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Sunday, March 09, 2008

bmusic Newsletter No.274: February 25th - March 9th 2008

bmusic
Newsletter No.274
February 25th - March 9th 2008

Australian country music legend Smoky Dawson passed away on February 14th at the age of 94 after complications from earlier surgery. In 2005 the original Australian singing cowboy recorded his last album, making him the oldest recording artist in the world. Smoky is survived by his wife and performing partner of 64 years, Dot. Smoky fell ill in Borneo whilst serving in World War II and returned to Australia, not fully recovering for a further three years. He and Dot then travelled to the United States to record and play at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. When he returned to Australia in 1952 he started in his own radio show, "The Adventures of Smoky Dawson", which stayed on the air for ten years. At its peak, the show was broadcast on 69 stations across the country. Dot also had her own radio shows for children. A wonderful look at Smoky's life and career can be found HERE.

So you fancy yourself as a record collector? If so, take a gander at this collection that was up for grabs on eBay during the week, and likely will be again as the successful bidder appears to be a deadbeat bidder http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140206309501. 3 Million Records, 300,000 CDs, 6 million+ Song Titles. Oh my!!!!

The suggestion for this week's Where Are They Now? comes from close to home for me. My wife (who doesn't read anything I write incidentally!) suggested I check out this artist that, for all we remembered, was a one hit wonder from the late 70s. Seems she's been far form idle the past 30 years!

Regulars including Feature Article, The Weeks Ahead in Music History, Featured Artist and more are all inside Issue 274 of the bmusic Newsletter.
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Thanks to everyone for reading, we'll see you next issue!

TABLE OF CONTENTS (You will need to be online to use the Table of Contents to jump through sections)

Where Are They Now? - Judie Tzuke

This week's Music Quote

Featured Product - Waves iGTR Personal Guitar Processor

This week's Specials

This week's Feature Article - Treating Your Band As A Business

This week's Feature Artist - Zeptepi

Musicians Wanted

Gear Wanted

Band Links

The Weeks Ahead In Music History
           Events
           Births
           Deaths

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