tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839623793894703519.post5763386735961317737..comments2024-03-27T00:47:16.020+11:00Comments on The Bush Music Club: The Bushwhackers (Some recollections - Chris Kempster, February 2002)secretaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09968704899333901045noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839623793894703519.post-54340475453425667562013-08-10T13:47:36.315+10:002013-08-10T13:47:36.315+10:00Oh thank you Sandra, that has made my day/week/yea...Oh thank you Sandra, that has made my day/week/year!!!! I would love to talk to him. I feel sad I have left it so long but somehow lately some strange coincidences have pushed me towards his work and people he knew. And thank you again.<br />Cheers<br />SharonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889373986350958335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839623793894703519.post-20286455169523244522013-08-09T21:56:24.083+10:002013-08-09T21:56:24.083+10:00Rob Willis, BMC member & National Library of A...Rob Willis, BMC member & National Library of Australia Oral History and Folklore collector worked with John Meredith for decades & remembers him mentioning your father on many occasions & would like to have a yarn with you about him. Could you call him on 0427 911 962. <br /><br />sandra<br /><br />secretaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968704899333901045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839623793894703519.post-25082090736495295702013-08-08T13:45:57.489+10:002013-08-08T13:45:57.489+10:00I am trying to get the cd copied, it is unfortunat...I am trying to get the cd copied, it is unfortunate it will not copy to my computer but have a contact with a studio who may be able to help. I have very little info on my father, I was so young when he passed and his music and life with the socialist party were long before my time - my older brothers and sisters have memories but we have none of his reel to reel tapes or his papers, all disappeared. Alex Hood and Chris Kempster were good friends of his along with my cousin's husband Brian Crawford (RIP Brian). His song 'The Woy Woy Workers Train' was recorded on a LP called Navy on the Line. Roger Ilot sings the song. I have the words for 4 of his works if you are interested. I also met a writer at the Byron Bay Writers Festival, Trevor Shearston who said he knew of dads work, he has just released a great book called Game about the last days of Ben Hall, so makes our family think there may be more people who have a story for us to find out. How sad we are only doing this now as a family. This will all disappear soon if we don't get with it. Such a shame. It came to me later how amazing this bush music culture is, I hated it when I was a kid LOL. Cheers SharonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889373986350958335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839623793894703519.post-12687087878072413082013-08-08T10:56:34.152+10:002013-08-08T10:56:34.152+10:00Thanks for your information, Sharon.
Could you se...Thanks for your information, Sharon.<br /><br />Could you send me some more information on your father, I'm always looking for information about BMC's early days, including stories about & from the sources Merro & our other members collected. secretaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968704899333901045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839623793894703519.post-18957890199785177682013-08-07T18:47:57.850+10:002013-08-07T18:47:57.850+10:00I have recently found 3 songs recorded by John Mer...I have recently found 3 songs recorded by John Meredith of my father Joe Fearnside. I acquired them from the National Archives as a CD - I nearly drove my car off the road when I heard my dads beautiful speaking voice followed by three of his songs we thought were lost forever. Its thanks to John Meredith that my family can once again listen to him. He died when I was sixteen (I am the youngest of his six children). I did contact Alex Hood and he sent me a very interesting email but has been lost on an old sick computer somewhere LOL I am very slowly trying to compile so information that can be passed on to his grandchildren. I am a writer and would love to do something with a story about his life. Thank you for a great blog. I will be visiting it again !!!! regards Sharon FearnsideAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889373986350958335noreply@blogger.com