I've Been There (and Back Again‪)‬

'many miles of memories, laughs and tears...a legendary chapter in Australian music, in grand style' COURIER-MAIL

Slim Dusty and Joy McKean came together through their shared passion for country music and their love of taking their show on the road. Their marriage of more than fifty years is celebrated as the most successful partnership in the history of Australian music. Slim Dusty’s record sales have topped seven million, and he and Joy have each received the music industry’s most esteemed awards.

Now, through her own very personal stories and songs that she and Slim wrote, Joy describes their pioneering decades of life on the road, from the old showgrounds of the 1950s to the grand theatres of the big cities, the old-time halls of country Australia and some of the most remote areas of the continent. She also tells of the people they met along the way and of the family they gathered around them – both their own children, Anne and David, and the many people with whom they travelled and performed.This beautifully illustrated edition also includes photographs from acclaimed Australian photographer, John Elliott.

Part memoir, part songbook, I’ve Been There (and Back Again) is the story of a grand country music love affair. It is also the story of a brilliant woman who, hand in hand with her man, wrote the songs that Australians call their own.

Joy's new memoir, RIDING THIS ROAD, will be available 29 April 2014.