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Gawler Country Music Club South Australia’s central loca?on for live Country Music proudly presents your monthly newsle9er. February 2015 - No: 261 This month A’d li8e to introduce you to O’Shea . A beau?ful couple :in many ways) that are indica?ve of country music these days 1 bright, fun, and edgy. Andividually Mar8 and Jay O’Shea have an impressive string of wri?ng and ar?st credits that span the globe. The combina?on of Jay’s coun1 try1soul voice blending perfectly with Mar8’s country1roc8 sensibili?es has made the Nashville based husband1and1wife team one of the most respected names in Australian country music in Cust a few short years. “We may not have gone where we wanted to go, but here we are, right where we needed to be! .” Inside this issue Their debut album ‘Mr. and Mrs.’ produced four #1 Country singles and earned This Months 3irthdays ...................... 2 them the 2012 CMAA “Golden Guitar” award for New Talent of the Year. Their Winners And Grinners ...................... 2 TV Series, “O’SHEA USA” is in its 4th season on Foxtel’s CMC and they also host This Months Events .......................... 3 the QANTAS in-flight radio show, “Big Country”. History Mystery ................................ 4 Their second album “One + One” has already spawned two #1 and two Top 10 singles and scored them the 2014 CMAA “Golden Guitar” award for Vocal Group January GCMC Show ........................ 5 or Duo of the Year! ‘One + One’ showcases brilliantly their incredible vocal tal- Anforma?on for Wireless ,sers ........ I ents and skills as hit songwriters. The pair co-wrote the album with a string of Top PAc8s .......................................... 7 renowned collaborators including Billy Burne9e :.leetwood Mac, John .ogerty, Gig Guide .......................................... 8 3ob 5ylan), Tim Nichols :Alan Jac8son, Tim McGraw, .aith Hill), Kevin Kadish Music Wor8shop M Open Mic .......... N :Jason Mraz) and Kim Carnes :"3e9e 5avis Eyes"). The depth in the wri?ng 5ad, 5ave, And Mabel ...................... 10 stands out on ‘One 4 One’. Than8 You Angels" was inspired by Mar8’s e/perienc1 Country Coo8boo8 ............................ 10 es with open heart surgery in 2010, a procedure he had previously undergone as Tune An With .red............................. 10 a si/ month old child. 3e With You Tonight" was born out of the pair spending Coming Events .................................. 11 months apart on opposite sides of the world, chasing their career dreams. At Membership .orm............................ 12 Never Goes Away", a co1write with 3illy 3urne9e, tells a tale of loss with a ?me1 Commi9ee Anforma?on .................... 12 less sound that har8s bac8 to the great ballads of Roy Orbison. ‘One 4 One’ is a record that is more than Cust the sum of its individual parts, it’s a Must see stunning body of wor8 that is fast becoming a classic. Mar8 and Jay have Cust re1 leased their third album ‘The .amine and the .east’, with tunes penned with • Can you pick your stars? See our new column Grammy Award Winner Steve Wariner, Leigh Nash :Si/pence Nonethericher) and ‘History Mystery’ for more... Nathan Chapman :Taylor SwiE) to name a few. 5o yourself a favour and chec8 • Gigs galore out the inspiring Flm clip to 3ad 5ay Good ", and their new single Here A am " A double page of shows in the Gig from their latest album ‘The .amine and the .east’ :see page 3 for more). Guide to 8eep you entertained • New news now on new ar?sts, new albums, and new shows to choose. Who 8new there was so much to http://www.therealoshea.com do66 www.gawlercountrymusicclub.com.au www.facebook.com/pages/Gawler-Country-Music-Club/267502980093560 1 Disclaimer Presidents Report Birthdays The club newsle2er is a monthly ubli- Rosemary Schulz - 3rd G’Day Members & Friends. ca3on designed to kee members in- Kathy Steinmetz - 3rd I am going to start this month’s report off Lorraine Howard - 4th formed on the ac3vi3es of the club Margaret DeKock - 4th and other func3ons. 7 inions and with some thank you’s. Firstly to Kay and Rosemary Collins - 5th views e0 ressed in the newsle2er are George Dobie for spending the Wednesday Neil Mitchell - 6th Wayne Elliott - 8th not necessarily those of the ublishers prior to our show chasing a'er drinks for our Graeme Hunt - 8th show. Thanks guys, it was a reciated. Sec- Barbara O'Daniel - 11th A Word From The Editor... ondly to Denise Cherrington and ,immy for Robert McGregor - 11th Gerald Bischoff - 13th hel ing look a'er the tea and co!ee, and for Hi fol8s. .irst of all, than8s to those of you who Betty Jones - 15th selling the drinks for us. We had a misunder- have taken the ?me to say how much they en1 John Helbig - 16th standing with the RS., so unfortunately we Robin Ellbourn - 17th Coyed the newsle9er last month. At’s always great Graham Hein - 18th were unable to sell any alcohol. We should to get your feedbac8 and input. 