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Kasey Chambers

Kasey Chambers

Kasey Chambers (born: June 4, 1976) is Australia's most popular country music performer with two successive albums reaching number one on the Australian album charts in 2002 and 2004. Each of her solo albums has achieved platinum status in Australia.

Dead Ringer band - Early career

Shortly after her birth, her parents Bill Chambers and Diane Chambers took her and her older brother Nash Chambers to the Nullarbor Plain where they earned a living hunting foxes. In the heat of an outback summer, the Chambers family would stay in a small South Australian fishing village. While in the Nullarbor, the Chambers family sang country music songs each night around the campfire. In 1986, the family formed the Dead Ringer Band with Bill and Diane as the initial members and Kasey and Nash joining the band a year later. By 1992, the band had become full time musicians with Bill Chambers writing many of the band's songs. Bill Chambers wrote a song for Slim Dusty called "Things Just Aren't the Same on the Land" in 1992 which won the "Song of the Year" in the Country Music Awards. Their first album "Red Desert Sky" was released in 1993 on the independent Import Records label. The Dead Ringer Band signed with EMI Records shortly after and released their second album "Home Fires" in 1995. It contained the single "Australian Song" which topped the Australian country charts and won an Australian ARIA award for Country song of the year in 1996. The band won a Golden Guitar Award at the Tamworth Country Music Festival for "Band of the Year" in 1995 and a Mo Award for best country music group a year later. The band released Living in the Circle in 1997 and Hopeville in 1998. Kasey Chambers was becoming recognised as the brightest new face in Australian country music. However, the Dead Ringer Band broke up in 1998 when Bill and Diane Chambers separated with Diane moving to Norfolk Island. The Dead Ringer band collectively earned two ARIA awards and seven Golden Guitars during their career.

Solo success

Kasey Chambers recorded her solo album The Captain on Norfolk Island over a few weeks in late 1998 with Nash Chambers producing the album and Bill Chambers on guitar. US country musicians Buddy Miller and Julie Miller added guitars and vocals to four tracks. The Captain was released in 1999 in Australia and in 2000 in the US. Kasey Chambers won the 1999 ARIA Award for "Best Country Album" for The Captain and a year later she would win "Best Female Artist". The strong word of mouth would eventually lead to The Captain going double platinum in Australia. The Captain would eventually reach the top 50 of the Billboard country albums in 2001 with Chambers touring the US as support act to Lucinda Williams. Subsequently, she supported Emmylou Harris on her Australian tour. Chambers' second album Barricades & Brickwalls was released in late 2001 debuting at #4 in the ARIA album charts. The record really took off in early 2002 with lead single "Not Pretty Enough" going to #1 on the ARIA singles charts. Chambers became the first and, as of June 2004, only Australian country artist to have a #1 single and album on the charts in that country simultaneously. Subsequent singles "Million Tears" and "If I Were You" also made the Australian Top 40 singles charts in 2002. While "Not Pretty Enough" eventually went double platinum, Barricades & Brickwalls would achieve sales of 7
- platinum in Australia - Chambers had the best selling single and album by an Australian artist in 2002. In the 2002 ARIA Awards, Chambers won "Album of the Year", "Best Female Artist" and "Best Country Album". Barricades & Brickwalls was released in the US in 2002 peaking just outside the top 100 of the Billboard 200 album charts, topping the Billboard Heatseeker Charts and reaching the top 20 of the Billboard country charts. The album also received a generally positive critical response. [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/chamberskasey/barricadesandbrickwalls/1] In 2002, Chambers and her partner actor/director Corey Hopper had their first baby Talon Jordi on 22 May. They moved to the Central Coast. She recorded a cover of the Cyndi Lauper song "True Colours" which became the theme song of the 2003 Rugby World Cup and reached the top 5 in Australia in May 2003. Chambers released her third solo album Wayward Angel in Australia on May 31, 2004. It debuted at #1 on the Australian charts and went platinum in its first week of release. The title song of the album was about her son Talon.

Discography

- Red Desert Sky (1993) with the Dead Ringer Band
- Home Fires (1995) with the Dead Ringer Band
- Living in the Circle (1997) with the Dead Ringer Band
- Hopeville (1998) with the Dead Ringer Band
- The Captain (1999)
- Very Best Of: So Far (2000) the Dead Ringer Band
- Barricades & Brickwalls (2001)
- Wayward Angel (2004)

External links

- [http://www.kaseychambers.com/ Kasey Chambers Home Page]
- [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/chambers_kasey/artist.jhtml/ VH1 Kasey Chambers page]
- [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311071654390588&sql=Bnq5j8qxmbt94/ Kasey Chambers All Music Guide article] Chambers, Kasey Chambers, Kasey Chambers, Kasey

June 4

June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining.

