ZETA BURNS

 

Zeta Brose was born in Ayr, North QLD on January 23, 1928. She ecame interested in music as a child and was influenced by Dorothy Juniper. Her favourite artists were Tex Morton, Shirley Thoms and June Holm. In 1940 she toured with the Gene Leroy 4QR Concert Party and became a regular artist on Gene’s live radio program, The Town Hall Midday Show. A couple of years later she met Tex Morton in Cairns. A year later she moved to Brisbane and later to Toowoomba. Her grandfather bought Zeta her first guitar from Cliff Tutin, which she later traded in on a Gibson. Over the next few years, she performed in and around Toowoomba billed as the Yodelling Cowgirl.

In 1948 she joined Eric Tutin on her first travelling show with Lester’s Follies. It was also the first tour for Gordon Parsons. After her marriage in 1949, her career took a back seat. In the early 1950s Zeta performed on stage with many top artists of the time – Dusty Rankin, Monty Fayne, Ron Peters and Joan Ridgeway. In 1952 she quit the business and didn't resume her career until 27 years later when she began appearing at various CM club functions. In 1980 she recorded the EP and in 1981 recorded a single, which was to unveil the grave of June Holms. Later that year, appeared on an LP coupled with June Holm.

She was a guest artist at Dubbo’s Easter Country Festival in 1982 and again in 1983 she was a guest artist at Noel Poley Everett’s Easter Festival, Gloucester. Recorded a single in June and again in August. In 1984 Zeta recorded an LP for Hadley 'Queensland's Yodelling Cowgirl'. In 1985 she started touring with Ian Hands and Larry Dulhunty. She released six records with Queensland Country Style label. In 2010 she appeared at the Gympie Muster and in 2015 was inducted into the Hands of Fame, Tamworth. 

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