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          MERV BENTON: A TRUE AUSTRALIAN ROCKER (By Tony Wilkinson)

          Setting The Scene.

          In the northern hemisphere, our knowledge of Aussie rock 'n' roll was initially limited to the music of Johnny O'Keefe who had made several attempts to break into the international market.

          However, come the rock 'n' roll/rockabilly revival of the seventies and eighties, a twenty track various artists album titled 'Rockin' At The Kangaroo Hop' (Teen Records TC-001 LP 61) appeared in the specialist shops around Europe.

          Once one could get beyond the pretty hideous cover of a cartoon drawing of two kangaroos jiving in front of a guitar picker, the music spoke volumes regarding the high quality of rock 'n' roll that had been produced in the land of Oz.

          This LP included four tracks by Merv Benton, who is the subject of this article and whose music is worthy of high acclaim.

          In and around the Melbourne area down in the south east part of the country, the first leader of the localised rock 'n' roll industry was