McRoy the Boy responds to disgruntled fans

OUCH!! Did you read the earlier post from the anonymous fan we called FARKIE? Click here.

McRoy the Boy from Yalleroi did and he is not happy. McRoy is currently on a mission to fine tune the music composition for bagpipe in the orchestral backing for the eagerly awaited and greatly anticipated Bullring Music CD.  He shot off the following email from the banks of Loch Lomond. Rather than summarise the contents I reproduce complete facsimile of McRoy's missive:

"Bullringer, I see from the blog our fans are getting restless, and who could blame them. However as you know excellence takes time, as the Beach Boys understood during the production of Smile. Please can you get an ad in that excellent newspaper, the Gidyea Post to let our many fans know the Bullring Music CD, book to the CD and expensive yet essential merchandise is forthcoming in the near future on a date which is soon approaching. We are so close I think we are now at a stage where we can be that specific about the release date. Let them know  more time can now be devoted to the project because the principals have more time on their hands. (Better clarify that correctional centres are not involved in any way with our sudden time richness.)

I am on the banks of Loch Lomond, where as you know I find my inspiration when writing  music for bagpipe, and have just completed the musical composition for the interlude in "No Mistakin' Barcy" for bagpipe, harp and that thing Lukeakoski plays. It will be in A minor with double quaver octet and precede the couplet in the following chorus extract: [Got no idea what McRoy is talking about - music is his forte. Bullringer]

‘Cause there’s no mistakin’ Barcy, the heart of the central west

And there’s no forsakin’ city life if you are not impressed

By the smell of the gidyea; an omen of some rain

Or quiet Sunday evenings strolling down to meet the train ……

By sprinklers placed on iron roofs, cooling wide verandahs

Or going to the footy to cheer the mighty Sand Goannas.

Anyway Bullringer make sure you get that ad in the Gidyea Post (better make it a half page) and do whatever else you can to appease our many fans, especially that anonymous one we called FARKIE.

PS Can we make the blog compatible for android phones?

PPS What is this I hear about the Rubber Band reforming?

Yours in excellence in music production

McRoy the Boy from Glenyalleroi

Bloggers stay tuned for further updates, including details on McRoy's PS and PPS questions

Bullring bloggers getting impatient

Roy the Boy from Yalleroi recently received lyrics entitled Bullring Music Blues (facsimile reproduced below) from someone who would appear to be a regular reader of the Bullring Blog, and, like so many of you, is waiting anxiously for the release of the greatly anticipated and eagerly awaited forthcoming CD and book to the CD and inexpensive but essential merchandising...

As best as Roy the Boy can tell, the missive was surreptitiously placed in Roy the Boy's jacket pocket though Roy is unclear on when or how this occurred. It was in his reefer jacket so could have been slipped into the pocket while on a humanitarian trip to the poorer countries in deep Africa, or just before boarding his yacht (when he was swarmed with fans) before sailing to victory (again) in the monthly Saturday Afternoon Gentlemen Sailing (SAGS) open invitational regatta.

Roy the Boy said no name was supplied with this missive but it was from a...and I am now quoting Roy the Boy from Yalleroi: "Fellow Artist Raising Kinda Impatient Expectations" regarding the release of the aforementioned products. So to abbreviate Roy's description of the author I will just use the acronym FARKIE.. What this FARKIE (gender unknown) does not realise nor appreciate nor fully understand is that good things take time, and Rome was not built in a day.

WARNING: FAITHFUL BULLRING BLOGGERS DO NOT PANIC...when you come to the part of FARKIE's compilation that talks about the demise of the CD project. THIS IS NOT TRUE AND BEFORE LONG YOU WILL BE ENJOYING ALL BULLRING MUSIC PRODUCTS... AS THEY ARE FORTHCOMING.

Bullring Music Blues

Alone in his lounge-room Roy was still strumming

Cohort the Bullringer was writing songs, quietly humming

But Roy was restless, he yearned for yesterday

Of a thousand adoring fans, some making a play

Now Roy hatched a plan, to the Bullringer he told

An ambitious project, and oh so clever and bold

The reply from the Bullringer, he never hesitated

“Let’s make” a long awaited and eagerly anticipated – CD

“Extra, Extra” read all about it

The Longreach Leader was the first to shout it

The Central West muso’s once so admired

Were now far and wide and long since retired

When Roy tracked them down, and “yes” they all said

Well, not quite all, Butch shook his head

And so the foundations were now laid and created

For the long awaited and eagerly anticipated – CD

“Bullring Music’s on the net” Roy and Bullringer declared

For fans worldwide we are now there to be shared

So let’s all go down memory lane once more

With competitions, and quizzes and prizes galore

Enter your thoughts and have the time of your life

An excited first prizewinner was Colonel Bogey’s wife

It seems the whole world has now become so elated

About the long awaited and eagerly anticipated – CD

The launch with great fanfare and with much aplomb

To rattle the spirits of Budgie, Rosie and Tom

T’was to be up on the Radio Theatre stage

No doubt a video clip to be filmed for Rage

Oh! One more cuddle in the old canvas seat

Chuck jaffas, clap hands, scream and tap our feet

The guitars and drums echoing from tin walls corrugated

“It’s live” the long awaited and eagerly anticipated – CD

Geschie’s shop was to sell the cd’s as retail

And for those buying online, get delivery by mail

Excitement was high, it will become yesteryear

As Central West fans dig out their retro-gear

Forget Sherbert, TMG and the rest

Oh once again we can listen to Central West’s best

The following quickly grew, it went unabated

For the long awaited and eagerly anticipated – CD

As years went by, the fans began to show their emotion

After all this time, they did again show their devotion

But now all the fans are being reduced to tears

As they seem to accept all their worst fears

The return to glory of Roy and the Bullringer

Was sure to be this century’s greatest humdinger

With hearts broken, disillusion grew and interest stagnated

“there’s no” long awaited and eagerly anticipated – CD – R.I.P.

SPOTLIGHT ON BLACKALLY

Think Jackie Howe, the black stump, Tatts hotel, Central cafe, the Barcoo, Douglas ponds, aquatic centre, Paw Paw Douglas and other great sportsmen and women and of course...The Impacts...and what fantastic place do you arrive at....

BLACKALL

Roy the Boy from Yalleroi has always had a soft spot for the terrific central west town of Blackall, famous for many things  and a gold mine of stories from the days when Russ Head and the Impacts played to rave reviews at dances throughout the central west and beyond. (No doubt many Gold Coastians will know The Impacts from the many years they played at the iconic El Rancho at Surfers Paradise...)


Roy the Boy is compiling many of these stories for the greatly anticipated and eagerly awaited book to the CD. Roy reckons it would be great to have some representation from The Impacts in the backing group to the, you know, greatly anticipated...CD.


In fact whether you are lucky enough to live in Blackall or just passing through and can't wait for the Bullring Music CD and book to be released (and we know you can't), why not pop in to the Universal Garden Centre and Gallery and get some great stories first hand from Barrie and Jenny. You may recognise the keyboard player from the famous Impacts.. 

BULLRING MUSIC SPECIAL FEATURE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP AND SENIORS' REUNION 

BARCALDINE, MAY WEEK 2011.

Roy the Boy from Yalleroi and the Bullringer, while flat out organising great artists and putting the final touches to the music and lyrics leading up to the release of the greatly anticipated and eagerly awaited CD, the "making of" DVD, the book to the CD and essential but useless merchandise and paraphernalia, still found time among their schedule to dig up some memories for the visiting reunionists.

What better place than the pages of the famous, respected and much loved Longreach Leader? (LL was kind enough to give Bullring Music a plug). So if your name is Beaumont or Mathers or Walsh or McGrath or Pellow or Innocend or Searles or Whyte or Penney or Young etc etc then you may find your name in print below.


