Mike Casey's New Album Selling Well

Mike and his fans waited a long time for this album, but it was worth the wait. Some great musicians working on this album in Steve Newton, Mike Casey, Kerry Walsh, Peter Figures, Garry Steel, Andrew Clermont
Mike Festa, with backing vocals by Kerry Walsh of Those Gals. Kerry also joins Mike in a duet on track nine.

There are 12 great tracks on this album

Cd is available from http://www.joysmusicworld.com/Artists/MikeCasey.html

Mikes Bio

To condence 50 Years into a few lines is difficult, but here goes.....................

Mike Casey first started in England at the age of 11 in a school band playing jazz and pop music of the day. Approximately 1966 he joined a 16 piece orchestra. Working with such people as Olivia Newton John, Lulu, Sandy Shaw, Del Shanon, and Shirley Bassey.

He was also resident Bass Player at a recording studio, and was introduced to country music. This sent him in a whole new direction. He liked the down to earth and honest feel of country music. This was when he started singing. He spent the next 15 years or so as Bass player in various combinations touring The UK.

One huge buzz was supporting George Jones at The Wembly Stadium in London. He also toured Germany singing at the American and English Army and Airforce bases.

In 1986 Mike made the move to Australia, met Greg Parsons and joined his band Country Shuffle, which was originally formed to be Heather McKean's band, (The MaKean Sisters) and was given the opportunity to meet and work with some of the great pioneers of Australian music, like Gordon Parsons, Barry Thornton and the legendary Slim Dusty. Mike and the band played at Slim's birthday party for four years on the trot and supported him at shows in outback New South Wales.

Over the last twenty years Mike has sung at the Opera House, Charters Towers Festival where he was invited to be a judge at the talent quest. He has done shows from Tasmania to Ceduna to Rockhampton and Makay with hundreds of gigs in between. He likes a wide variety of music, but with his relaxed style country is his favorite.

So after 50 years in the music business Mike Casey has recorded his first CD, which he called "Memories To Burn" which is probably an understatement. Recorded by Steve Newton at Enrec Studios features some of the best musicians in Australia...Peter Figures, Andrew Claremont, Mike Festa, Garry Steele, Steve Newton and vocal backing by Kerry Walsh of Those Gals.

Contact Mike by sending a My Space message or by
Email.....mikecasey1@bigpond.com
www.joysmusicworld.com/Artists/MikeCasey.html

Clelia Sitting on #2 on ECMA Charts

Hi there folks,
I'm just keeping you all in the loop with some very exciting news from Europe yesterday.
Wildflowers at #2 on the European mainstream CM chart!!
I never in my wildest dreams imagined charting above Alan Jackson & the Eagles!! This musical journey still blows me away, how good is that? The song is still hanging tough at #11 (for 3 weeks) on the Aussie Countrytracks Top 30. keep fingers crossed. ciao for now,
Clelia
www.cleliaadams.com

Goulburn CM Association Has A New Web Site

Howdy All..............here is the website for Goulburn Country Music Association -- www.freewebs.com/gcma

Happy trails...Patti McKinnon

Owen Blundell & Debbi Jones Catch Up At Wauchope

Secretary Debbi Jones chats with Owen Blundell.

Reg Poole & Owen Blundell have recently been on tour in Queensland & Northern NSW. Last Friday Night they were at the Wauchope Country Club.

While they were there they got to meet up with their regular fans as well as catch up with the committee members of the Wauchope Country Music Festival. Both Owen & Reg like the idea of Wauchope having it’s own festival, and they will be two of the artists appearing at the festival.

The festival is gaining a lot of support from far & near. Keep watching this space.

Photo: Pauline Fisher

Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland

Check out the new Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland bio pic "CRAZY" because it looks pretty durn good and is about a true Nashville session legend.
http://www.crazy-themovie.com/news/index.html

I wrote a story about Hank Garland a few years ago, for my website of the time, and it was read by his sister-in-law in America who contacted me. But at the time, Hank was dying in hospital which was so sad to hear. But his sister in law asked me to send my music which I did, but I don't know if Hank ever heard it.

She told me there was going to be a movie made of Hank's life, and that a car accident that he was badly injured in - was "more than an accident" but whether that is revealed in the movie, time will tell.

About Hank

Hank Garland is a legendary Nashville session guitarist whose career extended to many different areas of music, most notably pop, rock, country, and jazz. His story is an interesting one.

He was born Walter Louis Garland in Cowpens, South Carolina in 1930 and learned to play a guitar at age six. He performed on some radio shows as a teenager and by the late 1940's Garland had made his way to Nashville. At age 19 he played on a hit country record Sugarfoot Rag, which was a million seller.

He came to know the Nashville music scene and was in demand as a session guitar player. A very talented musician who could add a great deal to a recording by nearly any artist, Garland worked with many of the music stars of the 50's and early 60's.

Among the country stars on this list were Hank Williams, Sr., Cowboy Copas, Marty Robbins, Mel Tillis, Patsy Cline, the Everly Brothers, Conway Twitty, and Brenda Lee, and from pop/rock he performed with Bobby Helms, Bobby Darin, Roy Orbison, and Elvis Presley.

By the late 50's he had developed a strong interest in jazz, and worked with such notables as Barry Galbraith, George Benson, George Shearing, and Charlie Parker, mostly in New York City. Hank Garland recorded some albums under his own name, mostly jazz albums, in the late 50's and early 60's.

Garland spent a great deal of time with Elvis Presley beginning in 1957, and does guitar work on some of Presley's hits such as A Big Hunk 'O Love and Little Sister. Other well known records on which his work can be heard include Bye Bye Love, Jingle Bell Rock and I Fall To Pieces.

While working on the soundtrack of Presley's movie Follow That Dream in September 1961, Garland was involved in a serious automobile accident in Tennessee.

He was in a coma for months and had significant memory loss. Hank Garland underwent a series of shock treatments. He had to learn to walk and talk again, and how to play the guitar again. He recovered to an extent but was in poor health and lost a lot of his aggressiveness, and spent some time in Nashville area hospitals. He was not able to perform again professionally.

From the time he was a teenager until his automobile accident at age 30, Garland built a reputation for himself as a legendary guitarist. He spent his later years battling record companies over royalties, dealing with his health issues, and working on a biographical movie about his career.

The movie, titled Crazy, is due out in 2007 with actor Waylon Payne portraying Garland in the lead role.

Hank Garland suffered from a staph infection and died at a medical center in Orange Park, Florida on December 27, 2004 at age 74. He is admired by some in the world of music for his outstanding ability as a guitarist.

Ann Pascoe

2YYY Thanks The Community Of Young For Overwhelming Support

Hi everyone
Below is a media release regarding the recent response to our petition. It has been overwhelming and thank you to everyone who has support our station.
Please pass this on to anyone who has an interest in the continuation of community radio.
Regards
Kerry

Media Release

Lambing Flat Community Broadcasting Inc. today thanked the community of Young and surrounding districts for their overwhelming support for the continued broadcast of Radio 2YYY, and is hopeful that Tuesday’s decision by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) reflects the sentiments of the community - that Radio 2YYY should be the only community broadcaster in Young.

Mr Wayne Nolan, Chair of the Lambing Flat Community Broadcasting Board, today stated that the support of Radio 2YYY by the Young Shire council, and thousands of residents from Young and surrounding districts was far greater than anyone had expected.

“We received over 3,000 signatures on a petition in support of 2YYY, and both the station and the Board have been inundated by phone calls, letters, emails from as far away as Dubbo, and the North Coast,” Mr Nolan stated.

The Board also sought today to deny any speculation that the station is in financial difficulty, stating that the organisation is in the strongest position it has been since it commenced operations in 2004.

“The newly appointed Board of Directors, has implemented changes to the operations of the Station in order to secure its financial future. There is no doubt that the past couple of years have been difficult for the station, due to a number of poor decisions made by the previous board. Thankfully those times are in the past, and with a new Board which is determined to implement a new strategic plan, the future of 2YYY is rock solid,” Mr Nolan explained.

Lambing Flat Community Broadcasting Inc. has submitted a letter and a full written submission to ACMA, to help inform its decision on the proposal to time share the broadcasting arrangements with Young District Community Arts Council. Similarly, the Board has also called on the Federal Minister for Communications to intervene, and argued that any decision which restricts any broadcaster in Young to six monthly time share broadcasting arrangements will only see the end of community broadcasting in Young indefinitely.

Mr Nolan went on to explain, “Radio 2YYY has long established sponsorship arrangements with most of the business community in Young, and these arrangements must be honored through the continued broadcast by 2YYY. Even by the Chair of the Young District Community Arts Council’s own admission, they will be completely reliant on Government grants to keep their yet to be established station viable. Unfortunately, what they fail to realise is government broadcasting grants are not available for holders of Temporary Broadcasting Licences.

“This is why 2YYY has worked so hard in recent times to secure sponsors support for the future of community broadcasting in Young, and why the decision by ACMA is critical to for the future of community broadcast in Young.

Mr Nolan concluded by saying that it was unfortunate that the Young District Arts Council, joined by a former Board member of the Lambing Flat Community Broadcasting Inc, had tried to undermine the positive changes which have been implemented at 2YYY.

