Bellbird Music announces -
the Best of the Hadley recordings of Shorty Ranger- The Singing Wanderer - Out Now

Edwin Haberfield OAM, better known as “Shorty Ranger,” spent a life-time writing and singing what he always referred to as “real Australian country music.”  It was his passion for pretty well all of his 81 years, right from when he was a mere “whipper-snapper” at his mother’s knee to the day he died in Kempsey, New South Wales on Friday, June 22, 2007. This great passion was surpassed only by that for his family.   It can be truly said that his entire life was built on his family and singing and writing his adored Australian country music. Shorty became famous for his deceptively simple and honest lyrics, set in pretty melodies that are eminently “singable” and memorable.

“Winter Winds” included here, is without doubt his most enduring legacy to the Country Music industry in Australia, being recognised throughout the world as THE Aussie bush Ballad. Shorty was a prolific songwriter, and we’ve presented some of his most popular Hadley recordings on this 20 song collection, including “Sugarloaf Mountain Blues”, "Big Bananaland”, "My Darling My Sweetheart My Dreamgirl”, “Man From Nulla Nulla”, “From Bullock Teams to Diesels” and “Ballad Of Port Macquarie” and “Nature’s Wonderland”. and many more.