TIP: Just in case the eyes aren't as good as they were: clicking on a page will allow you to enlarge it.  

The year is 1963...and the first clipping is about the great educator himself - Maxie Young. Not many years later Max had to deal with another snake - this one of the trouser kind and not in the wood heap but brazenly uncoiling in the classroom. Fortunately for the owner of this python the only rebuke he received was the comment "You got more hide than Jessie James ***s*!" which most considered very lenient indeed by Maxie's usual high standard in punishment administration. 


Of course Maxie features in the hilarious ballad "Radio Theatre" on the forthcoming and highly rated Bullring Music CD, when Poj Sutton gets a tap on the shoulder at interval...

Sporting Endeavours 

 The girls won the shield and although not stated outright, the boys were clearly a big disappointment. Now where are my glasses? 

And how was the golf?

Barcy cleans up, a pub changes hands, the shire clerk decides to stay..it was all happening..

Roy the Boy from Yalleroi is always very modest about the 100 points he was awarded in the Trinity College music examination, however such natural musical genius came in handy in the greatly anticipated and eagerly awaited Bullring Music CD. It allowed Roy the Boy to create the new musical genre "Western Marlafonte" as used as in the haunting, tragic but ultimately uplifting number Oh! Tambo.

It also allowed him to create "Western Rock", as used in the real life drama beautifully captured in Barcy Hospital Blues.


While not up to Roy's standard, you all did very well:

Speaking of Roy the Boy from Yalleroi, he still speaks of the day he inspired his team to a four run victory over Barcy. Is there any other connection to Roy the Boy on this page?

Lawbreakers beware:

Bees escape from the school hives and the fire brigade excels.. 

Bits and pieces...

The Bullringer and Roy the Boy from Yalleroi hope you enjoyed the clippings. If you want electronic copies (which can be enlarged even more and printed) please email Bullring Music.

Bullring rearing to go..

Welcome back to the Bullring blog faithful supporters....

Roy the Boy from Yalleroi has divested himself of all other interests (and he has many on both sea and land) and is working at a feverish pace to bring you ASAP the greatly anticipated and eagerly awaited CD and book to the  CD along with the 'making of' DVD and essential yet frivolous merchandise and paraphernalia.

Roy the Boy is currently liaising with some of the great artists from the central west and is compiling some terrific material to add to his staggering collection of memorabilia..

The artists are gathering, the recording studio is warming up, the presses will soon be running...stay tuned

People's day at the EKKA marks 25th anniversary

It is hard to believe Bullringers, but it was 25 years ago today that Roy the Boy from Yalleroi treated show-goers with his impromptu performances at the wood-chop bar at the Royal National Association Exhibition (the EKKA). Sporting a sombrero to protect from the chairlift artillery and a toy ukulele (both acquired after some deft duck shooting on side show alley courtesy of gully gang experience) Roy the Boy from Yalleroi was the real show stopper of 1975.

As soon as he started strumming that ukulele and singing his own impromptu compositions the passing crowds would pause, stunned as if hypnotised by Ronrico. And as Roy the Boy from Yalleroi launched into his numbers the crowd would swell and soon be shouting "More, more give us more Roy!"

The Bullringer, who officiated in the role of crowd and refreshment management had to often disperse the enthralled audience so that Roy the Boy from Yallerio could partake in a well earned libation. But soon he would be back into it and the crowd would gather again. Many of them said they had not seen nor heard anything like it and indeed they had not.

Roy the Boy must have sung hundreds, yes hundreds of songs that day and some may even appear in the CD and book to the CD which is forthcoming and eagerly awaited. There may even be a reenactment in the DVD to the CD.

One of the numbers, which Roy the Boy called "My Ekka" went something like this:

It's not for the crackers or the dagwood dogs
Its not for the clowns with the ping pong balls
It's not for the wood chop or the Japanese pearls
And it's not for the livestock or the pretty cow girls
It's not for the chips that are cooking all the while
And t's not for the walk down the sideshow mile.
No that's not the EKKA
No that's not the EKKA
No that's not the EKKA for me!


