Pubs, Trucks & Plains
Slim Dusty · 2007
195 min · 60 tracks · country music
A heartfelt tribute to Australia’s pubs, highways, and rural life, blending storytelling with Slim Dusty's signature country sound.
Top tracks — play these first
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A Pub With No Beer (1979 version) Start here — This track remains one of Slim Dusty's most recognizable songs, capturing the quintessential Australian pub experience and the emotions tied to it.
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Truckin’s in My Blood — With its infectious rhythm and relatable lyrics about the trucking lifestyle, this song embodies Dusty's celebration of the open road and its challenges.
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Cunnamulla Fella — A narrative-driven song that pays homage to rural Australia and its characters, this track showcases Dusty's storytelling prowess and connection to local culture.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- long, immersive listening sessions
- dynamic emotional journeys
- contemplative storytelling moments
- nostalgic reflections on life
- steady, consistent energy levels
Where this album fits
- In the catalog
- Late Career Highlight — Released late in his career, it celebrates Australian culture with strong thematic cohesion.
- Themes
- Australian pub culture· rural storytelling· highway adventures
- Career context
- In 2007, Slim Dusty was an established icon of Australian country music, celebrating over five decades in the industry. 'Pubs, Trucks & Plains' came towards the end of his prolific career, following his previous album 'The Last of the Country Cowboys' released in 2006. This album showcases both classic re-recordings and new tracks that resonate with his deep connection to Australian culture.
- Stylistic neighbors
- John Williamson· Gordon Parsons· Kasey Chambers
Tracklist
Disc 1
- 1 A Pub With No Beer (1979 version) Start here 3:01
- 2 Born With an Endless Thirst 4:31
- 3 The Bloke Who Serves the Beer 3:01
- 4 Duncan 2:35
- 5 Must’ve Been a Hell of a Party 3:00
- 6 Three Rivers Hotel 3:23
- 7 Wobbly Boot 2:58
- 8 He’s a Good Bloke When He’s Sober 3:38
- 9 Drowning My Blues 2:30
- 10 Brown Bottle Blues 2:53
- 11 Old Bush Pub 2:44
- 12 Callaghan’s Hotel 2:48
- 13 Pay Day at the Pub 3:18
- 14 Joe Maguire’s Pub 2:58
- 15 Nebo Pub 3:07
- 16 Finney’s Home Brew 3:43
- 17 Little Old One Horse Pub 2:37
- 18 The Pub Rock 2:34
- 19 The Answer to the Pub With No Beer 2:49
- 20 A Pub With No Beer (original 1957 version) 2:58
Disc 2
- 1 No Good Truckin’ Man 2:31
- 2 Bent‐Axle Bob 2:47
- 3 Under the Spell of Highway One 3:40
- 4 Pushin’ Time 2:54
- 5 Long Black Road 3:19
- 6 Names Upon the Wall 3:19
- 7 Gotta Keep Movin’ 3:12
- 8 Truckin’s in My Blood 3:11
- 9 Dieseline Dreams 3:23
- 10 The Lady Is a Truckie 3:31
- 11 Rolling Down the Road 4:07
- 12 Kelly’s Offsider 3:25
- 13 Star Trucker 4:13
- 14 Highway One 3:08
- 15 Something in the Pilliga 4:00
- 16 Trucks, Tarps, and Trailers 3:29
- 17 Sally (The Girl on Channel 8) 4:07
- 18 Mechanised Swaggie 3:18
- 19 Lights on the Hill 3:04
- 20 One Trucker’s Epitaph 3:33
Disc 3
- 1 Hard Hard Country 2:32
- 2 Back to the Old Saltbush Plains 2:09
- 3 When the Rain Tumbles Down in July 2:43
- 4 Land of No Second Chance 3:43
- 5 The Birdsville Track 3:15
- 6 Plains of Peppimenarti 3:16
- 7 By a Fire of a Gidgee Coal 3:01
- 8 Things I See Around Me 2:40
- 9 Indian Pacific 3:31
- 10 Cattlemen From the High Plains 3:11
- 11 Things Are Not the Same on the Land 3:03
- 12 Walk a Country Mile 2:54
- 13 Cunnamulla Fella 2:13
- 14 Keela Valley 2:23
- 15 Paddy William 4:33
- 16 The Drovers Are Back 3:08
- 17 Trumby 3:29
- 18 Gum Trees by the Roadway 2:59
- 19 The Man From Snowy River 7:47
- 20 End of the Bitumen 4:11
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