Country Music Guild of Australasia

The Country Music Guild Of Australasia

Established 1968

The Country Music Guild Of Australasia presents the best

in country music every Friday at the Pascoe Vale RSL

40 Cumberland Road Pascoe Vale, Victoria.

(Cnr of Cumberland Rd and O’Hea St)

u Great meals available from 6 pm

u Music from 8 pm to 11.30 pm with free tea and coffee

u Raffles and a door prize of a dinner for two at the RSL

u Visitors $7 Members $5

u Membership is $13 single or $20 family or double

u Enquiries - Keith (03) 9338 7902 (After Hours)

Congratulations to the Prairie Oysters - voted most popular band for 2008-2009

and to Tim Farren - voted most popular vocalist in a band for 2008-2009

Rob, Yorkie and Tony with Keith Green

Photo: Joy Mitchener

On Friday August 28, 2009, The Prairie Oysters won the 6^th annual Les Keats Memorial Award for the most popular band as voted by the members of the Country Music Guild of Australasia. A very popular Melbourne band, they also won this award 2 years ago.

They were one of 17 bands to perform at The Guild during the year 2008 - 2009.

The band consists of Mark “Yorkie” Crossley (vocals and rhythm guitar), Tony Bonnici (vocals and bass), Rob Street (drums and vocals) and Lee Slater (lead guitar and vocals).

Yorkie, Tony and Rob were present to accept the award. Lee was still in England and the guys accepted the award on his behalf. Website: www.theprairieoysters.com.au

Tim Farren with Keith Green

Photo: Joy Mitchener

A new award was introduced this year for the most popular vocalist in a band, which was also a member voted award. Tim Farren was the inaugural winner.

The Pascoe Vale RSL was packed to hear previous winners The Dalton Gang (house band for the night), The Prairie Oysters and the Tim Farren Band each perform a set.

Others to perform included The Guild’s President Keith Green, Mannie Busuttil, Glen Lee and Lee Forster who drove down from the Hunter Valley in NSW to be a part of the night.

Website: www.myspace.com/timfarren

Les Keats

Les Keats and his wife Joy were co-founders of the Country Music Guild of Australasia in 1968.

Les and Joy Keats worked as a duo in the 1940's and 1950's. They had their own radio show on 7LA, Launceston.

They moved to Melbourne and recorded with The Trailblazers.

They also had their own bands - "The Dakotas" and "The Keats Family Band" with their sons Garry and Kerran and later with youngest son Warren.

Les Keats passed away

on 7 August 2002.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

Friday March 12: Phoenix

Phoenix is a hard hitting country rock band formed in 1990 and is one of Melbourne's longest running and recognized country bands still with its original members and unchanged style of playing.

Joe Patterson - lead vocal

Greg Chatelier - drums

Mark D'Rozario - lead guitarist

Lloyd Seaman - bass and backing vocals

Barry Collins - keyboards

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Phoenix opened the Red Hill Country Music Festival this year.

Plus a special guest appearance by

Tommy Alverson (Texas) and Randy Brown (Texas)

Tommy Alverson is a Texas institution with 8 CDs under his belt.

For the past 12 years he has run the Tommy Alverson’s Family Gathering, a three day country music festival held in October.

Check out Tommy’s music: www.myspace.com/tommyalverson

Randy Brown released the first of his 3 CDs in 2005. He won the 2008 Academy of Texas Music Award for Male Vocalist of the Year.

Check out Randy’s music: www.myspace.com/randybrownmusic

Thanks to the artists

who have performed

for us during 2010

The Blackhill Ramblers

~ 2009 ~

Tim Farren Band

The Prairie Oysters

Mustang

Rick Bartlett

Amber Joy Poulton

The Dalton Gang

Doug Bruce

& The Tailgaters

The Con Artists

The Blackhill Ramblers

Sandra Humphries

Moonee Valley Drifters

Lee Forster & Furrabred

plus Kinta

Billy Wyatt

Rob Luckey &

The Lucky Bastards

(Sydney, NSW)

with

Gleny Rae Virus

Billy Bridge Band

plus Kim Ritchie

The Hawks

Tim Farren Band

plus

Cameron Mason

Doug Bruce

& The Tailgaters

plus

Amber Joy Poulton

Craig Giles Band

Nicky Del Rey

and the Slowtown

Social Club

The Moonlighters

~ 2008 ~

Mustang

Moonee Valley Drifters

The Prairie Oysters

Doug Bruce

& The Tailgaters

Tim Farren Band

The Moonlighters

Billy Bridge Band

The Blackhill Ramblers

Bryen Willems Band

The Dalton Gang

Mantell

The Next Generation

Craig Giles Band

The Hawks

Rob Luckey &

The Lucky Bastards

(Sydney, NSW)

W.C. Edgar

(Nashville, USA)

Lee Forster & Furrabred

Billy Bridge &

Rebecca Lee Nye

The Next Generation

~ 2007 ~

The Dalton Gang

Moonee Valley Drifters

Tim Farren Band

The Prairie Oysters

Lee Forster & Furrabred

Mustang

Nicki Gillis and

Bryen Willems

(Sydney, NSW)

