Chad Morgan

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Chad Morgan
Birth name Chadwick William 'Chad' Morgan
Also known as The Sheik of Scrubby Creek
Born February 11, 1933
Origin Wondai, Queensland
Genre(s) Country and western
Occupation(s) Comedic singer and guitarist
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active 1952 - Present
Label(s) EMI
Associated acts Slim Dusty Show
All Star Western Show
Chad Morgan Show
Website The Chad Morgan Page

Chadwick William 'Chad' Morgan (born February 11, 1933) is an Australian comedic singer/guitarist renowned for his vaudeville style of comic country and western songs, his prominent teeth, and goofy stage persona. In reference to his first recording he is known as The Sheik of Scrubby Creek.

He was born in Wondai, Queensland and raised by his grandparents. Chad was discovered through Australia's Amateur Hour and started recording with Regal Zonophone (a subsidiary of EMI) in 1952. His songs are peppered with Australian slang (One CD compilation is entitled Sheilas, Drongos, Dills and Geezers).

He toured extensively, including the Slim Dusty Show, the All Star Western Show and his own Chad Morgan Show. He has been prolific in his recorded output, and his live performances. He was inducted into the Australasian Country Music Roll of Renown in January 1987, and awarded an OAM in 2004.

Chad Morgan has appeared in two films Newsfront and Dimboola.

When Gordon Parsons came up with the pub with no beer, Chad's the bloke who wrote the words down and even one verse of his own. He was dubbed the clown prince of comedy by Slim Dusty. He has recorded a duet with John Williamson A Country Balladeer. Has had platinum and gold album sales, and is one of Australia's most popular and loved country music artist. Morgan has never won the Golden Guitar award.

Chad Morgan has played all over Australia in all of manner of places from tents to trucks to clubs and pubs ,festivals, the Sydney Opera House even a circus you name it he's played there He's toured with everyone from Slim Dusty,Normie Rowe, through to mental as anything.

There was rumoured to be a film being made about his life starring US actor Steve Buscemi. There currently is no commercially available DVD or video of one of Chad Morgan's shows. Other artists that hove done impersonations of Chad Morgan in their shows include, Col Elliott, John McSweeney, John Williamson as well as countless others and many cover artists.

Tex Morton once described Chad as the only original country music artist in Australia. EMI has refused to release his older albums onto CD because of a misguided thinking that there is lack of interest.

False rumours of his death began to surface after a announcement on radio station 4GY. The radio station later apologized for the rumour and Chad continues to tour doing live performances. [1]

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[edit] Trivia

Quote from a Chad Morgan bio: While touring Australia Morgan made sure he had fun. If he wasn't racing cars off the highway, he was playing a modern game of William Tell with a .303. Morgan explains "Trevor Day & myself were travelling outback Queensland, we stopped beside a billabong for lunch. Well I had me .303, doing some roo shooting as we went. Trevor yells out "Hey Morgan, you reckon you're good, see if you can take this can off me head at 50 yards." I said "No, better not." Trevor said "You haven't got the guts, uh?" "Well, it was 50 yards off the shoulder, I took that bloody can off his head."

[edit] Personal Life

Chad Morgan has one son called, Chad Morgan junior, which had Kyall Burns. Kyall Burns is a 16 year old singer/songwriter and grandson of the great Chad Morgan. Kyall Burns shows the side of his grandfather with his funny comedy acts and his good singing. Kyall is recently living in Gayndah and plans to go to the Army when h is older. This boy is a great legend, and takes after his grandfather.

[edit] Discography

  • The Sheik - Released 6/12/1995
  • Chad Morgan - The Singles Collection - Regal Zonophone And Beyond - Releashed Aug 2002 - EMI Music Australia
  • It's Only the Depth that Varies - Due for release early 2009


[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Chad Morgan: No, I'm not dead! 21 January 2008, By Mark Chapman, Accessed 11 June 2008

[edit] External links

Fan sites: