One of my trips from Darwin to Tennant Creek for race calling had me on an early morning flight out of Darwin with an hour and a bit stopover in Katherine. Once there, I made myself comfortable in the small airport terminal building to wait out my time and as I was sitting a plane from Mount Isa landed and the three passengers joined me to wait for the next flight leg to Tennant Creek. Being a Friday, I had a copy of the Best Bets and when I took the racing guide out of my bag to have a read, a lady from the Mount Isa group asked if I had a winner for her. That kicked off a conversation and during out chat I mentioned that I was heading down to call the Saturday races at Tennant Creek. The lady asked me did I know the bloke sitting across from her and her husband, he had come in with the couple on the Mount Isa flight. The gent was Frank O'Brien. For decades Frank had been a race caller at Melbourne tracks and worked in radio through 3UZ, 3AW and the ABC before retiring in 1991. H...
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30 Music, Music, Music Sometime way back in the very early 70's as a teenager I was sitting outside the family home in Barmera listening to the radio and up popped Teresa Brewer singing her hit song, Music Music Music. Perfect timing, I loved the song, the lyrics stood out and they really resonated giving me this deep and intimate understand of just how much I loved music. That in itself was no biggie. I mean, I always loved music, I always knew I loved music and even at that early time in my life I had embraced many different musical genres giving a mindset that music was one of the things that made life and me tick. But it is funny how one simple song can have such an enormous impact, and that Teresa Brewer track remains etched in my mind all these years later. Often, I remember that moment way back when and from that I marvel at how important that love for music has played out across all the years of my life. Music does impact in many ways, and I love that und...