Events

- 780 BC - The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.
- 1039 - Henry III becomes King of Germany.
- 1615 - Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
- 1760 - Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia Canada taken from the Acadians.
- 1769 - A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in the historical past.
- 1792 - Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Great Britain.
- 1794 - British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
- 1812 - Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the territory previously known by that name was renamed the Missouri Territory.
- 1859 - Italian Independence wars: in the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeats an Austrian army.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1876 - An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.
- 1878 - Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
- 1896 - Henry Ford test-drives the first automobile he designed – the Quadricycle (it was also the first automobile he ever drove).
- 1913 - Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness.
- 1917 - The very first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for a biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
- The Order of the British Empire is introduced.
- 1919 - Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
- 1920 - Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
- 1926 - Robert Earl Hughes sets current record for world's heaviest human.
- 1936 - Léon Blum becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1939 - Holocaust: The SS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, United States, after already having been turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, most of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
- 1940 - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers is published.
- World War II: Dunkirk evacuation ends; British forces complete evacuation of 300,000 troops from Dunkirk in France.
- The Destroyer War Badge for Kriegsmarine was instituted.
- 1942 - World War II: Reinhard Heydrich dies in Prague due to the assassination of Czechoslovak paratroopers (Operation Anthropoid).
- World War II: Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island with much of the Imperial Japanese navy.
- 1943 - Military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
- 1944 - World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy capture the German submarine U-505, marking the first time a U.S. Navy vessel captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
- World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis powers capital to fall.
- 1961 - Lake Bodom murders in Finland.
- 1970 - Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1973 - patent for the ATM granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
- 1974 - Baseball: The Cleveland Indians host "Ten Cent Beer Night", but have to forfeit the game to the Texas Rangers due to drunken and unruly fans.
- 1986 - Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
- 1988 -The Canadian Heraldic Authority is founded.
- 1989 - The Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing and are covered live on television.
- Solidarity's victory in the first partly free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe and leads to creation of the so-called Contract Sejm.
- Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
- 1991 - Britain's Conservative government announces that some British regiments would disappear or be merged into others – the largest armed forces cuts in almost twenty years.
- 1998 - Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
- 2003 - U.S. lifestyle guru Martha Stewart and her broker are indicted for using privileged investment information and then obstructing a federal investigation. Stewart also resigns as chairperson and chief executive officer of Martha Stewart Living.
- 2005 - First day of Einstein Symposium in Alexandria, Egypt.

Births

470 BC to 1899

- 470 BC - Socrates, Greek philosopher (d. 399 BC)
- 1489 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
- 1665 - Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733)
- 1694 - François Quesnay, French economist (d. 1774)
- 1704 - Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776)
- 1738 - King George III of Great Britain (d. 1820)
- 1754 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian scientific editor and astronomer (d. 1832)
- 1801 - Sir James Pennethorne, English architect (d. 1871)
- 1821 - Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (d. 1897)
- 1867 - C.G.E. Mannerheim, President of Finland (d. 1951)
- 1877 - Heinrich Wieland, German biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)

1900 to 1999

- 1907 - Rosalind Russell, American actress (d. 1976)
- 1910 - Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (d. 1999)
- 1916 - Robert F. Furchgott, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1919 - Robert Merrill, American baritone (d. 2004)
- 1924 - Dennis Weaver, American actor
- 1926 - Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer
- 1928 - Dr. Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist and author
- 1932 - John Drew Barrymore, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1932 - Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer
- 1936 - Bruce Dern, American actor
- 1937 - Freddy Fender, American musician
- 1937 - Robert Fulghum, American author
- 1944 - Michelle Phillips, American actress, singer
- 1945 - Gordon Waller, Scottish musician (Peter and Gordon)
- 1947 - Viktor Klima, Chancellor of Austria
- 1952 - Parker Stevenson, American actor and director
- 1956 - Keith David, American actor
- 1956 - John Hockenberry, American journalist
- 1965 - Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1966 - Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano
- 1966 - Tiffany Million, American actress
- 1966 - Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician
- 1969 - Horatio Sanz, Chilean-born comedian
- 1970 - David Pybus, British musician
- 1971 - Noah Wyle, American actor
- 1972 - Derian Hatcher, American hockey player
- 1974 - Andrew Gwynne, British politician
- 1975 - Angelina Jolie, American actress
- 1977 - Quinten Hann, Australian snooker player
- 1983 - Emmanuel Eboue, Ivory Coast footballer
- 1986 - Shane Kippel, Canadian actor

Deaths

1039 to 1899

- 1039 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1135 - Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082)
- 1206 - Adèle of Champagne, queen of Louis VII of France
- 1257 - Duke Przemysl I of Poland
- 1394 - Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England
- 1463 - Flavio Biondo, Italian humanist (b. 1392)
- 1585 - Muretus, French humanist (b. 1526)
- 1663 - William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1582)
- 1798 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian lover and writer (b. 1725)
- 1801 - Frederick Muhlenberg, first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1750)
- 1872 - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (d. 1798)
- 1875 - Eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804)

1900 to 1999

- 1928 - Chang Tso-lin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
- 1939 - Tommy Ladnier, American musician (b. 1900)
- 1941 - Kaiser Wilhelm II, last German emperor (b. 1859)
- 1942 - Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi official (b. 1904)
- 1951 - Serge Koussevitsky, Russian conductor (b. 1874)
- 1964 - Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (b. 1887)
- 1968 - Dorothy Gish, American actress (b. 1898)
- 1971 - Georg Lukács, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1885)
- 1973 - Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician (b. 1878)
- 1990 - Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (b. 1949)

2000 onwards

- 2001 - King Dipendra of Nepal (b. 1971)
- 2001 - John Hartford, American musician, composer (b. 1937)
- 2002 - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (b. 1912)
- 2004 - Steve Lacy, American saxophonist (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances

- Feast day of St Francis Caracciolo
- Feast day of Saint Petrock of Cornwall
- International Innocent Child Abuse Victim Day
- Tonga - National Day
- Finland - National flag day of the Finnish Defence Forces (on Mannerheim's birthday)

External links

- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4 BBC: On This Day] ---- June 3 - June 5 - May 4 - July 4 – listing of all days ko:6월 4일 ms:4 Jun ja:6月4日 simple:June 4 th:4 มิถุนายน

