Road Report (No.7)

Another highlight to John's 40 Year celebration was the presentation in July of a Life Education GOLD HAROLD AWARD. John attended the ceremony in Sydney with Meg completely unaware he was a recipient of the award. The shock presentation again…
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Road Report (No.6)

The 40th year has been such a busy one that there's hardly been time for road reports as such, but hopefully you've been catching the website updates which cover the major happenings for John. July saw John and the crew head for South Australia…
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What a week of celebrations!

The crew in the office gave John a surprise 40th Birthday get together before he headed off to South Australia for four great shows. First stop was a catch up with legendary Australian Chef, author and TV presenter Maggie Beer at her Barossa…
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The Emu’s 40th Birthday!

Well this is it . . . the actual week John celebrates 40 Years! This Friday, the 4th June, is 40 Years since the release of John's first single 'Old Man Emu'. John will be touring in South Australia, so The Barossa, Port Pirie, Renmark and Mount…
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Latest from the Road!

John has just returned from playing in Caboolture at the Urban Country Music Festival where the audience was in fine form. The show featured a few of his mates including Kasey (above left), Beccy and Troy, all of whom sing on John's TRIBUTE…
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A Top Week in Toowoomba!

John was in Toowoomba for most of the past week appearing for three nights at the 150th anniversary Heritage Toowoomba Royal Show. Titled 'John Williamson's Great Australian Muster', the show involved about 400 people in the community including…
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Col Watson – Back On The Road

Col Watson, a legend amongst guitarists, had his first gig with country music when he was hired by Slim Dusty in the early 1970s. After fifteen years off the road, Col agreed to tour again with John on the '40 Years True Blue' Tour. Col is seen…
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A Special Word from John…

June 4th, 1970 - "The first song I ever attempted to write was released on the Fable label. It was 'Old Man Emu'. I was out the back of the homestead in North West NSW when I first heard the recording. 2VM Moree received the single before I…
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News from the Tour

Over the last few weeks, the 'Hillbilly Road' Tour has travelled several thousand kilometres to Boyup Brook and Perth, Western Australia, to Renmark and Adelaide, South Australia and finally to Toowoomba and Brisbane, Queensland. Phew! As you…
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Hillbilly Road – Taking on the Young Guns

Friday 12th September 2008: Watch out Michael Jackson, Miley Cyrus and Coldplay... the latest release from our very own Australian icon and country music legend, 'Hillbilly Road' is holding on tight. John Williamson is inadvertently taking…
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Variety, the Children’s Charity

Variety is dedicated to transforming the lives of children with special needs. This is done a number of ways. Variety provides grants to individuals, organisations and hospitals for a range of items including wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs, speech…
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Life Education

Life Education and Healthy Harold are household names for anyone who has had children at school since the late 1970s. Life Education has partnered with schools, teachers and parents to empower Australian children to make safe and healthy choices…
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