Jon English: The Strange Story Of The Aussie National Anthem You’ve Never Heard Of
Grand Final Day, 1984. As Slim Dusty belts out the national anthem at the MCG before Essendon take on their ’80s archrivals Hawthorn, Jon English’s guitarist, Keith “Stretch” Kerwin, is back in his hotel room writing a new national anthem. “Jon and the Fossies [English’s band, the Foster Brothers] always had a big weekend at…