The Dingoes

In Australia in the early '70s, the Dingoes took the lead in the worldwide shift toward the country-influenced rock sparked by the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers (both of whom also inspired the Eagles. In the Dingoes' case, it was very much an Australian outfit, with songs clearly placed in Australian settings, something of a rarity in Australian rock at that point. Even the band's name expressed their Australianism: the dingo is an indigenous wild dog. It was the quality of the songs and the musicianship, however, that set the Dingoes apart and made them one of the tru...