel (2'43") (McKean) Vocals: McKean Sisters (Southern) 8. Stay Away From Me (3'00") (Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Castle) 9. Keep The Lovelight Shining (McKean) Vocals: Joy and Slim (Castle)

SIDE 3: 1. The Man With The Hat Turned Down In Front (1'36") (Weston) Vocals: Buddy Weston (B. Weston) 2. Country Revival (1'52") (Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Slim Dusty Ent.) 3. The Isa Rodeo (2'30") (Coster/Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Castle) 4. Rough Riders (2'01") (Brooks/Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Castle) 5. Cunnamulla Feller (2'26") (Coster/Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Castle) 6. Isa (2'50") (Ryan) Vocals: Slim (R. Ryan) 7. Just Rollinʼ (3'17") (Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Slim Dusty Ent.) (a) Corroboree Sequence (b) Plains of Peppimenarti (4'05") (Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Slim Dusty Ent.)

SIDE 4: 1. How Will I Go With Him Mate (3'37") (Cormack) Vocals: Slim (Castle) 2. Pushinʼ Time (2'30") (Brooks/Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Castle) 3. The Pub With No Beer (3'16") (Parsons) Vocals: Slim and Gordon (Castle) 4. Camooweal (3'12") (Cormack) Vocals: Slim (Castle) 5. Indian Pacific (2'39") (McKean) Vocals: Slim (Slim Dusty Ent.) 6. Are The Good Days Gone Forever (3'22") (Dusty) Vocals: Slim (Slim Dusty Ent.) 7. Gumtrees By The Roadway (2'03") (Dusty) Instrumental (Castle)

A 45 was also released: 45 Columbia DO-1296

Side A: Just Rollinʼ (2'42") (Dusty) Vocals: Slim Dusty

Side B: Cunnamulla Feller (2'15") (Coster - Dusty) Vocals: Slim Dusty

An instrumental number runs over the tail credits, but the head credits feature a song illustrated by footage of a stockman having a beer in an outback pub. Lyrics for the song as they appear in the film are:

He sat by the door of the grand old Birdsville Pub, His swag and gear guarded by a faithful heeler dog, He wore a shirt that would blind ya and a rumpled ringer's hat, This old man was country, he left no doubt of that.

There was legend in the lines of his weather beaten face, Those eyes had seen a lot of changes in the Aussie race, The passing of the horseman, the death of an ace, Seems to me he's doubts that we've turned a better page.

He sat there hillbilly pickin' on a cracked and battered Gibson, And the songs that he sang were all his, Every song told a story and the more that I'd listen, The more I realised this is where country is.

He sang of mobs of cattle moving down the Birdsville track, And the camels carting wool in the early days outback, He sang of wild eyed scrubbers ridin' flat out in the night, Tryin' to ring the mob, 'cause lightning's quick to fright.

And he sang loudly and proudly of our pioneering ladies and I suspect that one such lass was his. Home in this early frontier country was a lonely dirt floor humpty, No doubt about it, this man knows where country is.

Mmm, mmm ...

His songs told how they did it and I felt a sense of shame, And I wondered if the battler would ever be again, His pride for his country rang true in every song, And I wondered, if the chips were down, I would be as strong.

(then with backing vocals) He sat there hillbilly pickin' on a cracked and battered Gibson, And the songs that he sang were all his, Every song told a story and the more that I'd listen, The more I realized this is where country is.

(Spoken) Yes mate, we're so far from the city here. You know what - this is where country is … mmm, dah dah dee ... (fade out).

The albums were re-released on two CDs as part of Umbrella's four disc box set edition of the movie, but also remain in print in other formats, as per this iTunes' listing: