{"product_id":"9798765119860","title":"Gary Shearston's Dingo","description":"\u003ch3\u003e33 1\/3 Oceania\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eGary Shearston's Dingo\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePeter Mills | Jon Stratton | Jon Dale\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Gary Shearston released his worldwide hit version of \"I Get A Kick Out Of You\" in 1974, he  had already been recording for over a decade, and years of creative adventure lay ahead. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis most commercially successful album, \u003ci\u003eDingo\u003c\/i\u003e, provides a lens through which to study his role in establishing and developing a purposefully Australian variant on '70s pop and rock music with its poetic evocations of Australian landscapes, topographies, character and cultural identity, mixed with connections to Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and 1970s London. These blend with the Bush Ballad tradition, native Australian music and rhythms, the '60s folk and protest song boom, of which he was a key figure and prime mover. All these elements combine on this album to provide a fresh and enduring evocation of what Australian music was, is and could be, and provides a link back to traditional forms and a signpost forward to acts such as The Go Betweens and Nick Cave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the author's correspondence with Gary Shearston from 2008-2013, this book contains previously unpublished primary material from the artist himself. Peter Mills digs into the \"Australian-ness\" of Shearston's music, and how such a term came to defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePeter Mills\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the School of Cultural Studies at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He has published books on Van Morrison (\u003ci\u003eHymns To The Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, Bloomsbury, 2010) , Samuel Beckett (\u003ci\u003eBeckett at Reading\u003c\/i\u003e,  2002) and The Monkees (\u003ci\u003eThe Monkees, 'Head' and the 60s, \u003c\/i\u003e2016). He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Beatles in Perspective: A Carnival of Light\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). He has written, contributed to and appeared in BBC radio and TV documentaries on musical topics from punk to classical, and hosted World Music events at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765119860\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e136\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52228079714444,"sku":"9798765119860","price":20.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_1388b5f6-b9ee-4597-bc00-732bea013647.jpg?v=1786502792","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798765119860","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}