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CHAD MORGAN
70 yEARS IN THE MAKING
BRAND NEW RELEASE
aFTER 89 YEARS, THE SHEIK IS IN PRINT!
At last, the Sheik of Scrubby Creek has revealed the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth in his first fully authorised biography. Written by freelance journalist, author and sub-editor Anna Rose, Chad Morgan: Seventy Years In The Making took almost two years to complete. It was created as the author interviewed the Sheik over countless sessions, with tears, laughter and lots of music in the telling. Right at the start of the pandemic, the author arrived at the Sheik’s home to discover he was in the throes of creating an album, appropriately titled Quarantined.
The 271-page tome covers Chad’s dirt-poor childhood through to fame and (not so much) fortune on Australia’s Amateur Hour, arguably the most successful runner-up in the history of the long-running national radio talent search. It then follows his life to the present day. What that entails, well, you’ll have to read all about it! There are hundreds of photographs contributed by some of the nation’s finest lensmen and women and many other family- or fan-captured snaps. There are a few rare pictures of the Morgan clan which aren’t the sharpest but mean the world to Chad.
The book could easily have been twice the size with the stories you could have related about Chad’s life and times, some good and others not what you’d call flattering. As The Sheik says: “People will talk about me when I’m gone, but I don’t care. I’ll be dead! They can say what they like.” Endless research has failed to uncover another artist anywhere in the world who has recorded, toured and performed continuously for a 70-year period, so the Sheik is still breaking records at almost 90.
Despite several challenges along the way, the book is now available online. It would make the ideal Christmas gift for the Chad Morgan fan in your life. During the Tamworth Country Music Festival (January 13-22) it will be available for purchase outside St George Bank in Peel Street from 9.30am to 11.30am, from 12.30pm at Tamworth Shoppingworld stage for Chad’s daily gigs and at selected shows where The Sheik will appear.
The 271-page tome covers Chad’s dirt-poor childhood through to fame and (not so much) fortune on Australia’s Amateur Hour, arguably the most successful runner-up in the history of the long-running national radio talent search. It then follows his life to the present day. What that entails, well, you’ll have to read all about it! There are hundreds of photographs contributed by some of the nation’s finest lensmen and women and many other family- or fan-captured snaps. There are a few rare pictures of the Morgan clan which aren’t the sharpest but mean the world to Chad.
The book could easily have been twice the size with the stories you could have related about Chad’s life and times, some good and others not what you’d call flattering. As The Sheik says: “People will talk about me when I’m gone, but I don’t care. I’ll be dead! They can say what they like.” Endless research has failed to uncover another artist anywhere in the world who has recorded, toured and performed continuously for a 70-year period, so the Sheik is still breaking records at almost 90.
Despite several challenges along the way, the book is now available online. It would make the ideal Christmas gift for the Chad Morgan fan in your life. During the Tamworth Country Music Festival (January 13-22) it will be available for purchase outside St George Bank in Peel Street from 9.30am to 11.30am, from 12.30pm at Tamworth Shoppingworld stage for Chad’s daily gigs and at selected shows where The Sheik will appear.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR - ANNA ROSE
Anna Rose is a well-respected freelance journalist, sub-editor and author. Born and bred in Bingara, NSW, Anna has been a long-term writer for Tamworth Country Music Capital News (capitalnews.com.au) and more recently, Regional Lifestyle Magazine (lifestylemagazine.net.au)
For many years Anna assisted retired Tamworth farmer, the late Bernie Blanch, writing several of his biographical and historical books, published by AM Printing, Tamworth.
More recently, Anna has begun recording the lives of several fair dinkum Australians in print – among them, Ray Essery: One Hell of a Ride (2017); Terry Gordon OAM: The Highway of my Life (2019); Son of a Sand Miner: James Cecil ‘Cec’ Healy (2020); and Letters From the Boer War: Hugh Robertson Corpe (in 2020).
what people ARE sayING
The first time I ever heard of Chad Morgan was when I came across a movie called "Newsfront". There was this guy singing about "poor little me" in a pub. I immediately connected with this singing guitar player and had to know who he was.
★★★★★
Mark D, Topeka, Kansas, usa
My dad, Don Williams is 88 years and has loved Chad Morgan for years and I believe they actually met in Coonamble in the 1950s. Dad would love to have a signed copy of Chad's book. Thank you so much.
★★★★★
jackie w, currawarna, nsw
Just letting you know my husband Garry and I love your book. Both of us read it in one day.
★★★★★
toni s, bolwarra heights, nsw.
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