If you’re familiar with the country punk genre — and you watch ‘Breaking Bad’ — then the creations of Dick Desert will be right up your alley.

Nearing the ten-year anniversary of his musical endeavours, Dick has a lot up his sleeve, including radio serial 'A Truckers Missus Opera', which details a day in the life of a foul-mouthed, meth cooking trucker’s broad.

“The characters in it are mostly based around people I grew up with around Warwick. The typical meth cooking, farmer’s wife – essentially I've had more to do with bikers and farmer’s wives than truckers — but as you may know those cultures do overlap,” Dick says.

There’s no sleep for the wicked, with Dick staying busy with a number of other projects.

“I've been working on new music with my other band, the Desert Blues Cartel, and also a cabaret with Lola the Vamp which is gonna kick off later in the year in Spiegeltent down in Melbourne. So I've been writing music for that, which is all period piece music from the last couple of hundred years.”

Dick’s Desert Blues will also be taking part in Fete de la Musique this Friday, an opportunity he says is fantastic.

“It's putting us in front of an audience that we don't usually get to promote to. Usually we're playing in dodgy bars and clubs late at night, rather than out on the street, so we're looking forward to that and seeing how it all rolls over. I just like the concept of it ... a festival that's running simultaneously around the world and so forth. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, being a part of the international community.”

‘A Truckers Missus Opera’ final show broadcasts this Friday June 21 at 7.45am on 4ZZZ. The Desert Blues Cartel play Fete de la Musique Southbank (3.30pm) and the Queen Street Mall (5.30pm) on Friday June 21 and The Black Bear Lodge Saturday June 22.