“The current Board is not interested in getting caught up in the self interests of a few, when the focus should be on providing the very best community broadcast possible for Young, which is exactly what 2YYY has been delivering for the past 4 years.

“Now that the Board has acknowledged the poor financial management by the previous board, and implemented changes to ensure the Station is financially viable, we need to get on with the job of continuing to be best, and most listened to radio station in Young. I am sure that ACMA will recognise this in their decision this week,” Mr Nolan concluded.

Media Contact: Mr Wayne Nolan - 0418 630 469.

2MCR 100.3 FM
Presenting The 2008 2MCR Fund Raiser Show
On Behalf Of The Fred Hollows Foundation And 2MCR

Sunday 17 August 2008

Hosted by Darren Carr** Featuring the finest Country Stars from around Australia

The Magnificent Line up will include:

Organisers: 2MCR’s Frankie “T” Thatcher and Adam Harvey

Location: Campbelltown RSL Auditorium Carberry Lane Campbelltown NSW: Sunday 17 August 2008 at 2.00pm
Cost:$30.00 Adult ***$10 Children under 12
Bookings: Campbelltown RSL 02 4625 1408

Frankie “T” Thatcher

Australia & New Zealand 2008 Tour
With Special Guest Mary Duff

Tickets on Sale from 10-06-08

Tour Dates on Tours Page

Ticket Prices

Brisbane:   Adult $86.90 Concession $83.90 Child $76.90
Perth:      Adult $86.90 Concession $82.90 Child $76.90
Twin Towns: Adult $78.00 Child $72.90
Sydney:     Adult $87.90 Concession $83.90 Child $77.90
Melbourne:  Adult $87.90 Concession $83.90 Child $77.90
Newcastle:  Adult $82.90 Concession $79.90 Child $72.90
Adelaide:   Adult $86.90 Concession $82.90 Child $76.90
Canberra:   Adult $86.90 Concession $23.90 Child $77.90
New Zealand (All Cities) Adult $87.90 Concession $83.90 Child $77.90

Songland
Shop 156
Tuggeranong Hyperdome Tuggeranong ACT 2900
02 6293 4677
Domenica La Macchia
Domenica.lamacchia@destra.com or 02 9433 4840

John Williamson – Drink A Little Love
From His Forthcoming Album “Hillbilly Road”

G’day
Thanks for all your support over the years. You my friends in the media both old & new have helped spread my message and have become part of my music.

My new album “Hill Billy Road” will be here soon.

I’m really proud of it and I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed writing and recording it.

After 38 years in this business, I’ve learnt friendships and experiences coupled with sharing the romance of country, conversation of our country an dpride of our country matter most.

Enjoy “Drink A Little Love”
I look forward to chatting with you soon.
John

Michael Fix News

Hello friends,

2 weeks ago, I returned from my first tour of Japan. I had a fantastic time, the people are wonderful; kind & thoughtful, and, I¹m happy to report, they seem to like my music! And the foodS.! (Sorry, I¹m drooling)

Fingerstyle guitar, Travis picking, Chet Atkins style ¬ whatever you like to call it ¬ is still quite a new sound to Japanese. I made some wonderful new friends, and I¹m already looking forward to my next tour. (More news about that a little later in the year). It was amazing to meet young Japanese guitar players already getting stuck into tunes by Tommy

Emmanuel and Chet Atkins.

In a couple of weeks, I travel to Maryborough to present my annual guitar course as part of the Maryborough artsfest. Places are limited, but there may be spots available if you hurry. Six days of playing, living, breathing, & talking guitar!!

July 5-10 http://maryborougharts.org.au/

Unfortunately we had to postpone our June 15 Hat Trick re-union concert due to a last-minute family emergency, but we have rescheduled for July 13.

July 13, 3pm with Hat Trick <http://www.hattrickmusic.com.au/> , Bald Faced Stag Hotel, cnr Balmain Rd & Parramatta Rd Leichhardt

Our apologies to anyone who travelled a long way to be at our postponed concert a couple of weeks back; we tried to let as many people as possible know via the Hat Trick mailing list, and word of mouth. Unfortunately, I did not have access to my enews database, so I couldn’t send out a newsletter.

3 special guitar extravaganza concerts coming up for Queenslanders. Virtuoso Bruce Mathiske has arranged 3 concerts along with myself & Brisbane Django-stylist Ewan Mackenzie.

July 17 Brisbane Powerhouse Visy Theatre 8.15pm Box Office: Ph 07 3358 8600
http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org
July 18 Nambour Civic Theatre 8pm Box office: Ph 07 5475 7777
July 19 The Villiage Theatre, 8pm Sanctuary Cove QLD Ph 07 5577 8999

Other news:

I recently recorded a song with Qld singer/songwriter Keri McInerney, a haunting ballad written by Keri called ³Stay². You can check it out on Keri¹s myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mcinerneykeri

I¹ve created my own youtube channel, & have uploaded some new film clips. Surf across to: http://www.youtube.com/mfixyz for a look. I aim to keep adding new material. Feel free to add your comments!

