I've Been There And Back Again

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: First Edition

Description: 216 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. Slim Dusty And Joy McKean's Lifetime Of Travel, Stories And Songs.

Publishers Description: A new edition of bestselling favourite, IVE BEEN THERE (AND BACK AGAIN), filled with the songs, stories and photographs of Slim Dusty and his wife and fellow singer and songwriter, Joy McKean. With three new stories exclusive to this edition.The perfect book for Slim Dustys legions of fans, whose numbers are still strong even years after his death.Slim Dusty and Joy McKean were famous around Australia for their performances and for their love of the outback and its people. Slim and Joy were awarded a total of 37 Golden Guitars between them and Joy is respected by other performers both in and out of the country music scene, such as Kasey Chambers, Troy Cassar Daley and Paul Kelly.Joy McKean wrote many of her husband Slim Dustys most well-loved songs, such as Lights on the Hill and When the Rain Tumbles Down in July. She is a natural writer who has turned her talent to telling us the stories behind many of their most popular songs. Through the lyrics and stories she gives us an intimate insight into her life on the road with Slim.This beautiful, fully illustrated paperback edition comprises of a selection of song lyrics, Joys stories - including three stories exclusive to this edition - and reminisces about each song, photographs from the family collection and outstanding shots by acclaimed photographer John Elliott, who has been photographing Slim and Joy, their band and family for decades.

ISBN: 9780733627286