Cos the EKKA for me, what I come to see 
Is Roy the Boy strumming on his ukulele 
As he sings us his ditties, derived from the truth 
About The Bullring and the days of his youth
About Barcy and the Alice and the whole shebang
About his time as Leiutenant of the Gully Gang.
Yes that's the EKKA  
Yes that is the EKKA 
Yes that is the EKKA for me!

 Hope everyone enjoys the show day holiday. Please note the new email address to contact Roy the Boy from Yalleroi and the Bullringer is: gullyganghq@gmail.com

Jerichoite wins photo competiton

Roy the Boy from Yalleroi has finally dragged himself away from work on the greatly anticipated and eagerly awaited and forthcoming CD and Book to the CD and associated and essential merchandise to go through all the entries in the photo competition.

And what a turn up! The winner is from Barcaldine's eastern suburb of Jericho. Congratulations Jenny Lowe, who got all questions correct! If you were stumped by some the photos below should help.

PHOTO COMPETITION EXTENDED TO MAY DAY 2010

That is right Bullring Bloggers, although Roy the Boy's mail bag is chock full of entries NO-ONE and I repeat NO-ONE has submitted an entry with the highest possible score.

If you have put in an entry already, you can send in another.

Roy the Boy's Picture Competition

Bullring kicks off two thousand and ten with a terrific picture competition - "How well do you know Barcy?"

Send your answers to roysbarcycomp@live.com  by midnight of 31 January two thousand and ten and you could be the first to receive a package of the eagerly awaited and greatly anticipated Bullring Music CD, The Book to the CD and associated but essential merchandising products (including a piece of gidyea from the Bullring!!!)

So get cracking NOW and send your answers to roysbarcycomp@live.com  so that they get to Roy the Boy from Yalleroi's inbox by midnight on 31 January!!

Here we go: (you can click on the pictures to enlarge)

Picture 1

What famous waterway is this? (1 point)

Picture 2
You need to get away more often if you don't know where this is! Tell Roy the Boy where it is and earn 1 point.

Picture 3

They just get easier! Where would you be heading if you proceeded past this point? (1 point)

Picture 4

It has been there a long long time. Where is this tree located? (1 point)

Picture 5

You know you have seen it - but where? Name this building. (3 points)

Picture 6

This is far too easy. Where is this sign located? (1 point)

BONUS POINTS opportunity: What was the nick name of the person named on this sign? (1 point)

Picture 7

If you are looking towards Lake Dolly on what intersection would you see these gums? (5 points)

Picture 8

What facility appeared on this corner in the olden days? (2 points)

BONUS POINTS opportunity: What was this facility regularly used for by the blokes around town? It involved a product sold by Rudy the barber and features in The Book to the CD. (2 points)

Picture 9

Mmm what could it be? Name this item and give its location. (5 points)

Picture 10

What products were made and sold behind this window? (1 point for each correct product named)

BONUS POINTS opportunity: What product was named after one of the counter staff? (2 points)

Picture 11

Name the business formerly conducted at this location. (3 points)

BONUS POINTS opportunity: What is of unique (to Barcy) historical importance in this picture? (5 points)

Picture 12

This is just too easy. What is it? (1 point)

Picture 13

A place of strategic importance to the infamous Gully Gang. Feeling generous so will give 2 points for this sign.

Picture 14

You know you have seen it - but where? (3 points)

Picture 15

This one could be a bit tough but you would have seen it many times. What is it? (5 points)

Picture 16

This is a gimmee. What is it and where is it? (1 point)

Picture 17

They just keep getting easier. What building is this for one point?

