Australia's 'King of Country Music' performed for a number of remote Queensland towns over his 60-year career, and the communities have never forgotten it.
His tireless touring, prolific songwriting and ballads about life in the bush have earned him a spot in the hearts of many Australians.
Ms Cheethem is one of 40 First Nations artists who will be performing renditions of Slim Dusty's greatest hits, based on the legend that every Indigenous artist learns to play the guitar through one of his songs.It's the culmination of a 12-month development program by the Regional Arts Service Network NQ, which gives emerging artists in remote areas such as Cooktown, Doomadgee and Normanton the chance to work with mentors to create and write their own music.
"Our children — they'll be listening to the songs that I am singing and they'll probably start as well." Ms Donovan said she had been impressed by the talent in the songwriting from the emerging artists who took part in the workshops."In the middle of all our rehearsals, we're running upstairs and working with some of the youth and hearing what they want to write about," she said.
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