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From Hit Scene (ABC-TV Australia), June 13 1970, hosted by Dick Williams. Conway's version of this Kris Kristofferson song was released as a single at the time on Sweet Peach, but did not appear on album until Wanted Man in 1972.

Country artist Lee Conway was born in Poland in 1940. The family emigrated to Australia and Lee was brought up in Fitzroy. Lee started playing guitar in his early teens and in the late 50s he joined local Melbourne band Bobby Cookson and The Premiers as their bass player. Around the mid sixties this came to an end when Lee entered into the trucking business which he was very successful. He would later move in to the management side of music. Lee was the manager of 'The Laurie Allen Revue' in the sixties giving the band major success especially in Adelaide, at the then popular Twenty Plus Club.

In 1968 he was dared to get up and sing at the Twenty Plus Club and from then on he has never looked back. In the early 1970′s his single “Wanted Man” made the charts. Lee’s ability to craft songs was recognized by the Australian Federation of Broadcasters when his 1973 album 'Stories We Could Tell' won “Best Album, Single and song.”

More details: https://historyofaussiemusic.blogspot.com/2013/09/lee-conway.html
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