Country music

Country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic Music, Blues, Gospel music, and Old-time music. However, country music is actually a catch-all category that embraces several different genres of music: Nashville sound (the pop-like music very popular in the 1960s); bluegrass, a fast mandolin, banjo and fiddle-based music popularized by Bill Monroe and by the Foggy Mountain Boys; Western which encompasses traditional Western ballads and Hollywood Cowboy Music, Western swing, a sophisticated dance music popularized by Bob Wills; Bakersfield sound (popularized by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard); Outlaw country; Cajun; Zydeco; gospel; oldtime (generally pre-1930 folk music); honky tonk; Appalachian; rockabilly; neotraditional country and jug band. Each style is unique in its execution, its use of rhythms, and its chord structures, though many songs have been adapted to the different country styles. One example is the tune Milk Cow Blues, an early blues tune by Kokomo Arnold that has been performed in a wide variety of country styles by everyone from Aerosmith to Bob Wills to Willie Nelson, George Strait to Ricky Nelson and Elvis Presley. Vernon Dalhart was the first country singer to have a nationwide hit (May 1924, with "The Wreck of Old '97") (see External Links below). Other important early recording artists were Riley Puckett, Don Richardson, Fiddling John Carson, Ernest Stoneman, Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers, and The Skillet Lickers. Some trace the origins of modern country music to two seminal influences and a remarkable coincidence. Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family are widely considered to be the founders of country music, and their songs were first captured at an historic recording session in Bristol, Tennessee on August 1, 1927, where Ralph Peer was the talent scout and sound recordist. It is possible to categorize many country singers as being either from the Jimmie Rodgers strand or the Carter Family strand of country music.

Jimmie Rodgers' influence

Jimmie Rodgers' gift to country music was country folk. Building on the traditional ballads and musical influences of the South, Jimmie wrote and sang songs that ordinary people could relate to. He took the experiences of his own life in the Meridian, Mississippi, area and those of the people he met on the railroad, in bars and on the streets to create his lyrics. He used the musical influences of the traditional ballads and the folk to create his tunes. A annual festival has been held in Meridian for over 30 years. Pathos, humor, women, whiskey, murder, death, disease and destitution are all present in his lyrics and these themes have been carried forward and developed by his followers. People like Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Townes van Zandt, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash have also suffered, and shared their suffering, bringing added dimensions to those themes. It would be fair to say that Jimmie Rodgers sang about life and death from a male perspective, and this viewpoint has dominated some areas of country music. It would also be fair to credit his influence for the development of honky tonk, rockabilly and the Bakersfield sound.

Hank Williams

Jimmie Rodgers is a major foundation stone in the structure of country music, but the most influential artist from the Jimmie Rodgers strand is undoubtedly Hank Williams, Sr. In his short career (he was only 29 when he died), he dominated the country scene and his songs have been covered by practically every other country artist, male and female. Some have even included him in their compositions (for example, Waylon Jennings and Alan Jackson). Hank had two personas: as Hank Williams he was a singer-songwriter and entertainer; as "Luke the Drifter", he was a songwriting crusader. The complexity of his character was reflected in the introspective songs he wrote about heartbreak, happiness and love (e.g., "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"), and the more upbeat numbers about Cajun food ("Jambalaya") or barbershop Indians ("Kaw-Liga"). He took the music to a different level and a wider audience. Both Hank Williams, Jr. and his son Hank Williams III have been innovators within country music as well, Hank Jr. leading towards rock fusion and "outlaw country", and Hank III going much further in reaching out to death metal and psychobilly soul

The Carter Family's influence

The other Ralph Peer discovery, the Carter family, consisted of A.P. Carter, his wife Sara and their sister-in-law Maybelle. They built a long recording career based on the sonorous bass of A.P., the beautiful singing of Sara and the unique guitar playing of Maybelle. A.P.'s main contribution was the collection of songs and ballads that he picked up in his expeditions into the hill country around their home in Maces Springs, Virginia. In addition, being a man, he made it possible for Sara and Maybelle to perform without stigma at that time. These two women were the musical talent. They arranged the songs that A.P. collected and wrote their own songs. They were the precursors of a line of talented female country singers like Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Skeeter Davis, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and June Carter Cash, the daughter of Maybelle and the wife of Johnny Cash.

Bluegrass

Bluegrass carries on the tradition of the old String Band Music and was invented, in its pure form, by Bill Monroe. The name "Bluegrass" was simply taken from Monroe's band, the "Bluegrass Boys. The first recording in the classic line-up was made in 1945: Bill Monroe on Mandolin and Vocals, Lester Flatt on Guitar and Vocals, Earl Scruggs on 5-String Banjo, Chubby Wise on Fiddle and Cedric Rainwater on Upright Bass. This band set the standard for all bluegrass bands to follow, most of the famous early Bluegrass musicians were one-time band members of the Bluegrass Boys, like Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, Jimmy Martin and Del McCoury, or played with Monroe occasionally, like Sonny Osborne, Ralph & Carter Stanley and Don Reno. Monroe also influenced people like Ricky Skaggs, Alison Krauss and Rhonda Vincent, who carry on the folk and ballad tradition in the bluegrass style.

Other influences

Country music has had only a handful of Black stars Charley Pride and Deford Bailey being the most notable. Pride endured much open racism early in his career with some radio programmers refusing to play a "nigger". Many TV audiences were shocked to realize that the songs they enjoyed were performed by a black man. Pride became the first black member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1993. He is considered a major influence on traditionalists today. Country music has also influenced the work of many black musicians such as Ray Charles and Keb' Mo'.

The Nashville sound

During the 1960s, country music became a multimillion-dollar industry centered on Nashville, Tennessee. Under the direction of Chet Atkins, the Nashville sound brought country music to a diverse audience. Although country music has great stylistic diversity, this diversity was strangled somewhat by the formulaic approach of the record producers like Chet Atkins. They played safe to protect sales. Even today the variety of country music is not usually well reflected in radio airplay and the popular perception of country music is still influenced by the maudlin ballads and whining steel guitars that many people still associate with the genre.

