Big ‘Thank You’ to the team at the Boyup Brook Country Music Festival for an unforgettable weekend! 🎤🎸 A pleasure as always working with the band and crew and catching up with brothers and sisters in arms, Adam Harvey, Amber Lawrence, Lee and Paula from Jetty Road, Pixie Jenkins and Anthony Taylor, Carter & Carter and the incredibly energetic Kate Hindle. WA really is a special part of our country! ☀️ GC ... See MoreSee Less
Caught up with the ‘big bad’ The Wolfe Brothers last night and guess what? They know a song or two of mine! 😄 Also discovered they have continued the LK tradition of ‘fireballs’ pre-show! 🥃🔥 Very pleased to hear and see The Buckleys in full flight and see Brad Butcher in the audience. Mackay really is a big ‘country’ town so can’t wait to be part of NQ's Rock'n Country in August!!! GC ... See MoreSee Less
And just like that Tamworth Country Music Festival is done and dusted for another year!
We aren’t quite home yet... taking the long way round! I’ve spend the past few days catching up with dear friends and family. 😌 The perfect way to rest and recharge after what was a full and memorable TCMF 2020!
There were many special moments for me during the festival. Here’s a few highlights...
🌟 Performing on stage at the ‘Concert for Joy’ with my good friend and great Australian songwriter/musician, Don Walker. Don is the man behind many of Cold Chisel’s hits (songs such as Khe Sanh, Flame Trees, Choirgirl to name a few). Always so good catching up.
🌟 2020 Hindsight. My yearly concert at Tamworth Town Hall is always a highlight. The place and the people - walking onto that stage is like coming home.
🌟 Golden Guitar Awards 2020. Congratulations to all of the artists who were nominated and/or received an Award at the Golden Guitar Awards on Saturday night. 🏆 A wonderful celebration of the amazing talent we have in the Australian Country Music industry.
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✨ 2020 HINDSIGHT ✨ 3pm TODAY at Tamworth Town Hall. Final tickets selling now! 🎫 Don't miss out!
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When asked “Why 2020 Hindsight?” Graeme responded, “Well I guess it’s a tongue-in-cheek reference to the passage of time and reflecting on the results of the decisions we make”, then he adds with a wry smile, “Once I used to say, ‘If only I knew back then what I know now’ these days I find myself saying ‘If only I could remember now what I knew back then". ... See MoreSee Less
Yesterday in Tamworth, I shared the TREC stage with great Australian songwriter and good friend, Don Walker, performing 'Indian Pacific’ in celebration of Joy McKean's 90th birthday, and to pay tribute to her life long contribution to Australian Country Music.
Hearing Joy's songs interpreted and reinterpreted by so many fellow Australian artists I was reminded of the old adage 'A man with dreams needs a woman with vision’. Slim's incredibly successful career was the result of two equally talented individuals standing shoulder to shoulder with shared vision creatively. ✨
A 'sold out' concert confirmed the esteem in which Joy is held by the Australian community and the ongoing love of the Australian Story so perfectly represented in her songs.
Photo credit 📷 - Shotz by Jackson.
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