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Merv Webster - The Goondiwindi Grey
 Sep 4, 06 - 3:03 PM |
LATEST BOOK OF BUSH VERSE AND YARNS - KEEPING THE CULTURE
KEEPING THE CULTURE 100 PAGE BOOK OF VERSE AND YARNS $17.00 includes P&H BUSH LAUREATE FINALIST: THE NELLIES - WHAT DO I TELL MY CHILDREN? - THE STAND AT STINKYBARK CK - THE RELUCTANT BOOTSCOOTER - THE COOEE-BOOROO FROM IRELAND AND THE BOOTAMURRA MAN - NEDS ENCOUNTER WITH SNAGS - DEAR OH DEER! - LEICHHARDT'S IN THE BUSH - WHO WILL SING THEIR PRAISES? - RBT BLUES - THE BANCROFT REUNION - THE MOTHER-IN-LAW CRISIS - A SIMPLE WORD OF THANKS - GERTY GRIBBLE'S DILEMMA - PARADISE WHERE? - HARD HAT HEROES - THE BLUE LIGHT ENCOUNTER - AN OLD MAN’S VOWES - WHEN THE EVIDENCE WENT MISSING - THE YOWAH ADDICTION - CARAVANNING MAYHEM - I NEVER CRIED FOR ELVIS BUT I SHED A TEAR FOR SLIM - WHAT FISH? - OLD JACKO IN THE CITY - R.M. WILLIAMS - A MAN WHO HAD TRIED - IT’S NO EXCUSE I FEAR - I WISH I WAS A CROCODILE - ROBBY - GRAN’S LAST WISH - CHASING BUTTONS - WHEN 7 RANG THE GREY - WHEN TIMES GET TOUGH - SOMETHING FOR STEVIE - BLUEY’S REFLECTIONS - A LIFELINE IN THE BUSH - SEARCHING FOR BILLY - THE VIGILANTE GRANNY - WHAT’S WRONG WITH RYME AND METER MATE? - THE POETS AND THE LADY - A JOYOUS CELEBRATION - SAM’S SOLUTION Merv Webster P.O. Box 8211 Baragara, Qld, 4670 PH: 07 4159 1868 |
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Merv Webster - The Goondiwindi Grey
Sep 4th, 2006 - 3:06 PM |
Re: LATEST BOOK OF BUSH VERSE AND YARNS - KEEPING THE CULTURE
G'day Folks. At long last I'm able to announce that my book Keeping the Culture is now available in the U.S.A. $14.00 [American] includes P&H Please send money and orders to the following address: Aussie Verse and Ballads C/-Dave P. Fisher Double Diamond Books 1902 Union St. Sparks, NV 89434 Dave suggests that it might be a good idea to email first and check stock as there is a limited supply. DKFEnterprises@aol.com My thanks to all those who have shown interest in my works and allowed me to share some of my Aussie Culture. Merv Webster |
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Merv Webster - The Goondiwindi Grey
Jan 11th, 2007 - 7:47 AM |
Re: LATEST BOOK OF BUSH VERSE AND YARNS - KEEPING THE CULTURE
Foreword I learnt my first ‘Banjo’ Paterson poem: ‘The song of the wheat’ at the age of 9, and that was the start of a long relationship with Australian Bush Poetry. Over the last 35 years I have performed extensively throughout Australia and have worked full-time in the entertainment and acting industry for over 20 years. This has led me to all parts of the country and caused me to cross paths with many other performers; performing on stage with the likes of Normie Rowe, Slim Dusty, Smoky Dawson and many others. The last twelve years in particular have seen an amazing resurgence of bush poetry and as such has brought many quality bush poets out on the Hustings. One such poet is a bloke by the name of Merv Webster. A familiar face at many festivals he is one of the hardest working blokes I know. If working the streets is serving your apprenticeship then Merv and his long suffering lady Chris have well and truly paid their dues. Long after other performers have packed up their swags, you’ll find them out there on the night horse of Bush Poetry. The many awards Merv has won over the years attest to his dedication to the genre of Bush Poetry and the determination to keep progressing as a performer and a writer. His passion of all thingsAustralian and love for the bush and its characters are evident in the ingredients and style of his poems. Ever a thirst for more knowledgeof this great country, he is intent on bringing his verse to other Australians and infecting them with his passion. His works range from poignant poems to make the toughest shed a tear to verse which will bring the sternest undone. Not just verse but also in the area of the great Australian yarn complete with the mischievous, cheeky Aussie we all love. Now delving into the arena of songs, his verse transposes well and will do much to remedy the attempted foreign takeover of our culture and our heritage. His work has also meant he has created a plethora of books and CDs, and I consider it a privilege to be asked to write a foreword for yet another great Aussie book of verse and yarns, appropriately entitled: “KEEPING THE CULTURE’. Keep up the good work, mate, Geoffrey Walker Graham |
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Merv Webster - The Goondiwindi Grey
Jan 11th, 2007 - 7:55 AM |
Re: LATEST BOOK OF BUSH VERSE AND YARNS - KEEPING THE CULTURE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It was some fourteen years ago that I penned my first rhyming bush poem called “The Beneficial Duffing”. I had no idea back then that writing bush poetry would become one of the major influences in my life and take me to so many places and win me so many awards. It has enabled me to meet some wonderful folk who, like myself, have a great love of story telling and preserving the culture of our country. The early rhyming poets such as Paterson, Lawson, Ogilvie, O’Brien and C.J. Dennis, to name a few, left us a wonderful legacy in their works. They preserved for us, through their verses, the wonderful tales of the Australian way of life of their day and portrayed the true-blue Aussie character we have come to know and love so well, incorporating the tragedy and humour that was so much a part of everyday living. This tradition has been carried down to our day and the resurgence of bush poetry, whether in written form or through performance poetry, now enthrals crowds who share their favourite verses around the campfire, nursing homes or gather at bush poet’s breakfasts, competitions and shows throughout Australia. This is now my eighth book of verse and yarns and I have had the opportunity to be a finalist in the Golden Gumleaf Bush Laureate Awards on three occasions at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Many of our poems have now been included on four CDs, as well as being sung as bush ballads on my EP/CD, “The Bushman and The Balladeer”, tributes to R.M. Williams and Slim Dusty. My last book, “A Muster of Australiana”, was well received and I have now put together a collection of poems penned since its release. My thanks goes to my wife Chris who now joins me recording our works as well as performing our show, “Laughter & Tears From The Bush”, and whose support I have greatly appreciated . My thanks to photographer, Tom Keating who allowed me to use his photo, Two Blokes Having A Yarn, that portrays so well what bush poetry is all about and to Geoffrey for his foreword, Carol Hutcheson for her editing skills and all the folk who have supported Chris and myself over the years as we have endeavoured to do our bit in KEEPING THE CULTURE. Merv Webster - THE GOONDIWINDI GREY |
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