Was my grandpas favourite song. They played it at his wake and I just... couldn't hold back the tears. He was my role model of what a proper bloke should be

@johannarogers5301

Жыл бұрын

I'd like it at mine ...x ..❤️ for you

Joy said, when I 1st showed Slim the Lyrics I'd written for Lights on the Hill, he said..'NO!! TOO MANY WORDS!! TOO LONG!! AND I'D NEVER HAVE TIME TOO CATCH A BREATH!! I DON'T WANT TOO SING IT LOVE!! AND GO AND GIVE IT TOO SOMEONE ELSE!!😯All I can say is, Thank God he changed his mind!!

Not a truck driver but have done many trips throughout oz and can fully understand this situation, even worse now with LED lights... 👍👍

@SafeTrucking

Жыл бұрын

Arse-loaded fourbies with light bars and an ignorant mongrel behind the wheel...

I'm an American and this is one of my favorite Country songs. Sadly, in the U.S., the robust Country scenes in Australia and Canada don't even seem to be acknowledged as existing. Thank goodness for internet radio, international Country Music charts being posted online, and Australian and Canadian labels putting their music on Spotify.

@kdobbinhale

8 жыл бұрын

glad you can here it mate.

@kdobbinhale

8 жыл бұрын

+dartanion007 hear...

@allangrundy8958

4 жыл бұрын

My life

@scottlang7271

4 жыл бұрын

Reed488, thanks for having the sense to go looking for it. All cultures can learn from each other :)

@windogendoors7566

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah American country is all about pickup trucks and beer.

Met Slim when I was knee high to a grass hopper...

@MattsonTroy

13 күн бұрын

I hope you both has a nice time. I love his songs that I kept playing over and over again, Slim sang wisely and beautiful songs. How are you doing Johanna?

Slim is the one that made me fall for the trucking industry 36 years ago. This clip brings back memories of when I first started going up and down the old Highways, the days when we could almost slap our mates as the passed us. The industry gave me it's ups and downs, but I'm glad thanks to Slim I chose this work. The new drivers of today haven't got a clue how things were and how it still should be in the Australian trucking industry. Thank you Slim and your Family.

Onya this Australia Day,to all our trukies

Played this song at my dad's funeral love you dad ♥️

Memories travelling and stopping at the old Golden fleece Restaurant and having bacon and eggs it's not the Destination its the journey you enjoy the people you meet on the way and new things you see . ❤️💯💯

@MattsonTroy

13 күн бұрын

You're right. I love his songs that I kept playing over and over again, Slim sang wisely and beautiful songs. How are you doing Sue?

Slim was so unique. RIP mate.

Slim does his own song the best though. R.I.P Slim Dusty. ✝️🙏❤🕊🥀

Slim was a propa Aussie 👍

Just listened to ABC Conversations one hour program on Slims life. His wife wrote this song towing a caravan and driving a truck on the way to Queensland. Slim was ahead driving a truck and caravan. Great story. Turned 90 at Tamworth Country Festival..

@dalefrancis1455

4 жыл бұрын

Slim Dusty and Joy McKean are national treasures.

Thank you for slims precious song of our great country

The one an only, in my opinion.

Slim and his wife Joy were fantastic, we grew up with their songs and loved them.

A bit of Australia died when we lost slim RIP cobber last of the The true blue

I have a slim dusty yahoo on my left shoulder, he is the best, he is a real Aussie

@vincentmillwood

2 жыл бұрын

This is a great song

An example of why story telling music will forever exist. A great blessing we have.

@ianmcnab9534

2 жыл бұрын

Songs were the way story's were remembered. It wasn't always noise and screaming that people are now calling singing.

What a legend, I would rather this music along with Chad morgan and all the other country music greats then all this new crap that's coming out. all the new pop singers get about a year of fame and then it gets old but slim dusty has had about 6 decades worth of fame and many more years to come what a ledgend👍

@loganratley6431

7 жыл бұрын

Jesse Miles Slim released a song called rock and roll in a cowboy hat and it says all about that music

@jessemiles2327

7 жыл бұрын

Logan Ratley correct, great song 👍🏼👍🏼

@SpottingWithSam

6 жыл бұрын

same

@malachiwex4622

4 жыл бұрын

@@loganratley6431 great damn, bloody good song, "rock n roll in a cowboy hat"

@shanewhitby6926

3 жыл бұрын

Love old chad

Wish you were still here - I love you!

He was such a great country singer truck songs he sang took me back when I use to drive them years ago he sertanly was a great singer of all times rip slim

What great Aussies., this man & his wife were / are, great music, entertainers. I came to oz in 1960, loved the music to this day.

Slim was a true blue legend RIP slim dusty

@cashpaulking1000

5 жыл бұрын

Me tooooo

I really really love Slim Dusty's music

@venderstrat

Жыл бұрын

All sensible people do.

The king of country

Man... What a legend.

