John Williamson (singer)

John Williamson
John Williamson, August 2012, State Theatre, Sydney
Background information
Birth name	John Robert Williamson
Also known as	Ludwig Leichhardt
Born	(1945-11-01) 1 November 1945 (age 78) Kerang, Victoria, Australia
Genres	Country and rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist television presenter conservationist
Instruments	Vocals acoustic guitar ukulele harmonica footbox jaw harp
Years active	1970–present
Labels	Fable Reg Grundy Mercury Polygram Festival Records EMI Gumleaf Reader's Digest
Website	johnwilliamson.com.au

John Robert Williamson AM (born 1 November 1945) is an Australian country music and folk music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, television host and conservationist. Williamson usually writes and performs songs that relate to the history and culture of Australia, particularly the outback, in a similar vein to Slim Dusty and Buddy Williams before him. Williamson has released over fifty albums, ten videos, five DVDs, and two lyric books and has sold more than 4,000,000 albums in Australia.^[1] His best known hit is "True Blue". On Australia Day (26 January) in 1992 Williamson was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) with the citation: "for service to Australian country music and in stimulating awareness of conservation issues". He has received twenty-six Golden Guitar trophies at the Country Music Awards of Australia, he has won three ARIA Music Awards for Best Country Album and, in 2010, was inducted into the related Hall of Fame.