Biography
 
22 October 1963
Neville was born in Mt Isa, a mining town in the far north west of Queensland. He is from four generations of cattle families. His father Buster had grown up on Tobermory Station near Urandangi while his mother Mary was a Finlay from Norfolk Station via Camooweal. Neville parents met at the Camooweal races and married in December 1961.Buster worked at Tobermory and then ventured of with his small family to make his own way in the Northern Territory. In 1966 Neville's brother Ashley arrived and they went to live on a cattle property called Ooratippra Station. Their new home was so remote it took 4 hours to drive to Alice Springs for groceries. That was the nearest town and that was 270 miles away. The nearest neighbour was 44 miles away. Neville began school in 1969 through the Australian School of the Air, which enabled isolated children learn from home via correspondence and daily lessons over the two way radio.
 
During this time Neville like all bush kids learned how to ride a horse, work stock and fix windmills and fences. School often finished at lunch time and it was off with the men to do whatever they were doing.
 
The Anderson's managed Ooratippra Station until the mid seventies when they moved back to Queensland contract mustering and eventually to Mt Isa. It was while attending St Kirans college in Mt Isa that Neville was introduced to the guitar which enabled him to provide backing to the songs that he had been memorising for a number of years. Before too long Neville was providing entertainment for friends and family.
1977
In 1977 the Anderson's returned to Ooratipprta Station as part owners and Neville went to the Rostrevor College a boarding school in Adelaide. He played rugby union and threw discus for his state in 1980. He was a prefect and the School captain in 1980. All the while he was developing his skills as a performer and song writer and was affectionately called "Slim" at boarding school until he left in 1981.
1982
Neville attended Murdock University in Perth, a city on the western coast of Australia, graduating with a Bachelor of Economics. While he was at university he began playing music with several local bands and performed at various venues and festivals. The Manning Hotel was the heart of the Perth country scene and Neville was a regular performer on Monday nights.
 
Although his album "True to Country" is his first album he released a single in 1983 with a song about the tragedy of a Azaria Chamberlain, a baby girl taken by a dingo at Ayers Rock near Alice Springs. The song was called Mystery but was prevented from receiving air play due to the sensitive nature of the incident. All 500 copies were sold and the proceeds spent on a race horse called Sharp Moon who won one race in Camooweal.
1986 - current
Neville started work with Shell Australia in the Perth office . Over the next 15 years his work took him to Kalgoorlie, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Tamworth and then Newcastle. 
 

Musical History

Neville has performed as a solo act and as a guest artist throughout Australia since 1985.

Neville has always been a traditional country singer with influences from Australia as well as America. With a repitior of over 300 songs from across the country spectrum Neville is a popular performer at festivals, private functions and other venues. He is just as at home with a small gathering and an acoustic guitar as he is with full backing in a packed auditorium

Since 1996 Neville has been a regular performer at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

In 1996 Neville met Alec Beckett an Aboriginal performer from Queensland at a Talent quest. Later that day Alec was busking on Peel Street and saw Neville standing in the crowd. Alec asked Neville to come up and give him a rest. So began a an ongoing Tamworth friendship and Alec and Neville still perform together when ever they can during the Tamworth Festival.

He has won a number of independent awards including a TIARA award for song writing and reached the final 10 in the Golden Guitars with a song off his first album in 2000.

In recent years Neville has co hosted a programme of artist in the City Plaza while also busking regularly in front of Susan's. Susan's is a woman's wear shop on Peel Street, Tamworth and Neville is always thankful that Kylie and the Susan's staff are happy to have him set up out front every year.

Neville has a loyal band of followers who seek him out every year to listen and see what new product he has available.

Neville says

“ One of the best things about Tamworth is that you catch up with people who you may not have seen for a year or two. They will come and find you to say hello and tell you what they thought of the album they bought last time. It’s a great feeling when there are a whole bunch of people out and about who now have all three albums and are waiting for the next”

If you want to see the best photographer's record of last years Tamworth Country Music Festival feel free to visit June Underwood's site at http://www.ccimage.com.au . June also produces a Country Music Calendar each year which is very popular.

Neville has released three albums since 1999. These albums have been professionally recorded and produced with some of Australia’s best musicians providing the backing music.