Rex Dallas

Australian country musician, singer, songwriter, yodeller and bush balladeer, born 6 November 1938 in Wallerawang, New South Wales. Dallas inherited a love of bush poetry through a close friendship with his grandfather, who regularly read poems to him. He first appeared on local radio, on 2LT Lithgow, at the age of 15 but a year later, he relocated to Sydney. His appearance on Australia’s Amateur Hour led to him becoming a regular on 2SM’s On The Trail And Hall Shows for the next three years. He later toured with Lee Gordon and made his first recordings for Festival Records in the early 1960s.