My Dad grew up on Slim. Rain Tumbles was released the year he was born. So did I but I also was exposed to 80's & 90's and still find relevance but I'm no way into country music. Nothing will ever sway me from Slim. Will always hold a special place in my heart. I'll miss ya Dad but you'll always be in the long yard.

Listen to this song many of times trucking . You little ripper slim

@MattsonTroy

13 күн бұрын

You're right. I love his songs that I kept playing over and over again, Slim sang wisely and beautiful songs. How are you doing ?

No one can sing it like the king!

@familyfamily7624

6 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Wells true

We should never hide our light under a bushel

Still the only country music singer who went to many places and remote, played music, only one to this day highest number of albums in Australian music. And stayed in this country for all albums without going overseas to make albums.

you'r a good man young Slim, and always will be

@malachiwex4622

4 жыл бұрын

Mate of hes young i wanna know whats old

Traveled all around the outback as a kid in the 70’s and 80’s listening to Uncle Slim on the cassette deck. A truckies breakfast at a Golden Fleece roadhouse was always a highlight. It was enough food for a week!

My husband and I drove two-up for 21 years and Slim kept us company on many a long tiring night! Prior to us meeting my husband helped pull Slim out of a mud bog in Hughened back in the 60's in the old Ford mainline and he was never forgotten!

This was one of my pop’s favourites 💜

My dad lived with Slim for a few years before I was born, said he was one of the best men that he had ever met. Slim Dusty's music was pretty much the only music I grew up on, I didn't really get into R&B and all the other genres until later in life.

@johannarogers5301

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

This still fire in 2021

I like this song! One of the best !

He was a legend, hi from indonesia mates

rest in peace pop i still listen to ur song from tha day u passed away 😭😭

@codeword632

7 жыл бұрын

his your dad

@codeword632

5 жыл бұрын

@David Brackin i know that i was drunk when i said that

Good old Slim ❤️

I love your music Slim Dusty, may you rest in peace my country music idol.

I have a lot of respect to Slim and Joy they traveled all over the country town halls Flat bed trucks you name it they did it true pioneers of Country music his music will live on forever I miss you slim they played one of Slims songs at my Dads funeral looking forward looking back it brings me to some sadness God Bless the rest of the family Rest Easy old mate

Played this at my dad's funeral rip dad love you always

in my opinion, this is Slims best song ever

@meganlawson4575

2 жыл бұрын

Actually his wife's song

@SafeTrucking

3 ай бұрын

@@meganlawson4575It was their song. Slim and Joy both acknowledged hat i wouldn't get any traction if it was known to be written by a woman. Times change. Joy and Slim were a team: credit wasn't the issue, it was making performances that would fill seats and sell records.

@bushranger51

Ай бұрын

@@meganlawson4575 So true, Joy wrote the lyrics, and has sung it many times herself, as she puts it, the way it was meant to be sung. It however, will always be associated with Slim.

love slim real music.greetings from new zealand

It really seems I’m not alone when I think of my Dear Late Dad when listening to Slim, really the only music he listened to. Great video and condolences to all in the same boat 🙏

This song has once again found popularity with country artists, with Lee Kernaghan and Troy Casser-daly/Adam Harvey doing their own take on it, not to mention all the other versions out there.

Rest in peace dad

I love this song it's one of my favourite songs

Still the greatest. I love ACDC, The Church, Midnight Oil etc, but Slim remains the best.

@peternicholson233

4 жыл бұрын

except for midnight oil, i like your choice of music.

@venderstrat

7 ай бұрын

@@peternicholson233 2 out of 3 ain't bad

👑

I am watching this song crying

This is my favourite song. When I was a kid growing up it's the only song I knew the words too. My dad and I used to sing this while we went fishing. It was our fun past time. This song reminds me of my father. He has passed away 5 yrs now but every time i hear this song I get all torn up but still I sing to it.

go slim you never be forgotten

Kudos to all the truckers who carry this Country, drive safe mates..

@joeyphaahla

3 жыл бұрын

Yep drive safe. Truckies do the most important job in Australia.

Loved listening to Slim whilst driving interstate years ago, and still love his music even tho not driving anymore, miss the road and the old times

heard this played at The Truck and bus drivers memorial in Gatton this year when my dads name was put on the wall I don't think I cried as much at dads funeral as I did when this song was played, God love ya Slim

@malachiwex4622

4 жыл бұрын

Man, hearts go out to u mate and any other families who has suffered losses out on the road... man i didnt mean to sound like a polly

@SafeTrucking

9 ай бұрын

@@malachiwex4622 50 a year, brother...

2020 still have him playing 24 7

The Old golden fleece

I Love this watching the whole family singing together!! one of my Favourite songs too Lights On The Hill!!

@brendamilanes8926

3 жыл бұрын

His wife Joy McKean wrote this song ... catch the documentary film "Slim and I" which is playing in Palace cinemas at the moment .... she tells the story of how she came to write the song when she was driving home late at night and all these trucks were coming towards her.

Excellent song by an Australian Icon.

