Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly a "significant respect for authority". Former criminal and celebrity Chopper Read produced numerous paintings of Ned Kelly, alluding directly to Sidney Nolan's imagery. One of Read's paintings features Kelly with a woman's breasts. He explained that "it relates to the fact that I think Kelly was a homosexual, ... I'm not really a fan of his. I'm tired of people calling me the modern-day Ned Kelly." However, Read compared himself with Kelly in some of his paintings. One such self-portrait titled "Tast Ful Old Criminal" ["sic"] was purchased amid controversy by the State Library of Victoria in 2003. "The Story
Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly distraction allows Ned to escape the hotel via the back door, and by the time the police realise the ruse, Ned is galloping away on a horse. Waylon Jennings recorded "Blame it on the Kellys" which was included in the soundtrack for the 1970 film "Ned Kelly". In 1971, US country singer Johnny Cash wrote and recorded the song "Ned Kelly" for his album "The Man in Black". "Shelter for my Soul" was written and recorded by Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning for the 2003 film "Ned Kelly". It was written from Kelly's perspective on death row and played over the