Reaction to the Nashville sound

The "vanilla"-flavored sounds that emanated from Nashville under the influence of Chet Atkins and his fellow producers led to a reaction among musicians outside Nashville, who saw that there was more to the genre than "the same old tunes, fiddle and guitar..." (Waylon Jennings). California produced the Bakersfield sound, promoted by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard and based on the work of the legendary Maddox Brothers and Rose, whose wild eclectic mix of old time country, hillbilly swing and gospel in the 1940s and 1950s was a feature of honky-tonks and dance halls in the state. Texas produced rebels like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Jerry Jeff Walker and others who bucked the Nashville system and created outlaw country. Within Nashville in the 1980s, Randy Travis, Ricky Skaggs and others brought a return to the traditional values. Their musicianship, songwriting and producing skills helped to revive the genre momentarily. However, even they, and such long-time greats as Jones, Cash, and Haggard, fell from popularity as the record companies again imposed their formulas and refused to promote established artists. Capitol Records made an almost wholesale clearance of their country artists in the 1960s.

Country music developments

The two strands of country music have continued to develop. The Jimmie Rodgers influence can be seen in a pronounced "working man" image promoted by singers like Brooks & Dunn and Garth Brooks. On the Carter Family side, singers like Iris Dement and Nanci Griffith have written on more traditional "folk" themes, albeit with a contemporary point of view. In the 1990s a new form of country music emerged, called by some alternative country, or "insurgent country". Performed by generally younger musicians and inspired by traditional country performers and the country reactionaries, it shunned the Nashville-dominated sound of mainstream country and borrowed more from punk and rock groups than the watered-down, pop-oriented sound of Nashville. There are at least three U. S. cable networks devoted to the genre: CMT (owned by Viacom), VH-1 Country (also owned by Viacom), and GAC (owned by The E. W. Scripps Company).

Samples

- Download recording - "Prisoner’s Song" country music from the Library of Congress' [http://www.loc.gov/folklife/Gordon/sideAband8.html Gordon Collection]; performed by Ernest Hilton with banjo accompaniment in Biltmore, North Carolina on November 20, 1925
- Download sample of Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart", one of the best-known Williams songs, covered by numerous other stars, and an excellent representation of the 1950s Nashville music.

External links

- [http://www.artistdevelopmentnetwork.com/ Artist Development Network in Nashville Tennessee]
- [http://www.nashvilletallent.com/ NashvilleTallent - Kicking Down The Doors In Nashville!]
- [http://www.roughstock.com/history/begin.html History of Country Music]
- [http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/ Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum]
- [http://www.cmaworld.com The Country Music Association (America)]
- [http://www.ccma.org The Canadian Country Music Association]
- [http://www.angrycountry.com AngryCountry] Country Music News Magazine
- [http://www.countryweekly.com/ Country Weekly magazine]
- [http://www.opry.com/ Grand Ole Opry website]
- [http://www.luma-electronic.cz/lp/elpe.htm LP Discography-Covers & Lyrics]
- [http://www.countryhall.com/ Traditional Country Hall of Fame]
- [http://www.purecountrymusic.com/ Pure Country Music]
- [http://www.top-country-songs.com/ Top Country Songs]
- [http://www.countryexaminer.com/ Country Examiner] Up to the Minute Country Music News

Tribute sites to early artists

- [http://www.geocities.com/robtmorca/ Vernon Dalhart]
- [http://www.geocities.com/acuvar/carson_robison.html Carson Robison]
- [http://www.geocities.com/Fiddlindon/DON_RICHARDSON.html Don Richardson] Category:Country music Category:Musical genres Category:Radio formats ja:カントリー・ミュージック

Nullarbor Plain

The Nullarbor Plain is the vast area of flat, almost treeless, arid or semi-arid country immediately north of the Great Australian Bight. The word Nullarbor is derived from the Latin for "no trees". It is the world's largest single piece of limestone, and occupies an area of about 200,000 sq km (77,200 sq miles). At its widest point, it stretches about 1200 km from east to west between South Australia (SA) and Western Australia (WA).

Geography

Western AustraliaThe Nullarbor Plain is thought to be a former seabed. About 20-25 million years ago, the whole area was uplifted by crustal movements, and since then, erosion by wind and rain has smoothed out most topographic features, resulting in the extremely flat terrain across the plain today. The plain is a series of tiers. Each tier is flat and was formed when the sea level was much higher than it is today. The southern ocean, in areas, blows through many subterranean caves resulting in blow holes up to several hundred metres from the coast. One such area open for public inspection are the Murrawijinie Caves, in South Australia. Most other caves can only be visited and viewed with conservation department approval. Vegetation in the area is primarily low saltbush and bluebush scrub. A large part of the Nullarbor Plain is now a National Park. The Nullarbor is known for extensive meteorite deposits, which are extremely well-preserved in the arid climate. In particular, many meteorites have been discovered around Mundrabilla, some up to several tonnes in weight.

Climate

tonneThe prevailing climate across the Nullarbor is typical of a desert, characterised by extremely arid conditions, with maximum daytime temperatures of up to 48.5°C, although nights can see freezing conditions. The mean annual rainfall at Cook is 179.7 mm (7 inches) [http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_018110.shtml].

History

Historically, the Nullarbor was inhabited by the nomadic Spinifex Aboriginal people, despite the lack of surface water and land suitable for cultivation. European settlers were determined to cross the plain, despite the hardships created by the nature of the Nullabor. Although Edward John Eyre described the Plain as "a hideous anomaly, a blot on the face of Nature, the sort of place one gets into in bad dreams", he became the first European to successfully make the crossing in 1841. He set out from Fowler's Bay in South Australia on 17 November 1840 with John Baxter and a party of three Aboriginal men. He was forced to return to Fowlers Bay by the death of three horses due to dehydration, and made a second departure on 25 February 1841. By 29 April, the party had reached Caiguna. Lack of supplies and water led to a mutiny, and two of the Aborigines killed Baxter and made off with the party's supplies. Eyre and the third Aborigine, Wylie, continued on their journey, surviving through bushcraft and some fortuitous circumstances such as receiving some supplies from a French whaling vessel anchored at Rossiter. They finally completed their crossing in June 1841. The Spinifex were forced to abandon their homelands when the British began nuclear testing at Maralinga in the 1950s. Since then they have been awarded compensation and many have returned to the general area. In fact many never left. Due to their isolation it was impossible to warn them all about the testing.

