Roger Knox

Roger Knox

Roger Knox is a country singer known as the Black Elvis and the Koori King of Country. He is an Gamilaroi man, was born in Moree and grew up in the Toomelah Aboriginal Mission near Boggabilla near the border between New South Wales and Queensland. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/awaye/stories/2003/858423.htm ABC Radio National - Awaye!] Roger Knox - Koori King of Country] [ [http://www.greenleft.org.au/1993/103/6031 Green Left Weekly] Singing with something to say.]

In 1980s Knox was in a plane crash that killed his drummer Ken Ramsay. Knox was badly burnt and got pain relief from a natural bath oil made from the Eura bush. That bush and the settlement on which his father was born were inspirations for the name of his band, the Euraba band.

Roger Knox was given the Jimmy Little Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Music at the 2006 Deadlys.

Discography

*"Give It A Go" (1983) - Enrec Records
*"The Gospel Album" (1986) - Enrec Records
*"Warrior in Chains -- The Best of Roger Knox" (1998) - Enrec Records
*"Goin' On, Still Strong" (2004) - Trailblazer Records

References

External Links

* [http://news.sbs.com.au/livingblack/series_7_episode_4_131666 Living Black] Series 7: Episode 4


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