Mike Jackson

This Australian entertainer is well known for undertaking rousing tours of the very most remote regions of his homeland, including a jaunt throughout the gulf region of western Queensland where primitive roads were so punishing towards the touring vehicle it needed to be returned on the trunk of the tow truck. Mike Jackson’s touring partner because of this 2005 golf swing was a costumed performer playing the component of Babar, ruler from the elephants; a pity it wasn’t a genuine elephant that could possess provided transport house on its back again. Jackson — never to end up being confused with a great many other performers in the music business with this name including a prolific traditional blues pianist in the ’20s — includes a little discography of his very own that may be highlighted with a compilation entitled Waltzing Matilda: Music from the Australian Bush. In an application devoted almost solely to the main topic of outback sheep shearers, Jackson performs “The Free of charge Selector’s Daugher” and a medley of “Women from the Ivory” and “Manchester Gallop.”