Transport

1950s] The need for a communications link across the continent was the spur for the development of an east-west crossing. Once Eyre had proved that a link between South Australia and Western Australia was possible, efforts to connect them via telegraph began. In 1877, after two years of labour, the first messages were sent down the new telegraph line, boosted by a series of eight repeater stations along the way. The line was in operation for about 50 years before being superseded; relics of it are still visible. The Indian Pacific railway line crosses the entire continent from Perth to Sydney via Adelaide. Construction of the line began in 1917, when two teams set out from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and Port Augusta in South Australia, meeting in the centre of the Plain at Ooldea, an uninhabited area noted for a water supply. This original line suffered severe problems with track flexing and settling in the desert sands, and journeys across the Plain were slow and arduous. The line was entirely rebuilt in 1969, as part of a project to standardise the previously disparate rail gauges in the various states, and the first crossing of the Nullarbor on the new line reached Perth on 27 February 1970. 1970The Eyre Highway, which goes from Norseman, WA to Port Augusta , SA, was carved across the continent in 1941. At first it was little more than a rough and ready track, but was gradually paved over the next thirty years. The last unsealed section of the Eyre Highway was finally paved in 1976. The flatness of the terrain is such that the railway line holds the record for the longest straight section of railway in the world (478 km), while the road contains the longest straight piece of tarred road surface in Australia (146.6 km). The railway cuts straight across the Nullarbor, but the Eyre Highway cuts along the edge of its southernmost area. Only a small portion of it is actually in the Nullarbor. Most of the inhabited areas of the Nullarbor Plain can be found in a series of small settlements located along the railway line, and in a small hotel complex called the Nullarbor on the Eyre Highway. The town of Cook, in South Australia, was formerly a moderately thriving settlement of about 40 people, with a school and even a golf course. However, the scaling back of railway operations at the town resulted in its virtual desertion, and it now has a permanent population of just two.

Social History

The 'crossing the nullabor', for many Australians, is the first experience of the 'outback'. Stickers brought from stopping places show 'I have crossed the Nullabor' and these can be seen on vehicles of dubious quality or capacity for long distance travel. The process of negotiating the nullabor to 'beat the crowds' on overbooked air services can see significant numbers of vehicles prepared for Perth-Melbourne and return trips at the time of special sporting events. Very early on crossings in the 1950's and earlier were significant in that most of the road was unmade dirt tracks. Round Australia car-trials (The Redex Trials) utilised the Nullabor crossing for good photo shoots for newsreels of cars negotiating very poor tracks with difficult conditions. The collections of truck and car wrecks, usually away from the stopping places but within sight, are a testimony to the hazardous nature of the crossing for many, and folklore and fact can be unravelled to illustrate the hazards of long distance driving without adequate rest, and some truck drivers who 'lose it' somewhere on the plain. The presence of inter-state bus travel in the late twentieth century increased the number of people experiencing the Nullabor, and with the sealing of the road, increasing numbers of 'Grey Caravans' - retirees towing their large Caravans in groups of four or more became commonplace on the highway. The role of the police station at Eucla as a 'gateway' for law enforcement cannot be underestimated.

External links

- [http://www.nullarbornet.com.au Nullarbor Net]
- [http://www.letsgo.com/AUS/08-SouthAustralia-479 Crossing the Nullarbor]
- [http://members.ozemail.com.au/%7Erodeime/nullarbor/ Across The Nullarbor] Travel story by Roderick Eime
- [http://www.mynrma.com.au/outback_tracks_acr.asp Information about crossing the Nullarbor]
- [http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_018106.shtml Climate charts]
- [http://www.gsr.com.au/apps/media/story.php?primKeyPost=12 History of the rail crossing]
- [http://spaceresearch.nasa.gov/research_projects/meteorite.html Mundrabilla meteorite information]
- [http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa1306_full.html Nullarbor Plain xeric shrublands (World Wildlife Fund)] Category:Regions of Australia Category:Ecoregions Category:Plains Category:Geography of South Australia Category:Geography of Western Australia

Slim Dusty

David Gordon "Slim Dusty" Kirkpatrick (June 13, 1927-September 19, 2003 in Kempsey, NSW)was an Australian country music singer and songwriter. He has sold more than five million albums and singles in Australia, and he worked very hard to get to that number. Slim was born in Kempsey, New South Wales, the son of a cattle farmer. He adopted the stage name "Slim Dusty" in 1938 at eleven years of age. His earliest musical influences included Jimmie Rodgers (country singer. Slim released his first record in [[1946]] at the age of nineteen. His [[1957 hit "A Pub With No Beer" was the biggest-selling record by an Australian to that time, and the first Australian single to go gold. Over the course of his career, he has collected more gold and platinum albums than any other Australian artist. (The "Pub With No Beer" is a real place, in Taylors Arm, New South Wales]], not far from Kempsey where Slim Dusty was born). Jimmie Rodgers (country singer. Slim released his first record in [[1946]] at the age of nineteen. His [[1957] In 1970, in the days when Australians still received British honours, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to music. In 1971 he won Best Single at the Australlian Country Music Awards]] in (Slim's wife Joy McKean won Song of the Year as writer of the song for which he won best single). In all, he won a record 36 "Golden Guitars" over the years. Slim Dusty, with wife Joy McKean, were patrons of the National truck drivers' memorial located at [[Tarcutta, New South Wales. When he died (of cancer), he had been working on his 106th album, for [[EMI]] Records. The album [[Columbia Lane - the Last Sessions debuted at number 5 in the Australian album charts and number one on the country charts on March 8 2004. It went gold after being on sale for less than two weeks. Slim Dusty was best known overseas for his moving rendition of Waltzing Matilda to close the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. His daughter Anne Kirkpatrick is also an award-winning country singer. There is an urban legend that Slim Dusty was the first artist broadcast from space. Dusty, Slim Dusty, Slim

EMI Records

The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith in London, in the United Kingdom. With operations in over 25 other countries, EMI Group is one of the Big Four record labels.