Ruckus

The Foster Martin Band

(Manitoba, Canada)

and the Next Generation

The Blackhill Ramblers

Rob Luckey &

The Lucky Bastards

(Sydney, NSW)

The Palace Gypsies

The Hawks

Dean and Carruthers

Boots ‘n’ All

plus Graeme Bruce

Warren Keats Band

Reg Poole,

Owen Blundell

plus The Dalton Gang

Canyon

Country Limited

Craig Giles and

Sharon Benjamin

Showcase Band

Rimshot

Friday March 19: The Blackhill Ramblers

Shane Connors - vocals and rhythm guitar

John Palmer - lead guitar& vocals

Phil Pellegrino - double bass & vocals

Luke (The Drifter) - drums and vocals

Country meets rockabilly

Check out the website below to listen to audio samples

Website: www.myspace.com/theblackhillramblerscountrybilly

Friday March 26: Sandra Humphries (Sth. Aust)

Sandra hails from Mt Gambier in South Australia and played at The Guild for the first time last September.

This year she headlined the Red Hill Country Music Festival and Joy Bachelor was so impressed by her performance that she added Sandra to the 2010 Bunyip Country Music Festival line up.

Her debut disc, “Every Road”, produced by Bill Chambers, won her Artist/Album of the Year at the Tasmanian and New Zealand Independent Awards. She also won the Female Vocal Award at the 2004 TIARAs (Tamworth Independent Artists' Recognition Awards). “Love on the Side”, a duet with Bill Chambers, won Sandra the Vocal Collaboration TIARA in 2005.

Her second album, “Take The Pain Away”, was also produced by Bill Chambers. The first radio release “Biggest Fool Around” went Top 20 on the country charts and also won the 2007 TIARA for Female Vocal.

Her third album “I’m Worth It”, recorded in Nashville with Aussie Travis List, was released in Tamworth this year. The first 2 singles “I’m Worth It” and “Just Walk Away” both made it to the Top 5 on the Australian Country Music Charts.

This is her only show in Melbourne - hear her songs on Myspace.

Website: www.sandra.com.au/ (Myspace music page)

Friday April 2: Good Friday

There will be NO GUILD on Good Friday

Friday April 9: The Prairie Oysters

Mark "Yorkie" Crossley – vocals and rhythm guitar

Tony Bonnici – vocals and bass

Rob Street – vocals and drums

Lee Slater – vocals and lead guitar

The Guild’s Most Popular Band winners (2006 – 2007)

** The Guild’s Most Popular Band winners (2008 – 2009) **

Rockin’ Country and Southern Rock

Check out the websites below to listen to audio samples

Website: www.theprairieoysters.com.au (Myspace music page)

Hear these artists on “That’s Country” with Frank McHugh

Sundays 12 noon – 3 pm

98.9 North West FM Glenroy

Red Hill Country Music Festival ~ Sunday, January 3, 2010

Acts include Phoenix 10.00 am, Blackhill Ramblers 11.30,

Rene Diaz and Avalon 12.30, Doug Bruce and the Tailgaters 1.25,

Sandra Humphries (SA) 2.20, Bryen Willems (NSW) 3.15,

Prairie Oysters 4.15, Ezra Lee (NSW) 5.15 - 6.00 plus more…

Click here for the latest Red Hill flyer (issued 7 December 2009)

Whittlesea Country Music Festival ~ February 12 - 14, 2010

Acts include The Flood, Catherine Britt, The McClymonts,

Troy Cassar Daley, Travis Collins, Amber Lawrence plus more…

Bunyip Country Music Festival ~ Sunday, February 28, 2010

Acts include Sandra Humphries, Travis Sinclair, Karen Lynne & Blue Mountain Rain, Jeff Brown, Jasmine Rae, The Longhorns plus more...

Click here for the latest Bunyip flyer (issued 21 January 2010)

Wandong Country Music Festival ~ Sunday, March 7, 2010

Acts include Beccy Cole, The Sunny Cowgirls, 8 Ball Aitken,

Lianna Rose, Doug Bruce & The Tailgaters plus more…

8 Ball Aitken

at The Guild on

Friday October 9, 2009

Photo: Julie Green

Doug Bruce

(CD Launch)

& The Tailgaters

at The Guild on

Friday November 28, 2008

W.C. Edgar

(Nashville, USA)

with

The Next Generation

at The Guild on

Friday June 13, 2008

Photo: Jim Clarke

Foster Martin Band

(Manitoba, Canada)

at The Guild on

Friday September 28, 2007

Rob Luckey

& The Lucky Bastards

(Sydney, NSW)

at The Guild on

Friday September 7, 2007

Reviewed

6 March 2010

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The Country Music Guild Of Australasia

Congratulations to the Prairie Oysters - voted most popular band for 2008-2009

and to Tim Farren - voted most popular vocalist in a band for 2008-2009

Les Keats

COMING ATTRACTIONS

& The Tailgaters

The Dalton Gang

plus 8 Ball Aitken

The Con Artists

The Next Generation

The Dalton Gang

The Hawks

Country Limited

North Queensland

Showcase Band