Picture 18

As if that wasn't easy enough! Tell Roy the Boy what it is. (1 point)

OK now that you know all the answers SEND NOW to Roy the Boy from Yalleroi's photo competition at roysbarcycomp@live.com

Make sure you don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to secure a copy of the the eagerly awaited and greatly anticipated CD and other fantastic stuff from Bullring Music in two thousand and ten!

GOOD LUCK!!

Bullring Music Treat for Bloggers

AS PROMISED, our great fans waiting patiently for Roy the Boy and the Bullringer to put the polishing touches to the eagerly awaited and greatly anticipated cd and essential merchandise and memorabilia, are in for a TREAT:

WE are DELIGHTED TO BRING YOU EVENTS FROM MAY WEEK IN BARCALDINE.
Let's start at the beginning, appropriately with the wonderful welcoming speech from...well let's go to the video:

May Week in Barcy

Coming soon bloggers. All the pics, videos of a great week in Barcy after Roy the Boy from Yalleroi mingled incognito in the crowds...

Gripping final episode here now

STOP PRESS STOP PRESS STOP PRESS STOP PRESS STOP PRESS STOP PRESS!!!!!

Final exciting episode of the spiritual search for Roy the Boy's homeland is here..let's go to the video...

The Spiritual journey (by car) to Roy the Boy's homeland

Great news Bloggers..Bullring Blog brings you the complete Series - yes that's right - all 3 episodes of The adventures of the Bullringer and Farky in the search for Roy the Boy's home town.

Part 1 The Discovery



Part 2 The Game's Afoot

Bullring Music make Cover of CFarm

Stop Press... the prestigious COUNTRY FOLK AND ROCK MAGAZINE features BULLRING MUSIC on front cover as the Bullring Blog continues the AUDREY S MCNASH interviews with Roy the Boy from Yalleroi and The Bullringer



Get your copy NOW!! (Available at S.L. Burns and all good booksellers)



Here is what to look for Bloggers:

The "happening" place needs a name

Bullring country is abuzz with activity - new medical centre in Aramac, the Alpha aquatic centre, Tree of Knowledge memorial in Barcy, the Harry Redford centre in Aramac, roads being sealed throughout the region and the Barcy airport extended to cater for the new Bombardier Q400s (check it out in the photo above from Agmates website).

So much so that Longreach folk have swarmed the Bullring email facility (yalleroiboy@gmail.com) like flies to cow dung outside the Stockmen's Hall of Fame seeking advice on how to jump ship and return to their roots back in the Barcaldine Regional Council area.

The Bullringer and Roy the Boy from Yalleroi have been happy to provide this advice gratis, however when they ask what the name of their new abode will be, we are at a loss.

Will it remain the Barcaldine Regional Council or will it change to the Galilee Regional Council? Let us know which one you prefer in the poll on the right - will only take a second. If you want to make a comment about it use the chat box - it is quick and easy and we will even allow you to use a bodgy name if you like, though generally Roy the Boy from Yalleroi and The Bullringer are opposed to pseudonyms.

Shock data rattles the Bullring team

New direction needed but is Bullring going down a slippery path?

"It can't be right Bullringer" Roy the Boy ventured in a state of clear alarm, "check it again." Well the Bullringer checked it again and again and again and it came up the same. Yes Google analytics was very clear: 68% of visitors to the Bullring Music site were identified as being of the fairer female gender. aka Shielas.

Bullring Music appreciates the support of the wonderful women who visit the Bullring site but obviously needed to act swiftly to tempt back the traditional breadwinner and potential Bullring cd and associated products purchaser for the entire family, aka the bloke.

A crisis meeting decided on some tasteful way of winning over the blokes, hence the pin-up feature in the side bar. Always tasteful with class and style, just like the forthcoming and eagerly awaited Bullring Music cd and associated products.

But you be the judge - has Bullring gone too far? It is easy to let us know with the new comments facility.

Coming soon - The Interview parts 4 and 5 - don't miss it!!!