For full details & web links to the above shows, just visit www.michaelfix.com <http://www.michaelfix.com> & click Otours’.

Till next time,
Best wishes,
Michael

The 2008 “MO” Award
For Country Music Group Of The Year

was presented to the Wolverines last Tuesday night at the 32nd Annual Australian Entertainment “Mo” Awards.

Fresh from the Middle East Tour de Force, John, Chris and Darcy immediately dedicated their award to the troops that they met & entertained…… The resultant applause showed just how very much the entire entertainment industry appreciates the efforts of our Troops.

The Wolves encourage any fellow entertainers to support our troops overseas… “The experience is second to none, and the appreciation from the Troops is unbelievable”.

The band is continuously touring, and really values the support received from the industry, especially the efforts of their booking agency Artist Network Australia

The Wolverines

Beggars Sign For Asia

Adelaide based acoustic trio of singer songwriters the Beggars have just signed a deal for Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand with Hong Kong based label Silkroad Music. The deal got started with a meeting at the MIDEM music market in Cannes during the bands European tour earlier this year.

Beggars first release on Silkroad music is a repackaged audiophile version of the Beggars self titled CD currently available in Australia and Europe. 
The Silkroad release will be on Super Audio-CD and remastered by renown audiophile studio Stockfisch in Germany where the disc will be manufactured.

More big news for the band, singer Renee Donaghey and husband Craig have a brand new daughter named Eve Joy Luaritsen.

Contact Details
Rockola Music, Quinton Dunne, 9 Adamson Ave, Belair, SA, 5052, Australia
quinmon@optusnet.com.au 
http://www.myspace.com/beggarsthe
ph.+61 [0]8 82784 864  Mobile +61 [0]418 147 220

The Beggars are a distinctly Australian acoustic trio. They started in their home town of Adelaide when renowned singer songwriters Quinton Dunne, Stuart Day and Renee Donaghey began writing and singing together. Beggar’s unique sound is a blend of folk, country and pop music and it has found them an international audience of music lovers.
The Beggars presentation is full of charm and humor.  When they rework cover songs like Dreams by Fleetwood Mac it sounds like the song was written just for the Beggars. But you will be held spellbound as they sing their own tunes including their international hit Preacher I Have Sinned.
The Beggars stage presence and style have taken them around the world and their self titled CD continues to gain them fans in many countries.

Press:
“Super Australian band: Renee Donaghey is a genius.” Bote der urschweiz Lucerne. Feb 2008. [Switzerland]

"Her (Renee's) voice leaves no doubt - perfect for the demanding female lead vocals." HAZ Feb 2008 [Germany]

“Stunning self penned song that has already achieved top 10 chart success throughout Europe". - The Latest News Oct 2007 [Australia]

“10/10 Fine vocals from this female vocalist who, heads up an excellent band of musician's, I have always said that there's some great music coming from down under and this is a fine example!!” Metrocountry May 2007 [UK]

“. As individuals they all sing brilliantly, but then, when they sing together, it’s amazing!” - Adelaide Bands Oct 2005 [Australia]

The Performers:
Renee Donaghey is a captivating, classically trained vocalist with a voice that rings out with the sound of roots and Country music. She is an in demand session singer for live and studio work.

Quinton Dunne is a journeyman musician whose career highlights range from recording and touring with chart topping artists to school tours through Aboriginal communities in northern and central Australia. He has worked with The Seekers, The Drifters and many more!

The Dead Setters

So it’s taken a while, but here we are- the Sideshow finally comes to town- also marking the Dead Setters first appearance (other than as guests at various events) at Cooks River MBC. Come on down, we’ll have a door prize or two & we’ve decided to join the 21st century & are

recording the event on video for future use in myspace etc., the very talented Jack Pledge is joining us to kick off proceedings and the evening is being presented by 2RRR and compered by the very erudite Ken Date.

Hope to see you there
Slim

Songsmith Management
PO Box 53 Leichhardt NSW 2040 Australia
Tel: 612 9518 0392
Fax: 612 9569 9335
Mob: 0412 646 288
www.songsmith.com.au www.marklucas.com.au www.myspace.com/marklucasandthedeadsetters

News Submission
If you have any news items that you would like to contribute to this page, please submit your information to the editor by forwarding your articles to Admin@joysmusicworld.com

The deadline is 5.00pm on Tuesdays
Content of the Music World News is at the discretion of the Editor