William Alexander

Born in Bourke, NSW, William grew up in the western country of New South Wales, forming in him a heart that feels and eyes that see the plains, trees and red dust stained skies of outback Australia as songs and stories. Musical presence in the house varied from his father’s love of 80s rock bands to his mother’s introduction to Elvis Presley and Nat King Cole. But it was the elders in the community introducing the young fella to country and western singers like Tex Morton, Buddy Williams, Slim Dusty and all the old Australian and American folk song traditions that seemed relevant, so it remained. Though William’s family relocated to the Mallee country of North West Victoria when he was a young teenager, he maintained an intense physical and spiritual connection with the land of red dirt that he first came from.