Parsons, Gordon

Parsons, GordonParsons, GordonGordon Parsons (* Sydney, 24 Dec. 1926; † Sydney, 17 Aug. 1990) country singer-songwriter. Growing up on an isolated farm in northern NSW, Parsons avidly listened to Jimmie Rodgers, Wilf Carter, Tex Morton, Buddy Williams and Harry Torrani, and when he was 11 his parents bought him a mail-order guitar. At 14 he left home to work as a sleeper-cutter. He made his first public appearances at country dances and his reputation as a singer and yodeller spread. After…