5on’t forget that Cora Snook - 21st you are always welcome to oOer content and have that /0ed for ne0t month. Gwen McCade - 22nd sugges?ons as well as adver?se in the newsle9er. Well onto our show. 1lthough numbers Rhonda Walter - 22nd Marle Slape - 24th See the bac8 page for contact details or Cust pass were down a li2le, we s3ll had a good Margaret Kennedy - 25th it on to a commi9ee member. The same goes for crowd. Eddie and Friends were at their best Enid Francis - 27th our website. again, laying all the right songs to /ll the Veronica Antoniazzi - 28th Wow, what a year this is shaping up to be al1 dance 5oor all day. ready. We have a massive list of events this We are s3ll hearing from eo le saying that month :see the Gig Guide for more). Det’s not we are moving again. 1s we have said in the forget the Tamworth Country Music .es?val. This ast, we as a commi2ee will kee our mem- year has got to be one of the most Cam pac8ed, bers informed of any changes. It will also be talent laden fes?vals A have seen in a long ?me. Af in our very informa3ve Newsle2er. Well, Winners you didn’t get there this year, or havenPt been yet Raffle Winners onto our February show. 7ur band will be A highly recommend the trip. Even our local talent D Snow Roz Lang x 2 is doing the hard yards in the longyard. Taylor .ena & The Mi0. This is a new band on the Beth Hipkiss A Burgl PfeiOer, 5eidre Reed, and Gary 5aniel amongst country music scene, so don’t miss out. R Thompson Lizzie Betty Franas H Baiser others. There is plenty to tal8 about from Golden So un3l then8 Door Prize Guitar country, so A’ll have some goodies in store $ee It Country Denise Snow for you with a special feature in ne/t months newsle9er, so stay postedQ Lucky Envelopes Carlene Oliver Peace to all. Beccy Bee Regards, Liz Henderson Regards, Keith Warren Stewart Ray President/Entertainment Officer Monte Carlo Joyce and Joy Members Draw John Burge 2 February Events Thanks to KFC for your Sponsorship ‘We like it like that!’ Sunday February 15th 12 - 4 m Gawler Country Music Club The Grenville Centre. 10 Playford Boulevard Elizabeth (Across from the Civic Centre) ‘Lena & The Mix are a talented group of musicians performing an exciting blend of Country, Rock, and more…’ Fill your February with fine music, fun, and fantasc friends. Entry Fee: Members - $6.00, Non Members - $8.00 Tea and coffee - $1.00 Food and drinks available Contact Keith Warren for enquiries: 8255 8920 The Famine & The Feast Album Launch Friday February 6 th (Opens 7:30pm) The Promethean 116 Grote Street Adelaide h9pR//www.theprom.com.au/events# h9pR//?c8ets.oz?/.com.au/VEventW48INN 3 Country music historian Paul Kelly has 8indly oOered to provide some snapshots of days gone by from his vast collec?on of memorabilia. See if you can guess who is in the photosV Answers are at the bo9om of the page. Contact Paul here: h9psR//www.faceboo8.com/paul.8elly.N02I040 1. Paul Kelly and V 2. Paul Kelly and V 3. The teeth tell all 666 4. Who is the band, and who is the star in the long coatV 6. Harry TaylorXAKA V 5. 3renda WebbXAKA V 3uddy Williams Williams 3uddy 6: Gayle, Crystal 5: ,rban), Keith :with Roc8e9es Ayers Rusty And The The And Rusty 4: Morgan, Chad 3: Kernaghan, Tania 2: 5usty, Slim 1: 4 GCMC Show - January 18th Eddie and Friends put on a real good show crea?ng a buzz on the dance 2oor. The addi?on of 8eyboards to the usual four piece line1up :now Fve piece) and their use of harmonies was a pleasant mi/. While on the subCect of Pmi/P, Lena from Lena & The Mix :This Months a9rac1 ?on) sang a few songs ma8ing people aware of her tremendous voice. We had1 nPt heard from him for a while, but Rodger Howard was also up on stage show1 ing that he has been wor8ing on his performance during his absence. A9end1 ance numbers were down a li9le possibly due to Tamworth, but it was an en1 Coyable day for all. Apologies for the alcohol free situa?onY this was out our control and should be rec?Fed soon. Than8s to everyone who a9ended and hope to see you this month with Lena & The Mix . Des Parris Chec8 out our website and daily updated .aceboo8 page. Af you have anything interes?ng to add to our Newsle9er please contact us at our P.O.