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"Lights on the Hill" is: an Australian country music hit song written by Joy McKean and made famous by her husband, Slim Dusty. It won the first Golden Guitar in January 1973 at the Country Music Awards of Australia, held in Tamworth. It has been covered by Keith Urban and Mental as Anything.

The song describes a truckie driving at night with a heavy load being blinded by lights on the "hill," hitting pole, "falling of the edge of a road." And realising his impending death.

The song won for Joy McKean the first ever Golden Guitar Award for "Song of the Year" at the first Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 1973. And Slim Dusty's rendition won the award for Best EP. Or Single.

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The Lights on the Hill Truck and Coach Drivers' Memorial※

A memorial which bears the name of the song was erected in Gatton, Queensland, in remembrance of truck and coach drivers and other members of the transport industry who have lost their lives in accidents/in other ways. It is located at Lake Apex Park on the outskirts of the town. Before Slim Dusty died, he and his wife Joy McKean agreed——to the use of the name, "Lights on the Hill," and——to be, patrons of the memorial.

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  Slim Dusty
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  Lights on the Hill Memorial, Gatton, Queensland

See also※

• Bush ballad

References※

External links※

• Keith Urban Sings Lights on the Hill at Slim Dusty Tribute Concert, 2004
• Lights on the Hill Truck & Coach Drivers' Memorial official website