Keith Jamieson

[3] Growing up, he was a fan of Slim Dusty, Buddy Williams and Tex Morton, and was influenced by bush balladeers Stan Coster, Tony Brooks, Tom Oliver and Joe Daly.

[3] Throughout his life, Jamieson worked at various jobs starting in 1963 when he was employed on Listowell Valley Station, south of Blackall, initially as a cowboy gardener but then as a ringer.

[3] In 1979, Jamieson recorded his first songs, "Capella Rodeo" and "Country Music Man", both produced by Barry Thornton, and then started touring in 1982.

[11][12][13] Jamieson became known for helping organise country music festivals to celebrate the genre and to promote upcoming talent.

[3] In the 1980s, Jamieson was an on air presenter at 4DDB in Toowoomba, and was subsequently responsible for establishing a community radio station in Blackwater in 1998 called 92.7 FM (callsign: 4BCB) which he managed until moving to Bouldercombe in 2006.

[3][15] In 2012, he joined Rockhampton community station 4YOU as an on air presenter, hosting a program called Bush Ballads Australia.

[2] Jamieson was named in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours and was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to country music and the community.