Canberra Country Music Festival 2012 Set For 16-18 November 2012

Daryl

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CRS Publicity (previously NFS Publicity)

Ph: (07) 3285 4556

Mobile: 0427 589 662

Email: crs@crspublicity.com.au

Postal Address: PO Box 479, Kallangur Qld 4503

Website: www.crspublicity.com.au

1.                In the Middle of Nowhere

I wrote this song on the way back from the Country Music Festival at Boyup Brook.  It was such a great weekend and I definitely had the Monday morning blues.  I pulled into a truck stop and wrote the song.

2.                Our Backyard

This song’s about the swing that stood in the corner of the yard when I was growing up.  The house is long gone but memories remain of the dreams we dreamt in the yard

3.                The Snowy

I was reading a book about the huts of the high country and how they were all over the mountains up until the sixties when the grazing leases expired.

4.                The Ballad of Henry Beckett

This really is a true story. It actually went through about 18 drafts and took over a year to complete. Our cat was a Tom named Henry who came to an untimely end under an EK ute only to reappear as we were laying him to rest under the lemon tree. We buried the neighbours cat!!

5.                Detained at His Majesty’s Pleasure

An historical song about a female convict transported to Australia for a term of 7 years. I researched and read Manning Clarkes “History of Australia” and tried to put myself in her place.

6.                Diamantina Drover

This was one of those songs I fell in love with as soon as I heard it. Written by Hugh McDonald of Redgum. 

7.                Just an Old Cattle Dog

From the pen of one of my favourite writers, Norma O’hara Murphy. Again I loved the song straight away and decided early on it should be part of the Album.

8.                A Country Song (Heaven to me)

I really wanted to include a gospel song on my Album and Terry played me this song he and Jenny had written.  It came up so well and especially the last chorus with all the harmonies and instruments.

9.                Irish Lady

I was having dinner with an Irish friend of mine and we were talking about love and loss and growing old. I went home and wrote Irish Lady.

10.           Circle of Silver

 I was singing with a Band one night when a guy proposed to his girlfriend right there on the dance floor. A traditional country waltz that captured the feel of the room

11.           Koongamia Kangaroos

I have my cousin Di’ to thank for this song.  She often has me in fits laughing about the things her and her girlfriends have done. The Koongamia Kangaroos are a female footy team.

12.           When my time comes

This song came about toward the end of recording.   I ‘d had some words knocking around in my head for a little while so sat down to write.  It really did seem to write its self in about 10 minutes.  Probably the most personal of all my songs but it’s my little love song to my hubby Glen.

THE NEW SONG FROM JAYNE DENHAM

“A Farmer’s Wife” is the 5^th single from Jayne’s current album, “Shake This Town”.

Jayne explains how the concept behind the song came about after reading a book called Women of the Outback by Sue Williams.

“I was speaking with Garth Porter about how awesome the stories of these women are, especially when there’s kids and a husband in toe.  From that, the idea for “A Farmers Wife” was born and Garth penned a ripper of a song for me.  Just as I had suggested, he wrote a fun, fast-paced song, just like their lives would be, which also influenced the ending where I rattle off a list of things as fast as I can.  It had to be done in one take, so by the end of it, I had almost run out of breath, and the final line that came out was “You’re a bloody legend”, causing everyone in the production studio to burst out laughing and clapping.  So, it stayed because it came out exactly as I feel – “A farmers wife?  Yep, you’re a bloody legend”.

With the banjos and fast-pace of the song, your toes will be tapping (and you may even start knee slapping

SONG LYRICS:

“A  FARMER’S  WIFE”  Garth Porter  (Control)

It’s 6 AM, alarm o’clock, you’re out of bed

Ya pull on your jeans, roll up the sleeves,

tie back your hair

Then clear the table, do the dishes, pick up sox 

Make the beds and sweep the floor, put on a wash

Put on the hat, pull up your boots,

A day in the life of a farmer’s wife

Heart of the nation, a sensation, damn right

In high heels, or behind the wheel

You’re A Farmer’s Wife

Cow’s to milk, a loaf to bake, a fence to fix

Do the ironing, pay the bills, unblock the ditch

Mowin’ lawns and markin’ lambs, moving stock

Make the dinner, tidy up and feed the mob

Round up the kids, it’s time for bed, put out the dog

The day is done, lay down your head,

Check this out.

You’re a mother, a cook, a doctor, a jilleroo,

 a therapist, a fencer, a seamstress, a nurse,

 a gardener, a chef, a rouseabout, a barber,

 a counsellor, a cleaner, a chauffeur, a mechanic,

 and a carpenter, and a taxi driver, and a nanny.

Jayne’s Website

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About Jayne Denham

Jayne Denham is one of Australia’s best music storytellers with a refreshingly new country sound, coming from the perspective of women and living a country way of life. She has a passion for what is unique about Australia, its people, the land, the wheels of industry and those that keep them turning. Put simply, Jayne knows how to rock!

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