Peace at Last for Roy the Boy from Yalleroi

Thank heavens the media have located Jericho Jim, because as soon as they heard his real name was Roy they have hounded and hounded Roy the Boy from Yalleroi. Relentless they have been, with no consideration for the fact that Roy the Boy is only just recovering from more disneys than a year of family nights at the Radio theatre.

"It's gotta be you Roy the Boy from Yalleroi, come on Roy come clean" they have been screaming down the phone from all across the country. Newspaper hacks, radio and television journos, you name em, they have been on the blower.

How many times Roy the Boy has screamed into the mouthpiece in the last week: "I'm a MUSO not an Economist" I would like to know.

As I say they found the real Jericho Jim, a fellow by the name of Roy Woods, so Roy is once again able to settle down and put his musical genius into the forthcoming and eagerly awaited Bullring Music CD and associated products.

Pat and Serge

Well done!
from the Bullringer and Roy the Boy from Yalleroi

Bullring's view of the elections: The mayoral song

Now that the council elections have come and gone and the Barcy Bugle has called time on letters from the patriots, only the song of the mayor remains to be sung.

While Roy the Boy continues with his convelesence after throwing some Disneys (see here) he asked The Bullringer to get a composition at least the equal of his magnificent composition.

Who else but Peter Paul and Mary would you go to for a nice melody. Not good enough of course to match the brilliance of Roy the Boy from Yalleroi, so will no doubt be on the cutting room floor when the forthcoming and eagerly awaited CD forthcomes.

Of course this doesn't mean it can't feature at the karoake at the Globe, and who knows, Roy the Boy may even give a rendition shortly...


Peep the Western Bookie

Peep the western bookie, campaigned with glee
And polished up his people skills, to be mayor of Gali-Lee
Little Chubby Randler loathed that rascal Peep
And hoped the folks wouldn't follow him by voting just like sheep, Oh

Chorus:
Peep the magic bookie, campaigned with glee
And polished up his people skills, to be mayor of Gali - Lee
Peep the magic bookie, campaigned with glee
And polished up his people skills, for the local bourgeoi - sie

To Alpha they would travel on the campaign trail
Chubby fell a bit behind by Peep's budget surpless tale
Barcy blokes and sheilas knew not which way to go
Chubby's bucks didn't come to much, while Peep had all the dough Oh

(Chorus)

A township goes forever but not so every mayor
Macca sounds like other towns with just the one to share
One March night it happened, Chubby Randler topped the score
And Peep the western bookie, was beat by forty votes or more.

His head though bent in sorrow, he knew who to blame
It wasn't Chubby Randler, though he'd like to all the same
But Slick Mewls from Alpha, he cursed upon his tote,
"He done me in the buggar, 'cause he split the bloody vote!" Oh

(Chorus, sadly)

Peep the western bookie campaigned with glee,
And polished up his people skills, to be mayor of Gali-Lee
Peep the western bookie campaigned with glee,
And polished up his people skills, for the local bourgeoi-sie

Roy the Boy on road to recovery after Disney

Roy the Boy from Yalleroi has been on many roads in his life but this one was probably the scariest. He knew he was in trouble when the medical staff found the Disney enzyme in his blood after collapsing in great pain following an intensive night's work on the forthcoming and greatly anticipated Bullring Music CD.

"It wasn't a turn, Roy the Boy" the paramedic told him, "I am afraid you have thrown a Disney, and not for the first time judging by this enzyme, which takes 12 hours to appear in your blood. It means Roy the Boy, that you have had some Disneys in the past. Though first we must make sure that this isn't a false reading brought about by a condition known as Rare Bittsyitis." It is pleasing to report that Roy the Boy was totally cleared of Rare Bittsyitis.

Sorry to get so technical with the medical terminology, however Roy the Boy is a stickler for accuracy. To put it in layman's terms Roy the Boy is recovering from some heart attacks. Recovery is going well and he will be putting his magic back into the Bullring Music project before too long.

Plenty of updates on the way so keep an eye on the site!!