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GCMC Newsletter Gawler Country Music Club South Australia’s central locaon for live Country ,usic proudly presents your monthly newsle%er. May 2.15 , No0 212 At the heart of Classic Rock E Country ouit “Workin’ Overme” are hus and and wife team Stewart and Tammie ay. 9hen they met, Tammie was choreographer for a school musical, and Stewart was the drummer in the tour and. Things only got e%er when Stewart found out that not only could Tammie sing like an angel, ut she was also a country girl. They ecame the duo “Two Of A kind” and performed locally as well as winning many local talent 4uests. They soon ventured into country music fesvals at :awler, Barmera, and Port Pirie to take out numerous awards. They even called upon Stewart’s father Owen to form the group “ eady, Aim, Fire'” to take out the group awards. & Two Of A (ind ( also made their 2rst television appearance on & New Faces ( with Daryl Somers as host. Tammie e-panded her dance school and Stewart started the usiness ‘ Select Music Instruments ’ aiming to fol- low in the footsteps of his father I Owen ay ) - a respected musician and industry icon. In the early 90’s, Stewart and Tammie moved to Toowoom a, KLA IStewarts home town). “Not long a(er we got se)led in, channel 9 called and asked us to appear on +New ,ac- es% again. This me it was a +.ountry Special% hosted by Bert Newton .” Says Tammie. Then came the opening of ‘ Internaonal Mu, sic ’. A music store with the largest range of musical instruments in KLA. It was while working at Internaonal ,usic, that Tam- mie and Stewart got to meet and work with incredi le talent. “ rsts like Albert Lee , Steve Morse , and Gina Jeffreys are ama0ing people both on and o1 stage. nd some are 2ust plain good fun, like P il Emmanuel .” Stewart says with a grin. ‘Workin’ Overme ’ came a out from friends who were keen to play good fun party music that would make people want to get up and dance. 9ith Stewart on lead guitar and vocals, Tammie on ass and vocals, plus friends on rhythm guitar and drums ‘ Workin’ Overme ’ soon ecame a popular ouit. Playing everything from old me classics to mod- Inside this issue ern country rock, they catered for all ages with a repertoire full of ‘ Wow. I love that song… ’ tunes. Although they did their share of clu and pu gigs, the and were This ,onths Birthdays ..................... 2 in high demand in the weddings/social clu circuit. The following years were great mes for the 9inners And :rinners ...................... 2 and. But as me marched on, Tammie and Stewart felt it was me to ring another li%le musician This ,onths 0vents .......................... 3 into the family. “We connued as long as we could playing in the band while I was pregnant.” Add- ed Tammie. &I would rest the ass on my a y ump and Sharni would e opping along to the mu- Le%er To The 0ditor ......................... 4 sic as we played.( Reg Lindsay statue unveiled ............. 4 The Rays moved ack to South Australia to share their new addion with family, intending to take a Ur an Country Fesval ..................... 5 small reak from the demands of the music industry. Life adjusted once more when along came The Sherrahs CA Release .................. 6 a y ,a-. Although they performed on the odd occasion for family and special events, li%le me :iggles .............................................. 6 was spent on stage. And efore long, that ‘small reak’ ecame more than .0 years. April :C,C Show ............................. C 0ventually, a1er a run of crowd pleasing appearances at work funcons and family events, Stewart and Tammie realised they sll had the ‘magic’ and it was me to revive their act. Their 2rst o3cial :ig :uide.......................................... 8 pu lic appearance was at the Gawler Country Music Club talent 4uest in 20.2, where they won sev- ,usic 9orkshop E Open ,ic .......... 9 eral awards, Although playing classic country tunes as the duo ‘Two Of A 7ind’ was a possi ility, Aad, Aave, And ,a el and more ..... .0 ‘Workin’ Overme’ had done so well with its wider repertoire and creave approach to making Pets Corner ...................................... .0 good tunes great. ‘ The idea is to provide as much of the full band sound that we can with rhythm, Coming 0vents.................................. .. lead, and bass guitar. dd lead and harmony vocals on top and your almost there. I decided to write ,em ership Form ........................... .2 backing tracks with drums, piano, brass etc. to "ll in the gaps .’ Says Stewart. So ‘ Workin’ Overme’ was re orn with Stewart and Tammie Ray ack at its heart and soul. ‘ On Commi%ee Informaon ................... .2 special occasions we enlist the help of other musos to add to the mix, but things are working well for us right now as we are. ’ Adds Stewart. ‘ We have great fun with the audience. It%s all about ge&ng Must see folks singing along, clapping, dancing, and pu&ng a smile on their faces. It%s hard work at mes, but • The stork has een usy. Check out it%s all worth it. ’ Things get a li%le hecc at mes for the couple. So, for Stewart and Tammie Ray 8 the Birthday list for this month GG playing together is de2nitely ‘Workin’ Overme’ . • Lots of pics, laughs, and t- its for a cracking readH plus a music word Workin’ Overtime will be the guest artists on Sunday, June 21st at the Gawler CMC show search for the clever folks. www.gawlercountrymusicclub.com.au www.facebook.com4pages4Gawler,Country,Music,Club42175.278..7351. 1 Disclaimer Presidents Report Birthdays The club newsle)er is a monthly publi- 3%4ay 5embers 6 ,riends. Kevin Vardon - 1st caon designed to keep members in- Shirley Lomman - 1st I will start this months report o1 with a formed on the acvies of the club Judith Merritt - 3rd thank you to David Williams for the and other funcons. Opinions and Nesta Westervelt - 3rd views expressed in the newsle)er are ‘Cer&cate Of T anks’ from the Alc e- Vincent Pollard - 3rd May Jarvis - 3rd not necessarily those of the publishers. ringa S indig . 7nfortunately it was his Ian List - 5th last. 8e has donated thousands to chari- Ken McIntyre - 6th A Word From The Editor... ty over the years. Well done 4avid. Geoffrey Mattner - 9th Cynthia Wasley - 10th Well, our pril show was another great Hi Country Music fans. Kane Mitchell - 11th day. Murray Mac and True Grit were Firstly, I’d like to thank those of you Fred Rowe - 13th great. Norma O’,ara Murp y was excel- Margaret Reid - 13th who have submi%ed jokes, cartoons, and Ian Holt - 14th lent. She played songs from the past, arcles for the newsle%er. Mour feed- Doris Vater - 15th and some from her new album. ll in all Walter Barber - 15th ack and input is always welcome. a great days entertainment. Our 5ay Earlston Gniel - 16th Something I get asked from me to Rosemary Bell - 16th show will be another good one with T e me is ‘ What have you and Tammie Kath Bergen - 18th Black ,ats and ,ollie May O’Neil as our Graham Harris - 18th been doing unl now; ’ - So, I took the guest rst. We will over the next cou- Elizabeth Hipkiss - 21st opportunity to put a Ivery) condensed Marie Haynes - 21st ple of months be bringing back the 2un- version of our io on the front page. If Joy Humphries - 23rd iors to encourage them along. Dean Beviss - 23rd you would like to know more, just ask. Chris Parkes - 24th ,any apologies for the poor contrast/ Adrian Lutz - 24th So unl then… picture 4uality in the recent newsle%ers. Briant Hipkiss - 24th 9eep It .ountry Ron Stephens - 25th It is due to the prinng hardware, not Valma Crispin - 27th the master copy. The est way to full Regards, Jack Calliss - 27th the newsle%ers in high 4uality full colour Keith Warren Lois Baxter - 30th Maxine Bugg - 30th is to visit the :C,C we siteN Ivan Venales - 31st President/Entertainment Officer www.gawlercountrymusicclu .com.au/newsle%ers.htm Peace to all. Stewart Ray Aon’t forget that the Gawler Country Music Club mem ership fees are now due. Winners Monte Carlo Raffle Door Prize Ron Lill and Heather Walteri Betty Francis Dot Kim Gavin Marg Schulz Lucky Envelopes Denise George Dobie Brian Moore John Gatt Ron Stephens Flo Thompson Betty Errock Margaret R Kay Dobie Members Draw Helen Payne (KFC Voucher) Robert Wally Sparrow (# 130) 2 May Events With special guest Hollie May O’Neil Sunday May 17th 12 - 4 pm Gawler Country Music Club The :renville Centre. .0 Playford Boulevard. 0liOa eth IAcross from the Civic Centre) 0ntry FeeN ,em ers - $6.00, Non Members - $8.00 Tea and coffee - $1.00 Food and drinks available Contact Keith Warren for enquiries: 8255 8920 Thanks to KFC for your Sponsorship ‘We like it like that!’ 3 Reply To ‘Country Music Today’ Congratulations Stewart for raising a topic that really needs addressing. I couldn’t agree more with your words ”We just need to accept that everything changes and moves with the times. It does not mean we need to embrace the changes – just accept them and enjoy what we can”. But good luck. Late last year my wife and I were talking to a member of a local band (one of the best in Adelaide). At one country music club, two senior members cornered him and complained that they didn’t play “real country music”.
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