DAVE'S DIARY - 9 AUGUST 2005 - PREVIEW EPISODE 6 - SERIES 4
ADAM HARVEY FINDS MISSING HERO
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Geelong
born country star Adam Harvey has turned tragedy into triumph on the
video clip for his new single Missing Heroes. Harvey wrote the song about the grandfather Stewart Hogan that he and his mother never met. Hogan - a Rat of Tobruk - was killed in World War II at just 17 on the Kokoda Trail. And his widow - Harvey's grandmother - only had a faded black and white photo to remind her of her husband. That was until Adam's mother was watching a TV special on the Diggers sent to fight for their country in New Guinea. She froze in her lounge chair when she recognised her missing hero father in archival footage on Nine Network show A Current Affair. |
The Harveys
contacted Current Affair to obtain the historic footage and Adam wrote
his evocative song for his sixth album, Can't Settle For Less on
ABC-Warner.
"Granddad was in the 6th Division in Tobruk, he was a Sgt Major,"
Harvey revealed.
"He was only 17 when he enlisted."
Harvey has since toured China, Canada and Australia to promote his acclaimed
new album.
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our exclusive story about Adam's grandfather who inspired Missing Heroes
and Harvey's colourful career in the Diary on February 6. 2005.
JAMES TALLEY AUSSIE DEBUT
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Oklahoma
born country blues singer James Talley makes his debut on Nu Country
with a live version of his vintage song Up From Georgia. Talley preceded singing Texan crime novelist Kinky Friedman and Willie Nelson as frequent White House guests when President Jimmy Carter discovered and lauded his music. |
James played
the 1977 inauguration concert for President Carter who owned his 1975
debut LP, Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got A Lot Of
Love and successors Tryin' Like The Devil (1976) and Blackjack
Choir (1977).
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feature on Talley in the Diary.
NEIL - HOPKINS - NOT MURRAY RIVER
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Lake
Bolac singer-songwriter and conservationist Neil Murray returns to
Nu Country to perform his song Over The Moon. Heather Rutherford, popular Nu Country TV host and some time TV show host, has an in depth interview with the veteran singer who recently released About Time - A Song Collection on Shock Records. Murray's double CD retrospective was launched after he hosted a music and culture festival on the banks of Lake Bolac after a Hopkins River conservation trek. |
He won a
Glenelg Hopkins CMA Environmental Achievement for his trek and is touring
to promote his album.
Murray tours the Northern Territory in August before making his Nashville
debut at the 9th Australian festival from September 6-11.
Also on the bill is expatriate Newcastle singer Catherine Britt whose
duet with Elton John on When We Both Say Goodbye has cracked the
U.S. Top 40.
Other Australians on the Nashville festival include famed Greencards,
Ross Wilson, Sam Hawksley and Felicity.
Murray has re-released his first five solo albums and other projects through
his web page - www.neilmurray.com.au
CLICK HERE for a CD Review
from the Diary.
MID PACIFIC BOB - SPARE RIBS
Mid-Pacific
Bob Olson models his culinary apron and shares his recipe for spare ribs
for avid fans of his Merri Creek delta recipes.
Bob's raw ribs, not those damaged by West Coast star Ashley Sampi when
he kneed Jordan Lewis in a recent clash with Bob's team Hawthorn, are
delicious.
The expatriate American schoolteacher and long suffering Hawthorn fan
prepares his tasty ribs with secret ingredients in his creative cesspool.
Bob makes the steamy cauldron of Northcote Secondary College kitchen a
magnet for viewers from academia and beyond.
Mid Pacific Bob's culinary skills have become a bigger drawcard than exams
in the hallowed classrooms of the garden state.
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complete guide to what's cooking in Mid Pacific Bob's kitchen for stars
in bars and beyond.
SIME NUGENT DEBUT
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Yarra
Village country folk singer Sime Nugent won wide acclaim beyond home
state Victoria on his national and international tours in his 14-year
performing career. Nugent, son of Irish musicians and a popular artist at festivals diverse as Queenscliff and Port Fairy, performs a video for his new song Somewhere By Now. The song is a highlight of Nugent's debut solo album Broke And Banned. Nugent previously recorded nine albums with bands including his first group Sedan, which featured members of Jet and Pete Murray band.They released two albums in six years and some Jet boys perform with Sime in his video clip. |