Best version, I reckon

slim your the man

Lights on hill 🤙😎 rip dad

Without our truckies, Australia wld be truly fooled.

This is a brilliant real AUSSIE song, it means alot to me...

Great 'live' sound

I am a teenager and he is that good I listen to him

ik kan me nu voor stellen dat mijn opa Engels snel leerden hij was ooit een mijner geweest

I generally pass on county, but I do like this. Good trucking song by a good Aussie.

Got a freind who is a Truck Driver and always think of this song when he goes out on a Job

great song. r.i.p. slim

WOW !!! Now that's music...... Unlike the junk of today

@malachiwex4622

4 жыл бұрын

One of the only people who listened to it in earphones?, it sounds just great

You know for years my dad wound me up telling me that he was driving the cj dean cabover they used in this clip

Nanas favorite singer and song played it at her funeral

The amazing life of a truck driver has it s.. breath taking views and georgous 😏🌹🇦🇺 people to meet...I once hitch hike on a truck from Nambucca heads up to Cape tribulation...even after 25 years....iam 19🤣🌷. Turning 52...🌷on weekdays iam a free soul 💋on weekends ... Diesel in dreams....thy World is my oyster ..🇦🇺🌹I salute Priscilla Bernadette Ashburton 🌷 xo

@priscillaashburton5996

Жыл бұрын

🌹🇦🇺 Australian army shall forever and always receive the power & the glory...."our country was & is still being fought by our brave.. DIGGERS 🇦🇺...Tom price believe in you ♥️ x

I bought the album for my mum,God bless her and later she gave me all her country albums as she could not play them anymore.

Great truck song and our best Australian country singer never got the chance to see him live I bet he was great too

Without our trukies,our country,stops.

@MattsonTroy

13 күн бұрын

I love his songs that I kept playing over and over again, Slim sang wisely and beautiful songs. How are you doing Catherine?

what a great song. listen to it everyday while pulling a b double around Melbourne.

he is amazing, is there any country singer like him? I love his style so much

lovely song r.i.p slim dusty

@MattsonTroy

13 күн бұрын

You're right. I love his songs that I kept playing over and over again, Slim sang wisely and beautiful songs R.I.P Slim. How are you doing Anna?

R.I.P Maurice Grant 29/09/2008 , Mile Maker, Cordial Sipping LEGEND and Gentleman...🙏...

Another great song, well sung Slim, well written by Joy

@jayjaynella4539

Жыл бұрын

Joy wrote it and put it on tape, then Slim needed some tape for songs he wrote and erased it. Took Joy a while to rewrite it, and even then Slim just did not want to record the song. He had to change the way he sang to do this song.

i love your country music we love you

I like this song

Too those 4 that voted this down. "GET STUFFED"

@royhogue6865

6 жыл бұрын

Be kind. Some people are just plain ignorant and don't know good music when they her it.

@royhogue6865

6 жыл бұрын

I'm an American by the way and I think Slim Dusty is one of the all time greats in country music anywhere. He does the music from the heart, the straight forward songs from the heart.

@arquitectostar5714

5 жыл бұрын

*ROY HOGUE, SLIM DUSTY, D. 76, SHOULD BE SPOKEN OF IN THE PAST TENSE AS HAVING DONE SONGS FROM THE HEART AS HE WAS CREMATED THE YEAR MY MOTHER DIED IN 2003.*

@arquitectostar5714

5 жыл бұрын

*THERE ARE NOW 49 THAT VOTED THIS DOWN AND NEED TO GET STUFFED! HOOYAH!*

@MrAMYJACK

5 жыл бұрын

A hint friend don't use caps

I love at the end when the truck goes pass the camera and then towed back

He is amazing this song was used at my dads funeral he was a truck driver 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 😢😥😪😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@MrAMYJACK

5 жыл бұрын

A fine choice

@driver3025

4 жыл бұрын

Your dad would have loved this song played for him. May he rest in peace.

@LoxSilver

4 жыл бұрын

I just saw this comment and this song was played at my dads funeral so

@annetteburns1546

4 жыл бұрын

Love this my dad was a Truckie to but I played looking forward looking back. Xx

@gregstack807

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrAMYJACK my dad's song

He's no David Allan Coe, but this song isn't too bad. First heard it on If That Ain't Country podcast.

This is the most cheerful song about death ever written

I love this song

@dartanion0075

7 жыл бұрын

Prestan Pascoe on ya mate.

Gosh, I love Australia

This is for all the Truckies

This song makes me relive the life of my grandson Jesse who passed away because he couldn't get the help he wanted the system let him down love ya jess

that old duperliner at the end is one of my pops mates and my dad still owns and drivesbone

@popedassalxvi5375

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

Best Mate.Thankyou Mate.xo

Born and bred with slim and joy on there records and concert's. Still play his records must have nearly 500 records. This is true Australian not ##!! In c!!!na

@jayjaynella4539

Жыл бұрын

108 albums he recorded.