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1927 - August 13 Richard Bruce
Carey born in Sydney
1929 -
October 9 Thel Hoctor born in Glossodia N.S.W.
World War
II
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Rick joins the RAAF as a radio
mechanic for the last two years of WW2.
Learned to play guitar that his
father gave him while in the Airforce.
1946 -
Thel buys a guitar age 19 and teaches herself how to pick
out melodies and then learns bar chords.
1949 - Rick meets Thel at a Hillbilly
Club.
They decide to team up together
and form a duet.
1950 - January 12 together they topped
Sydney radio’s 466th Amateur Hour program.
1952 -
January 5 Rick and Thel marry and rent a house in Merrylands
with another couple. Joy McKean and Slim Dusty. Thel writes
“Rusty It’s Goodbye” which she swaps with Slim Dusty for
“I’ll Never be Fooled Again”.
1954 - January first recordings with
EMI Regal Zonophone. “I’ll Never be Fooled Again” flip side
“She Was Happy ‘Till She Met You”.
Recorded with EMI for 25 years.
Late
1950’s – Four about 4 years did short tours and western
suburb halls that fitted in with their day jobs- Thel as a
teacher and Rick as a motor mechanic.
1955 -
January 28 first daughter Lynne born.
1958 -
Joined the All Star Western Show featuring Kevin King, Nev
Nicholls and Chad Morgan. Disagreements lead to the
disbanding of this group.
1950 - Joined the Chad Morgan Show. A
dispute saw this show split with Rick and Thel being joined
by Athol
McCoy and later Gordon parsons
and Brian Young,
1960 -
January 8 second daughter Susan born.
1960 -
The Rick and Thel Show commenced touring. They featured
Athol McCoy, Woolhouse Twins, Brian Young, Curly Aylward,
and later Johnny Heap, Eddie Tapp.
1967 -
First tour of Western Australia.
1974 -
Second daughter Susan dies at age 14 after a long history of
illnesses. Pioneered touring by air to cover the large
distances out outback and northern Australia.
1977 -
Inducted into the Hands of Fame in Tamworth.
1978 -
December signed with Hadley Label in Tamworth. There they
recorded “For Jenny a Rose.”
1982 -
Completed tour of the South West of Western Australia.
1984 -
South Australian Country Music Festival Awards- Inducted
into the Hall of Fame
1985 -
Inducted into the Roll of Renown in Tamworth.
1986 -
Thel has surgery to remove a tumour from under her tongue.
1987 -
Completed their final show in Bunbury WA and retired from
the music scene due to Thel’s health.
1988 -
Settle on their property and new home in Denmark, Western
Australia after 30 years of travelling and living in a van.
1998 - Thel passed away on Oct 2nd
from tongue cancer. Thel was buried on her 69th
birthday Oct 9th in Denmark WA.
2008 –
Release of the album titled “Beyond the Dream” featuring
Rick with his daughter Lynne and friends.
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