August 2014 

Article taken from Country Update - Issue 74 (August 2014)
Dean Perrett Is The Land
Written by John Elliott for Country Update

  Thirteen albums in twenty-five years have kept Dean Perrett a busy man.  But whenever I want to catch up with Dean to chat about his latest musical exploits I’m more likely to find him on the back of a horse mustering cattle on the family cattle property between Nanango then in a studio.

Dean’s not complaining.  “My work and life as a cattleman bears me in good stead for the art… Read more

23 November 2014 

Article taken from The Balladeers Bulletin

G’day friends and neighbours,

Well 2014 has galloped on past and disappeared in a cloud of dust, and although the year was a very dry year at home on our property “Bowenfels”, my musical year was full with good things and plenty of work. 

Once again I found myself back in the recording studio, which is something I love doing very much.  Producer Larry Marrs and myself set about recording a great new bunch of songs which became the album “I’m The Land”.  The album… Read more

26 May 2014 


New Album – “I’m The Land” due to be released in July 2014
 
Hello there friends,

I am very pleased to tell you I have been back in the recording studio working on a special album, my new Bush Ballad album, “I’m the Land”.

The album contains new original bush songs from my pen as well as some great new songs written by my friends Ian Quinn, Virginia Coad and Allan Caswell.

There are two special duets; Troy Cassar-Daley duets with me on an emotive song we have co-written titled “My Country, My Land” and I am also…Read more

25 May 2014 


Article taken from The Balladeers Bulletin - July 2014 issue. 

G'day Everyone, 
Well the year so far has been an exciting one for me.
So it has been a case of pulling down the akubra and riding hard.
 
Once again I had a great time in Tamworth. Thank you so much to everyone who caught up at our own shows and purchased CD’s.
 
My highlight for Tamworth was to be asked along with my mate Jeff Brown, to sing “The Drovers Boy” in honour of Ted Egan’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Country Music Awards of Australia.…Read more

1 November 2013 


Great News!

Dean was awarded “Heritage Track of the Year” at the Australian Independent Country Music Awards held in Mildura at the beginning of October 2013 with his version of a Slim Dusty classic “Where Country Is”.  This is the fourth occasion Dean has been presented with this award, once again proving Dean’s authenticity in this genre of music.
 
USA Trip

In July Dean travelled to Nashville, USA to record a Bluegrass Gospel Album, “The Shelter of the Cross”.   While in Nashville Dean took the opportunity…Read more

12 December 2012 

Article taken from The Balladeers Bulletin - January 2013 issue

G'day everyone,

Well the last months of 2012 shot by quickly and the Tamworth Festival is once again upon us.

I once again enjoyed performing at all the major spring time Country Music Festivals up here in Queensland.

It was great to be part of the Heritage Showcase at the Gympie Muster and it was wonderful to have my friends the Coad Sisters, Virginia and Lynette step in on lead Guitar and bass in my band line up for Gympie, along with my…Read more