JOY MCKEAN I’VE BEEN THERE JOY MCKEAN (and Back Again) AVAILABLE 25 OCTOBER 2011 Standard Edition — Hardcover with Jacket (255 x 235 mm) 224 pages. ISBN 978 07336 2728 6. RRP $39.99 The Limited 1927 Edition — Slipcased Hardback Only 1927 produced. Leatherette hardback (255 x 235 mm) 224 pages. Record sleeve containing a signed Slim Dusty & Joy McKean photo and a limited edition CD containing 25 of Slim Dusty and Joy McKean’s recordings. ISBN 978 07336 2866 5. RRP $100.00 For publicity enquiries please contact Jaki Arthur e:
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[email protected] t: (02) 8248 0800 SLIM DUSTY & JOY MCKean’S Level 17, 207 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 www.hachette.com.au LIFETIME OF TRAVEL, STORIES AND SONGS JOY MCKEAN I’ve been THERE (and Back Again) PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN ELLIOTT Introduction I’ve Been There (and Back Again) CONTENTS Introduction 1 I’ve Been There (and Back Again) 5 Part I SONGS FOR THE AUSSIES: The Early Days 15 The Biggest Disappointment 17 The Wind-Up Gramophone 25 Song For the Aussies 33 Lace-Up Shoes 39 D Towards the Head 41 Yellow Gully 49 Local Mary Magdalene 55 The Valley where the Frangipanis Grow 65 Our Wedding Waltz 79 Bible of the Bush 87 Part II GUMTREES BY THE ROADWAY: People and Places 93 When the Rain Tumbles Down in July 95 Kelly’s Offsider 103 Ringer from the Top End 109 Grandfather Johnson 117 Gumtrees by the Roadway 125 Plains of Peppimenarti 133 Part III WALK A COUNTRY MILE: Performing and Travelling 143 Old Time Country Halls 145 The Front Row 153 Lights on the Hill 159 On the Move 167 Indian Pacific 177 Country Revival 189 Walk a Country Mile 195 Travellin’ Still .