ANNE KIRKPATRICK

Singer songwriter Anne Kirkpatrick (born 1952) seemed destined to be a performer, being the daughter of country music legends Slim Dusty and Joy McKean. During a career that started at the age of ten in her parents' travelling country show, Anne Kirkpatrick has been described as "a true revolutionary" and "the godmother of Australian new country". Starting with her first album 'Down Home' , which was released in 1974 while she was studying at university, her career was one upward rung after another towards country music fame. Even with her deep roots in traditional country music and the huge and impeccable influence of both parents Slim and Joy, Kirkpatrick cast her talent net farther afield. Her songs have blended traditional country with country rock and bluegrass, inspired by the likes of Linda Ronstadt and Gram Parsons. In the 70’s she formed the Anne Kirkpatrick Band, making the rounds of the inner-city pubs. She recorded some tracks for a series of children’s albums leading to her signing up with ABC Country. Her first release for the label, 'Out Of The Blue', featured songs giving traditional country her unique contemporary feel and was heralded as a watershed album in Australian country music.

To date, Kirkpatrick has released many albums earning for her awards and accolades. Along the way, she has won 6 Golden Guitars at the Tamworth Country Music Awards and several Mo Awards, given to artists for their achievement in live entertainment. In 1991, she won the ARIA Award for best Country Album for 'Out Of The Blue', besting top stars like Keith Urban, Graeme Connors and John Williamson. The torch that Slim Dusty lit has not only passed on to Anne. In 2008 the album 'Slim Dusty Family Reunion' featured tracks with her brother David and Anne’s 2006 release of 'Showman’s Daughter' had contributions from her son James Arneman, who carries on the family tradition with his own musical line-ups, Small Town Romance and Indian Pacific.

As a board member of the Slim Dusty Foundation, Anne is heavily involved in the continuing development of the Slim Dusty Centre in Kempsey which opened in November 2015—as well as working alongside her mother, Joy McKean, to preserve the legacy of her late dad, Slim. In 2010 Anne became the 39th artist to be inducted into the Australasian Country Music Roll of Renown, of which her father was one of the earliest members.

SINGLES 
''Teenage Country Style [with Slim Dusty] / You'd Better Be Waiting [with Joy McKean] 1964 Columbia
''I Haven't Changed A Bit'' [with Slim Dusty] 1966 Columbia
''Just A Little Bit Longer'' [with Joy McKean] 1967 Columbia
''Daddy's Girl'' [with Slim Dusty] 1967 Columbia
''Train Leaves Here This Mornin' / Long Black Veil'' 1974 Columbia
''Hayes / Feel A Whole Lot Better'' 1976 EMI
''All He Did Was Tell Me Lies (To Try To Woo Me) / Annie Johnson'' 1978 EMI
''Fool's Gold Ring / Love From The Sidelines'' 1982 EMI
''Still Coming Down From You / Coast Of My Heart'' 1984 Nulla
''Safe In The Arms Of Love / Careless Heart'' 1987 EMI
''Come Back Again / Born For The Night Life'' 1987 EMI
''Crying On Each Other's Shoulders / Drovin' [with Slim Dusty] 1989 EMI
Broken Bleeding Hurtin' Heart / I Don't Go Back Any More'' 1991 ABC
''Train Wreck Of Emotion / A Bottle Of Wine And Patsy Cline'' 1991 ABC
''Out Of The Blue / I Guess We've Been Together For Too Long'' 1991 ABC
''You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere [with Troy Cassar-Daley] / I Still Miss Someone'' [with Jane Saunders] 1995 ABC
''Feel A Whole Lot Better / Sin City'' 1995 ABC
''Many Mothers / The Heart Of The Land'' 1997 ABC
''Keep Your Woman'' [with The Brewster Bros] 2007

EP 
'Slim Dusty And Anne' 1966 Columbia
'Family' 1967 Columbia

ALBUMS 
'Down Home' 1974 Columbia
'Let The Songs Keep Flowing Strong And Naturally' 1976 EMI
'Shoot The Moon' 1978 EMI
'Annie's Songs' 1980 EMI
'Merry-Go-Round Of Life' 1982 Nulla Records
'Come Back Again' 1987 EMI
'Two Singers One Song' [with Slim Dusty] 1989 EMI
'Out Of The Blue' 1991 EMI
'Game Of Love' 1993 ABC
'21st Anniversary Concert' 1995 ABC
'Cry Like A Man' 1997 ABC
'Travellin' Still...Always Will' [with Slim Dusty] 2002 EMI
'Showman's Daughter' 2006 Sony BMG Music Entertainment
'Annethology' 2010 Nulla Records