SLIM & I Official documentary soundtrack now available (2024)

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EMI Music is proud to release the soundtrack SLIM & I – out today. SLIM & I is a new feature documentary directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) exploring the legacy and partnership of Australian country music icons Slim Dusty and Joy McKean, coming to cinemas on September 10th, 2020.

The soundtrack to SLIM & I, presents a refreshing approach to the story of Joy McKean and Slim Dusty. An eclectic mix of Slim & Joy’s catalogue spanning 50 years is interspersed with interview excerpts from the cast of the film. Australian music icons Troy Cassar-Daley, Kasey Chambers, Bill Chambers and Missy Higgins all present insights and acoustic performances of Joy’s songs made famous by her late husband Slim Dusty. Paul Kelly, Don Walker and Dobe Newton also join the commentary making this a truly extraordinary piece of Australian music history and a unique perspective on Slim & Joy’s musical legacy.

The physical SLIM & I Standard Edition CD release is a 37 track album and there are a limited number of signed albums by Joy McKean available when ordering direct from the Slim Dusty online store.

SLIM & I Expanded Edition is a digital and streaming version featuring an additional 8 tracks of interviews and music (45 tracks total).

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1. Prologue (Interview) – Joy McKean
2. I Don’t Believe You – Small Town Romance feat. Anne Kirkpatrick
3. A Lifetime on The Road (Interview) – Joy McKean
4. When I First Saw The Lovelight in Your Eyes – Slim Dusty feat. Joy McKean
5. Music & Belonging (Interview) – Troy Cassar-Daley
6. The Biggest Disappointment (Acoustic) – Troy Cassar-Daley
7. Learning to Sing (Interview) – Joy McKean
8. Moonrise Lullaby – Joy McKean & Heather McKean
9. Slim Jumps The Shark (Interview) – Dobe Newton
10. When The Rain Tumbles Down in July – Slim Dusty
11. Cinematic Songwriting (Interview) – Paul Kelly
12. Indian Pacific – Slim Dusty
13. Keen Young Songwriters (Interview) – Joy McKean
14. My Hometown – Joy McKean & Heather McKean
15. Slim’s Courtship of Joy (Interview) – Joy McKean & Heather McKean
16. What’s It Gonna Cost Me – Joy McKean
17. Kasey Chambers & Bill Chambers (Interview) & Walk A Country Mile Excerpt (Acoustic) – Kasey Chambers & Bill Chambers
18. Touring Begins in 1954 (Interview) – Joy McKean
19. Closest Thing To Freedom – Slim Dusty
20. Origins of A Pub With No Beer (Interview) – Joy McKean
21. A Pub With No Beer – Slim Dusty & Gordon Parsons
22. Memories of The Showgrounds (Interview) – Don Walker
23. Whiplash – Slim Dusty
24. Leaving The Showgrounds (Interview) – Joy McKean
25. Losin’ My Blues Tonight – Slim Dusty
26. Remote Touring (Interview) – Glenn A Baker*
27. Footsteps Coming Home – Slim Dusty*
28. Writing and Performing on Country (Interview) – Gayle Kennedy
29. Plains Of Peppimenarti – Slim Dusty
30. The Beginning Of An Educated Family (Interview) – Gayle Kennedy*
31. Trumby – Slim Dusty*
32. Music At Odds With The Lyrics (Interview) – Paul Kelly
33. Lights On The Hill – Slim Dusty
34. A Voice For Rural People (Interview) – Joy McKean
35. Further Out – Slim Dusty
36. Sentimentality With Age (Interview) – Darren Hanion*
37. Me & Matilda (Acoustic) – Darren Hanion*
38. Writing For Slim (Interview) – Bill Chambers
39. Things Are Not The Same On The Land (Acoustic) – Bill Chambers
40. Carlton Station Adventures (Interview) – Joy McKean*
41. Ringer From The Top End – Slim Dusty*
42. Simple Songs (Interview) – Missy Higgins
43. The Biggest Disappointment – Missy Higgins & Dan Sultan
44. Epilogue (Interview) – Joy McKean
45. One Helluva Song – Slim Dusty

*Tracks only featured on the digital SLIM & I Expanded Edition

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Featured on the soundtrack and released last week is the brand new song I Don’t Believe You penned by Joy McKean and co-written with her grandson James Arneman and his wife Flora Smith (Small Town Romance). The recording is performed by Small Town Romance and Joy’s daughter Anne Kirkpatrick.

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AMNPLIFY – DB