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Riding this Road

My life making music and travelling this wide land with Slim Dusty
By Joy McKean
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Riding this Road by Joy McKean is an engaging memoir that takes readers on a journey through the Australian outback, capturing the life and music of McKean and her husband, country legend Slim Dusty. The book delves into McKean's experiences on tour, her personal reflections on family and career, and her role in shaping the Australian country music scene. Her vivid storytelling provides an intimate glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of life on the road.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy insightful and heartfelt stories about the life of a pioneering woman in the Australian music scene. Joy McKean shares her adventures travelling the outback with her husband, Slim Dusty, offering a vivid glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of a unique musical journey. If you're fascinated by tales of resilience and passion for music, this memoir offers an inspiring read.

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Riding this Road

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Award-winning songwriter and musician Joy McKean wrote many of her husband Slim Dusty's most famous songs and won the first Golden Guitar awarded at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Now, for the first time, Joy explores her own life from childhood to the present, including fifty years of marriage to Slim, songwriting, recording, and touring, while raising their children Anne and David.

Joy reveals an Australia that has long gone, when she and Slim and their band would load up trucks and caravans and drive across the country, putting on a show in every town, then moving on to do it all again the next night, and winning legions of fans along the way.

Inspiring and entertaining, Joy takes us into the heart and soul of her life of music and memories.

Riding this Road offers a captivating glimpse into the journey of an iconic Australian musician and her remarkable legacy.

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Riding this Road by Joy McKean receives praise for its heartfelt and vivid storytelling, capturing the spirit of Australia's country music scene. Readers admire McKean's candid reflections on her adventures with her husband, Slim Dusty, and appreciate the blend of personal anecdotes with broader cultural insights. It's celebrated for its warmth, humour, and the rich tapestry of life experiences shared by McKean.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780733631542

Publisher: Hachette Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 April 2014

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hachette Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 470g

Pages: 352

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Joy McKean Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction

About the Author

Joy McKean became famous performing with her sister Heather in the 1950s, writing songs that have become Australian classics, and creating a lifelong partnership with Slim Dusty. She wrote many of Slim's most famous songs, was awarded six Golden Guitars and was a founder of the Tamworth Country Music Festival. She has received lifetime achievement awards from the Country Music Association of Australia and Australian Country Music Foundation, received the Songmaker Award from the Tamworth Songwriter's Association, an Australian Bush Laureate Award, and the McKean Sisters were inducted into the Country Music Broadcaster's Hall of Fame. Joy McKean shows her talent as a writer in her bestselling books ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER TOWN, the biography of Slim Dusty, and I'VE BEEN THERE... AND BACK AGAIN.

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