THE FORMER MANAGER OF THE RAMRODS

THE PREVIOUS POSTING ABOUT PETER GARRETT REMINDED ME OF FORMER LABOR PRIME MINISTER PAUL KEATING. IN THE 60'S A BAND CALLED THE RAMRODS FROM BANKSTOWN IN SYDNEY'S SOUTH WEST, WAS MANAGED BY A YOUNG PAUL KEATING.
KEATING SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AUST ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, HE TOOK THEM FROM NOWHERE TO OBSCURITY. PAUL KEATING LATER BECAME THE LOCAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, TREASURER AND THEN PRIME MINISTER. MY UNCLE, GREG CLOUT, WAS HIS ELECTORATE CAMPAIGN MANAGER AND MENTOR THROUGHOUT HIS POLITICAL CAREER. I ALSO HAVE AN AUNT WHO WAS A LIBERAL PARTY BRANCH PRESIDENT, AND A COUSIN WHO WORKED FOR B.A. SANTAMARIA, A RIGHT WINGISH CATHOLIC SOCIAL COMMENTATOR. WE HAVE SOME VERY DIVERSE POLITICAL VIEWS IN MY EXTENDED FAMILY!