History

The Electric and Musical Industries Ltd formed in March 1931 from a merger of the UK Columbia Graphophone Company and the Gramophone Company. In 1955, to replace the loss of its long-established licensing arrangements with RCA Victor and Columbia Records, EMI entered the American market by acquiring 96% of the stock of Capitol Records. The company established subsidiary operations in a number of other countries in the British Commonwealth, including India, Australia and New Zealand. EMI's Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries dominated the popular music industry in those countries from the 1920s until the 1960s, when other locally-owned labels (such as Festival Records) began to challenge EMI's market near monopoly in those regions. Under the management of Sir Joseph Lockwood, during the late 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s the company enjoyed huge success in the popular music field. The groups and solo artists signed to EMI and its subsidiary labels -- including Parlophone, HMV and Columbia Records (Australia) and Capitol Records -- made EMI the best-known and most successful recording company in the world at that time, with a roster that included scores major pop acts of the period including The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Hollies, Cilla Black and Pink Floyd. In 1969, EMI established a new subsidiary label, Harvest Records, which signed groups in the emerging progressive rock genre, including Pink Floyd. Electric & Musical Industries changed its name to EMI Ltd in 1971 and the subsidiary Gramophone Company became EMI Records Ltd in 1973. In February 1979, EMI Ltd. acquired United Artists Records. In October 1979 THORN Electrical Industries Ltd. merged with EMI Ltd. to form Thorn EMI. In 1989 Thorn EMI bought a 50% interest in Chrysalis Records, buying the outstanding 50% in 1991. In one of its highest-profile and most expensive acquisitions, Thorn EMI took over Richard Branson's Virgin Records in 1992. On August 16, 1996, Thorn EMI shareholders voted in favour of demerger proposals. The resulting media company has since been known by the name EMI Group PLC. Under the control of Sir Louis Sterling, EMI opened the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, England in November 1931.

Labels under the EMI banner

- Apple Records (distribution)
- BEC Recordings
- Blue Note
- Capitol Records
- Mosaic Records (50% share)
- The China Record Co. (China)
- Chrysalis Records
- DFA Records
- Electrola (Germany)
- EMI Christian Music Group
- EMI Films
- EMI Gospel
- EMI Latin
- Food Records (distributed by Parlophone)
- Forefront Records
- GramCo (India)
- Harvest Records
- Heavenly Recordings
- His Master's Voice
- Mute Records
- Narada Productions
- Odeon Records
- Parlophone
- Path Orient (China)
- Pathé Records
- Pomaton EMI
- Positiva
- RAK Records
- Real World
- Regal Zonophone Records
- Reliquias (contains music from the old Odeón)
- S-Curve Records (licensing and distribution)
- SBK Songs
- Sparrow Records
- Sixsteps Records
- Toshiba-EMI (Japan)
- Virgin Records
- 10 Records
- Astralwerks
- Hut Records
- Siren Records
- Worship Together

Musicians signed, or previously signed, to EMI

The musicians may have been signed under one of EMI's subsidiary labels. The subsidiary is noted next to the artist if this is the case.

Pre-1960

- Nat King Cole (Capitol)
- Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Wanda Jackson
- The Kingston Trio
- Dean Martin (Capitol)
- Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
- Gene Vincent

1960s

- The Animals (Columbia)
- The Beach Boys (Capitol)
- The Beatles (Parlophone)
- Cilla Black (Parlophone)
- Joe Cocker (Regal Zonophone/Capitol)
- The Dave Clark Five (Columbia)
- Deep Purple (Parlophone/Harvest)
- Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (Columbia)
- Gerry and the Pacemakers (Columbia)
- Herman's Hermits (Columbia)
- The Hollies (Parlophone)
- Billy J. Kramer
- Manfred Mann (His Master's Voice)
- The Move (Regal Zonophone/Harvest)
- Peter and Gordon
- Cliff Richard (Columbia)
- Roger Whittaker (Columbia)
- The Yardbirds (Columbia)

