Country Artist Interviews with Graham Bell Australia

Stan Coster...1987 won another Golden Guitar for APRA Song of the Year for

July 31, 2020 Graham Bell
Stan Coster...1987 won another Golden Guitar for APRA Song of the Year for
Country Artist Interviews with Graham Bell Australia
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Country Artist Interviews with Graham Bell Australia
Stan Coster...1987 won another Golden Guitar for APRA Song of the Year for
Jul 31, 2020
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Stan Coster 

A monument commemorates Country and Western singer songwriter, Stan Coster. The Stan Coster Show first started playing the Tenthill Hotel in the 1980s, the crowd swelling to the point that the hotel couldn’t hold the people.


 Stan Coster OAM (1930 – 1997) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter. His songs were regularly performed by Slim Dusty and other singers. 

In 1987, Coster won another Golden Guitar for APRA Song of the Year for “He’s a Good Bloke When He’s Sober”. In 1989 he was awarded an OAM for "Services to Country Music" and was in 1990 inducted into the Roll of Renown at Tamworth. He won the 1995 Golden Guitar (Heritage Award) for Bush Ballad Song of the Year with “Lawson’s Loaded Dog” and in 1996 released his last album “Come Back to the Bush”.

Stan Coster died from cancer on 25 March 1997. 














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  • Graham Bell Website... www.gbellmedia2.com
  • Email.... grahambell.coffs@gmail.com  
  • would like to hear from you.

Stan Coster 

A monument commemorates Country and Western singer songwriter, Stan Coster. The Stan Coster Show first started playing the Tenthill Hotel in the 1980s, the crowd swelling to the point that the hotel couldn’t hold the people.


 Stan Coster OAM (1930 – 1997) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter. His songs were regularly performed by Slim Dusty and other singers. 

In 1987, Coster won another Golden Guitar for APRA Song of the Year for “He’s a Good Bloke When He’s Sober”. In 1989 he was awarded an OAM for "Services to Country Music" and was in 1990 inducted into the Roll of Renown at Tamworth. He won the 1995 Golden Guitar (Heritage Award) for Bush Ballad Song of the Year with “Lawson’s Loaded Dog” and in 1996 released his last album “Come Back to the Bush”.

Stan Coster died from cancer on 25 March 1997.