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Remember The Anzacs .wmv ashleybcook 25 views Kimberley enjoyed writing this song as she loves listening to the stories and the history of the Anzacs, as the Anzacs were not much older than her at the age of fifteen to...
Cane Cutters Cordial.wmv ashleybcook 30 views Cane Cutters Cordial is Ashley's latest single of his album "Highways Of The Great Outback" And is the current single on "The LBS Country Collection" Volume 16, is about a...
Over Hilltop And Hollow.wmv ashleybcook 17 views Over Hilltop And Hollow - written by Robinson/Boosey & Hawkes and is on Ashley's Tribute Album to Buddy Williams Australia's favourite Bush Balladeer. Ashley and Kimberle...
Buddy and Grace.wmv ashleybcook 53 views This is a Tribute song to Buddy Williams and his wife Grace Williams and there family, the song is about Buddy and Grace travelling around Australia, touring there Countr...
Calling It A Day ashleybcook 225 views A great Bush Ballad about farther and son, going from war, depression,horse and sully to a air condition car to traveling around and there days riding there Bay Horses.
Blue Queensland Dogs. ashleybcook 726 views A Bush Poem put to music by Wilf Elliott to our great Blue Heeler Dogs.
"The Road To Kakadu" ashleybcook 470 views The big herds of Buffalo were eradicated in the Northern Territory in 1990 because of the Brucellosis disease.
"Cattle Dust & Leather" ashleybcook 423 views Bush poem written by Joe Daley and brought to life by Ashley.
"Beneath The Queensland Moon" ashleybcook 365 views Beneath The Queensland Moon is a classic from one of our great Bush Ballad Pioneers, Buddy Williams.
"Trains" ashleybcook 719 views The old stream trains are machines of the past,Bogantungan is a little place in Central Queensland on the way to Longreach.

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Jan 14, 2012

Date Joined

Jul 14, 2008

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Ashley was born in Monto where his parents Harold and Janice Cook had a dairy farm south of Mulgildie. From a very young age Ashley admired Slim Dusty and was brought up with his music as his parents always listened to his records.
Ashley started playing guitar when he was ten and had become a member of the Biloela Country Music Club. Ashley started competing in numerous festivals as a junior at the age of thirteen.
After winning a few places in festivals, Ashley decided to give competition away, at eighteen, when work commitments took over.
Ashley still kept up with his music however, by playing bass, rhythm guitar and singing in three local country bands.
In his early twenties he started work at Callide Mine in Biloela where he now operates one of the biggest draglines in Australia.
Ashley, and his wife Toni (nee Britten) reside on a cattle property south of Thangool with the their three children Kimberley, Scott and Chloe. "It's a good life . . . raising your family in the fresh air and mustering the cattle on horses (which the kids love)."
Ashley and his family continue to travel to various Country Music Festivals where his three children compete. These trips have not only seen the family pick up a swag of awards, it has also enabled the Ashley, Toni and their children to meet with people and form good friendships along the way.
In 2003 Ashley was a grand finalist in the Australian Bush Balladeer Star Quest and in 2004 Ashley was runner-up in the same competition.
While in Tamworth in 2003, Ashley was lucky enough to be noticed by Lindsay Butler.
Later that year, Lindsay offered Ashley a wonderful opportunity to record a song on the tribute album to the King of Country Music, Slim Dusty, "The Music Lives On".
Ashley felt honoured to be given a chance to sing one of the Slim songs written by Stan Coster.
Ashley received outstanding feedback from the song "The Battle With The Roan", so he decided to have a go at producing a CD of his own.
In arranging the recording of his debut album, Ashley had the opportunity to use songs given to him by some of the great song writers. The album contains various bush ballads with four covers and eight originals. His debut album was called "Cattle Dust and Leather".
Since then, Ashley has gone on to recently release his second album "Beneath The Queensland Moon".

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