1970s–Present

- 22-20s (Heavenly)
- Alfie (Regal)
- The Arrows (RAK)
- Athlete (Regal)
- Auf der Maur
- Leif Ove Andsnes
- Beastie Boys (Parlophone / Capitol)
- The Beta Band (Regal)
- Black Dice (DFA Records)
- Blue Mink (Regal Zonophone)
- Blur (Food/Parlophone)
- David Bowie (EMI America / Virgin)
- Kate Bush
- John Cale
- Kim Carnes
- The Chemical Brothers (Virgin)
- Chingy (Parlophone / Capitol)
- Chumbawamba
- Marillion
- Joe Cocker (Parlophone)
- Coldplay (Parlophone)
- The Concretes
- Graham Coxon (Parlophone)
- The Dandy Warhols (Parlophone / Capitol)
- The Departure (Parlophone)
- Dirty Vegas (Parlophone)
- The Divine Comedy (Parlophone)
- Doves (Heavenly)
- Dr. John (Parlophone)
- The Duke Spirit (Heavenly)
- Duran Duran
- Sheena Easton
- Electric Light Orchestra (Harvest)
- Enigma (Virgin Germany)
- Erasure (Mute Records)
- Faith Evans
- Neil Finn (Parlophone)
- Fischerspooner
- Michael Franti and Spearhead (Parlophone)
- David Gilmour
- Gorillaz (Parlophone)
- Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol)
- Adrian Gurvitz (RAK)
- Ed Harcourt (Heavenly)
- George Harrison (Parlophone)
- Heart (Capitol)
- Hot Chocolate (RAK)
- Houston (singer) (Capitol)
- Idlewild (Parlophone)
- Iron Maiden
- J. Geils Band
- Jane's Addiction (Parlophone / Capitol)
- Jay Sean (Relentless)
- Norah Jones (Parlophone)
- Junior Senior
- Keren Ann
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Real World)
- King Biscuit Time (Regal)
- The Knack
- Beverly Knight (Parlophone)
- Kraftwerk
- LCD Soundsystem
- The Magic Numbers (Heavenly)
- Paul McCartney (Parlophone / Capitol)
- George Michael
- Thalia(EMI Latin/Virgin)
- Kylie Minogue (Parlophone)
- Mud (RAK)
- The Music (Hut)
- Pet Shop Boys (Parlophone)
- Pink Floyd (Harvest)
- Beth Orton (Heavenly)
- Maxi Priest (Relentless)
- Suzi Quatro (RAK)
- Queen (Parlophone)
- Radiohead (Parlophone)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Kenny Rogers (Liberty)
- Roll Deep (Relentless)
- The Rolling Stones (Virgin)
- Bob Seger (Capitol)
- Sigur Rós
- Sparklehorse (Parlophone)
- Starsailor
- Steriogram
- Joss Stone (Relentless)
- Supergrass (Parlophone)
- Telepopmusik
- Richard Thompson (Capitol)
- KT Tunstall (Relentless)
- Van Hunt
- Vodka Collins (EMI-Toshiba)
- Faye Wong (EMI HK)
- Robbie Williams
- Wizzard (Harvest)
- Roy Wood (Harvest) Metal bands on EMI during the 1980s included:
- Great White
- W.A.S.P. (Capitol)
- Iron Maiden ---- The Sex Pistols were briefly signed to the label from October 8, 1976 to January 27, 1977 in a relationship that was fraught with controversy, and that had lasting repercussions for the history of the music industry. In a gesture of retaliation, the Sex Pistols added to their first album (released on Virgin Records), Never Mind the Bollocks, a song entitled "EMI" insulting the company. Virgin was acquired by EMI in 1992. ---- In 2001, pop diva Mariah Carey was signed to Virgin in a much hyped, multi-album deal reportedly worth a record-breaking $80-$100 million. After her first album in the deal, Glitter, performed poorly, she was paid $28 million to leave the label. Along with the estimated $20 million advance she received, this is the highest amount a record label has ever paid an artist for a single album.

External links

- [http://www.emirecords.co.uk/ EMI Records]
- [http://www.emigroup.com/ EMI Group (Parent company)]
- [http://www.emiclassics.com/centenary/history.html History of EMI]
- EMI's contact details are on [http://www.yellowikis.org/wiki/index.php/Emi Yellowikis]
- [http://emimusicpub.com EMI Music Publishing] Category:Record labels Category:Companies traded on the London Stock Exchange Category:Media companies of the United Kingdom ja:EMI

Tamworth, Australia

Tamworth is a regional centre (population: 35,000) and is the major city within the Tamworth Regional Council (Local Government Area) in the southern New England area of New South Wales, Australia. The city is well known as the "Country Music Capital" of Australia.

Geography

Tamworth is located on the banks of the Peel River which frequently causes minor flooding. It is about 400 km north of Sydney on the New England Highway. It can also be reached by CountryLink rail services. The Oxley Highway from Nevertire to Port Macquarie also passes through Tamworth. Tamworth is located at the coordinates S 31° 05.0 E 150° 50.8. Tamworth is 404m / 1325 feet above sea level and occupies an area of 486.5km² as of 2003. Surrounding towns include Gunnedah, Willowtree, Uralla, and Nundle. The city sits at the western edge of the Great Dividing Range, which rises to over 1000m ASL in adjacent districts.

Weather

The climate is generally warm to hot in summer and cool to mild in Winter. Rainfall is experienced all year round, with Summer storms providing occasional heavy downpours. Tamworths rain season,in the early months of a new year (January) can result in major flooding. Snow can occur in and around the Nundle region, occasionally during a winter cold snap. Occasional frosts are also experienced in Winter.

History

Tamworth was the first city in the Southern Hemisphere to have a municipally-operated electric street lighting, earning itself the title of "The City of Light".

Timeline

- 1818 - Explorer John Oxley passes through the area on his exploration mission. Names the river that now runs through the town: Peel River, after English Prime Minister Robert Peel, whose name is also that of the main street.
- 1888 - Power station opened and enables beginning of electric street lighting.
- 1918 - An anchor is unveiled as a memorial to the discovery of Tamworth district.
- 1947 - East-West Airlines established in Tamworth - flying Tamworth - Sydney.
- 1988 - A country music icon, the 100 foot tall Golden Guitar is erected as a symbol of the city's country music roots.
- 1990s - The Local Council embarks on a successful campaign of urban and streetscape renewal, including the greening of Peel Street.
- 2004 - A new local government area, Tamworth Regional Council, is formed from Tamworth City, Manilla Shire and parts of Parry, Nundle and Barraba Shires.

Demography

The estimated population of Tamworth City in June 2003 was 37,120 (Aust. Bureau of Statistics). For statistical purposes, Tamworth was grouped with the part of Parry Shire containing the satellite town of Kootingal. The estimated total population of this combined Tamworth Statistical Subdivision at 2003 was 42,891.

