Pass this on to your friends Membership Application and Renewal Form Gawler Country Music Club Inc P.O. Box 1132 Gawler SA 5118 Ph: (08) 8255 8920 Name: (Please Print) DOB (Day and month only): Address: Suburb/Town: Post Code: Newsletter of t he Gawler Country Music Club Inc May 2012 No: 228 (Or change of Address) Tel: Mobile: Annual Membership Fee: $10.00 Are you already a Member? Yes my Number is No My Favourite Country Music Artists are:…………………………………………………………………………. Here To Stay Do you sing or play a musical instrument?............................................................................................................... I agree to abide by the constitution and rules of the club: Signature……………………………Date.................. In January 2012 The Davidson Brothers won the FENDER INSTRUMENTAL OF THE YEAR at the Australian Country Please send this form with your cheque or P.O. (Not Cash) to The Secretary at the above address Music Awards (The Golden Guitars ) with their powerhouse instrumental OMFG . They were also finalists in the Group/Duo category with their original song WRITE ME A LETTER . PRINT POSTAGE The Davidson Brothers also won the BLUEGRASS and the INSTRUMENTAL awards at the 2012 POST PAID Victorian Country Music Awards in February, held PP531637/00068 AUSTRALIA in South Morang, Victoria. While taking a trip farther afield, Hamish and Lachlan visited Nashville to record a new album ‘Here To Stay’. The album will only be available from their website, so give them a hand and spread the word! Postage is FREE to anywhere in the world! Dance Listen Eat ‘n’ Sip Hamish and Lachlan grew up in the rural Victorian town of Yinnar . Raised in a musical family, the brothers began playing music and performing from a Come along and Enjoy young age. With seven albums under their belt, they have built the reputation of being one of Australia’s hottest bluegrass acts – multi instrumentalists on banjo, fiddle and mandolin, and great entertainers with an enormous respect for the traditions of the blue grass genre. Davidson Brothers Gawler Country Music Club Inc. PO Box 1132 Gawler SA 5118 (Outside) Australian Country Music Award winners in 2009, 2010 and 2012 , and Group of the Year at the 2010 Australian Independent Country Music Awards , Hamish and Gawler Country Music Club Inc. is a President/Entertainments Officer Keith Warren 8255 8920 NEWSLETTER DEADLINE To Lachlan Davidson are “the best young bluegrass pickers we have seen for a long while in Australia and according to Troy non profit organisation dedicated to the ensure entry in the next issue please Cassar-Daley “A very exciting live act.”. development of all styles of Country Vice President George Dobie 8255 5789 send articles, advertisements etc. to Music. The activities of the club The Editor, include regular monthly meetings and Secretary Helen Warren 8255 8920 Their latest album, Here To Stay contains eleven new tracks, ten of which are written by the brothers. It features many of PO Box 1132, Gawler SA 5118 to shows; providing opportunity and Hamish and Lachlan’s favourite Nashville session musicians playing with them on a wide range of tracks – from a 180 encouragement to amateur artists; Treasurer Louise Vardon 8254 3440 reach us by the Second Sunday of the beat per minute banjo instrumental to more classic stories of heartbreak and Australian culture. producing this newsletter and showing month. Additional copies of the Public Relations Officer Fred Payne 0417 851 609 support for all other South Australian Newsletter may be obtained at club Whilst Here To Stay remains steeped in bluegrass tradition, it contains a dash of new grass flavours and the Davidson Country Music Clubs. Newsletter/Web Editor Les Parris functions or by contacting the Brothers’ live energy. Committee Members Secretary on 8255 8920 . Kay Dobie, Kevin Vardon, ADVERTISING SPACE is available in this Newsletter. Website: The brothers have toured with Australian country music veterans such as Troy Cassar-Daley and Lee Kernaghan , shared Carlene Oliver, Allen Prow. Costs are: Half A4 Page $20.00. www.gawlercountrymusicclub.com.au Quarter A4 Page $10.00. the stage with household names like Tommy Emmanuel, Kasey Chambers and Jimmy Barnes and have also performed Crystal Antoniazzi Eighth A4 Page $5.00 (Business Card Size) ST on many national television programs including Spicks & Specks and Good Morning Australia. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP $10.00. RENEWALS DUE ON APRIL 1 "Two young blokes with all the energy and drive of their generation and an innate ability to transpose that energy to a younger audience.” – Capital News Magazine. .