The Hunt for Larry Brady...

Bullring needs your help in desperate chase for copyright:

Bullring Music is keen to include a bonus track on their greatly anticipated CD; a track which will be the only non-original song to feature - and it is a beauty. Yes you have guessed it, that classic folk song, the famous, the unforgettable Have You Ever Been Up to Queensland? Just in case you have forgotten it, here are the first few lines to jog your memory:

Have you ever been up to Queensland/There is a place that you all know/A place called old Barcaldine/On the banks of the Alice O/Up there I met a pretty girl/her eyes were big and blue...etc etc

However in the first instance we must secure copyright or at the very least, the owner's permission to record this classic track.

The author is, of course, Mr Larry Brady* who is thought to have penned the lyrics and music while fleecing the boys at Euchre during a Sunday morning session at the Commercial Hotel circa late sixties.

With the exception of some fellow card players, people will have fond memories of Larry, who was a regular at the Commercial for many years. Larry is a stocky fellow, who looks a bit like the late actor Leo McKern and was easily identified by the fact he had a bad leg which he used to prop up on a stool at the bar. (Click on link for photo.)

Regretabbly for Bullring, in later years Larry shied away from the fame of his hit song, and became reclusive.

F and W Search focuses on 2 regions:

The F and W Search Expedition, commissioned by Bullring Music, went close to finding Larry in 2004 and now feel confident that Larry is somewhere in either the South -West Region, or the Western Downs. There is little doubt that Larry has left the Central West.

Armed with video equipment, the F and W search team interviewed many locals in the Mitchell and Augathella (Bullant country) districts. However those who clearly knew of Larry's whereabouts were not speaking - and definately not on camera.

When The Fruiterer informed the search team that he had seen Larry recently, they were about to pop the champagne. However further discussion found that The Fuiterer's version of the term "recent" related to 20 years earlier.

So Bullring needs your help now: Please use the comments facility on this post if you have any clues of Larry's whereabouts.

Huge INCENTIVE:

If you are the first person to povide information leading Bullring to find Larry, and on the condition that Larry gives permission for the use of his hit song Have you ever been up to Queensland, you will recieve a Bullring Music package FREE!!


* In response to the FAQs: No. There is no evidence of Larry being related to Mr Phillip Brady, the game show host and television personality of the 70s. Similarly, no evidence of him being related to the former Headmaster, Mr John Brady.