Economy

Tamworth is a diverse city supporting a number of industries, including pastoral produce, education, transport and aviation. The latter has been a significant part of the local economy, with the former East West Airlines and Eastern Airlines having service and maintenance bases at the Tamworth Airport. More recently the area has become an important centre for flying training activities for both airline and defence force graduates. The city serves as the regional centre for media in the New England District, with television and radio stations located in the city. The ABC provides local radio programming, including morning and afternoon timeslots mixed with National content.

Sports

The local region has several strong sports competitions, including Rugby League, Rugby Union, AFL, basketball and Cricket. Several national athletes can trace their sporting roots to the region. The region has a number of excellent sporting facilities. The Carinya Redbacks, a school based basketball team have been the most prominent sporting figureheads from the region. Winning every competition and receiving honourary admission into the Australian Academy of Sport and the NBL.

Country Music Festival

Tamworth is best known for hosting the Country Music Festival. Held over 10 days during January, the festival is often counted among the world's top ten music festivals. While the festival is based in Tamworth, events are also held in a number of areas outside (but within a short distance) of Tamworth, including Manilla, Moonbi and Kootingal The festival culminates in the awarding of Golden Guitars - one of the highest awards that Australian Country Music artists can win for their music. In honor of its country music Tamworth is home to the World's Largest Guitar.

Suburbs

Tamworth East Tamworth West Tamworth Oxley Vale Calala Nemingha Coledale

Schools

- Attunga Public School
- Bullimbal School For Special Purposes
- Calrossy Girls' School
- Carinya Christian School
- Currabubula Public School
- Dungowan Public School
- Duri Public School
- Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School
- Hillvue Public School
- Kootingal Public School
- Liberty College
- Limbri Public School
- McCarthy Catholic College
- Moonbi Public School
- Nemingha Public School
- Nundle Public School
- Oxley High School
- Oxley Vale Public School
- Peel Technology High School
- St Edward's Infants School
- St Edward's Primary School
- St Joseph's Primary School
- St Mary's Infants School
- St Nicholas' Primary School
- Tamworth East Public School (usually referred to as Tamworth Public School)
- Tamworth High School
- Tamworth South Public School
- Tamworth West Public School
- Timbumburi Public School
- Tintinhull Public School
- Westdale Public School
- William Cowper Anglican Primary School
- William Cowper Anglican Boys High School
- Woolomin Public School

External links

- [http://www.tamworth.nsw.gov.au/ Tamworth Portal (incl. Tamworth Regional Council's Website)]
- [http://www.visittamworth.com.au Tourism Tamworth]
- [http://tamworth.yourguide.com.au/ Northern Daily Leader - Newspaper] Category:Cities in New South Wales Category:Local Government Areas of New South Wales Category:Tamworth Country Music Festival

Buddy Miller

Buddy Miller is a country singer, songwriter, recording artist and producer, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. Miller formed the Buddy Miller Band, which included singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin on vocals and guitar. In addition to releasing several solo albums over the years, Miller has toured as lead guitarist/backing vocalist for Emmylou Harris's Spyboy band, Steve Earle on his El Corazon tour, and Linda Ronstadt. He co-produced and performed on Jimmie Dale Gilmore's 2000 album Endless Night. He has also appeared on several albums by songwriter/singer Lucinda Williams Miller is married to singer/songwriter Julie Miller.

Discography

- Your Love and Other Lies, 1995
- Poison Love, 1997
- Cruel Moon, 1999
- Midnight and Lonesome, 2002
- Universal United House of Prayer, 2004 Miller, Buddy Miller, Buddy Miller, Buddy

Julie Miller

Julie Miller (born 3 January 1956 in Dallas, Texas) is a country songwriter, singer, and recording artist currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. Her most popular song is "All My Tears", which also featured parts by Emmylou Harris and jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott. After the 1998 Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, local singer Juliet Turner performed a version of Miller's song "Broken Things" at a memorial service for the victims of the bombing. Miller is married to singer/songwriter Buddy Miller. Buddy and Julie recently joined up with Victoria Williams, Mark Olson, and Jim Lauderdale for a European tour billed as "The Rolling Creek Dippers." Miller, Julie Miller, Julie Miller, Julie Miller, Julie Miller, Julie

Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is a country music singer-songwriter and musician from Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Early years

Harris graduated high school as class valedictorian and won a dramatic scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It was around that time that Harris began to study music seriously, heavily influenced by artists like Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Harris married fellow songwriter Tom Slocum in 1969, and recorded her first album the following year, Gliding Bird. After the album's release, Harris' record label declared bankruptcy. Around that same time, Harris' marriage to Slocum began to fall apart and the couple were soon divorced. Harris, who lived for a brief time on her own with her newborn daughter Hallie in Nashville, Tennessee, was forced, after struggling financially, to move back in with her parents, who were now living in Washington, D.C..

Career

Harris soon returned to performing, as part of a trio with local musicians Gerry Mule and Tom Guidera. One night, in 1971, members of the country group The Flying Burrito Brothers happened to be in the audience, including former Byrds member

Kasey Chambers

Dead Ringer band - Early career

Solo success

Discography

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Events

Births

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Deaths

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Holidays and observances

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Country music developments

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Country rock

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Television and radio shows of note

See also

External links

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Nullarbor Plain

Geography

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History

Transport

Social History

External links

Slim Dusty

EMI Records

History

Labels under the EMI banner

Musicians signed, or previously signed, to EMI

Pre-1960

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See also

External links

Tamworth, Australia

Geography

Weather

History

Timeline

Demography

Economy

Sports

Country Music Festival

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See also

External links

Buddy Miller

Discography

Julie Miller

Emmylou Harris

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