Not So Dusty (album)

Not So Dusty is a compilation album of Slim Dusty songs covered by Australian musicians. It was released in Australia by EMI in 1998. It was nominated for a 1999 ARIA Award for Best Country Album.

Not So Dusty
Compilation album
Released7 September 1998
LabelEMI
Singles from Not So Dusty
  1. "Cunnamulla Feller"
    Released: 7 September 1998

Not So Dusty received positive reviews and was certified gold.[1] Gary Tippet of the Sunday Age gave it 3 stars[2] and Peter Lalor of the Daily Telegraph gave it 7/10 although he noted that most of the Australian country outfits on the album "seem to bland out with their attempt at authentic outings".[3] Keith Glass writing in the Sunday Herald Sun says "but what could have been a dodgy concept is mainly highly entertaining."[4] The Age's Mike Daly calls it "a splendid tribute by some diverse performer."[5] and the Sunday Mail calls it a "wonderful tribute".[6]

It was reported that Slim Dusty enjoyed the album saying "I've had a lot of tributes over the years but that's a very touching one. I feel very honoured – everyone really put their heart and soul into each track."[7]

Singles

The album's lead single was "Cunnamulla Feller" performed by The Screaming Jets.[8]

Accolades
YearAward-Giving BodyAwardResult
1999ARIA Music AwardsBest Country Album [9]Nominated

Track listing
  1. When the Rain Tumbles Down in July – Graeme Connors
  2. Pub With No Beer – Midnight Oil
  3. Drowning My Blues – Tom T. Hall & The McCormacks
  4. Lights on the Hill – Mental As Anything
  5. Walk A Country Mile – Keith Urban
  6. Losin' My Blues Tonight – Michael Spiby
  7. Saddle Boy – Dead Ringer Band
  8. Wedding Bell Blues – Ross Wilson With The Feral Swing Katz
  9. Indian Pacific – Tania Kernaghan & Ray Kernaghan
  10. Things Are Not The Same On The Land – Karma County
  11. The Sunlander – Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill
  12. The Biggest Disappointment – Troy Cassar-Daley
  13. Gumtrees By The Roadway – Anne Kirkpatrick & David Kirkpatrick
  14. Highway Fever – Don Walker
  15. Plains Of Peppimenarti – James Blundell
  16. Cunnamulla Feller – The Screaming Jets
  17. Camooweal – Ed Kuepper & His Oxley Creek Playboys & Felicity
  18. I Must Have Good Terbaccy When I Smoke – John Williamson

References
  1. "Dusty tribute release", The Daily Mercury, 2 February 2012
  2. Tippet, Gary (11 October 1998), "CD Reviews", Sunday Age
  3. Lalor, Peter (10 September 1998), "MUSIC – SPINS.", Daily Telegraph
  4. Glass, Keith (20 September 1998), "Not So Dusty A Tribute To Slim Dusty", Sunday Herald Sun
  5. Daly, Mike (24 September 1998), "KEYNOTES", The Age
  6. "What's new on disc", Sunday Mail, 4 October 1998
  7. Lalor, Peter (1 December 1998), "MUSIC – Slim with no Dusty is morbid and drear.", Daily Telegraph
  8. Joyce, James (18 September 1998), "Jets Dust Off Slim Classic", Newcastle Herald
  9. "ARIA Nominees", Billboard, 16 October 1999
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