2015 - Artists Announcement for Lights on the Hill Trucking Convoy-Gatton Feb 28 2015. Saturday Oct 11 2014, 51 names were added to the ever increasing ‘Lights on the Hill’ - Queensland Truck and Coach drivers Memorial Wall in Gatton. After the moving ceremony at the Wall in Apex Park Gatton, Family and Friends gathered at the Town Hall for a wonderful sit down buffet and then danced the night away to live music from Tamworth’s 2014 Peoples’ Choice Award winner for best video, TERRY CLARK, Golden Guitar winner JEFF BROWN and International Rock Export, KERRY KENNEDY. One of the highlights of the evening was when Lights on the Hill Entertainment Director, Simone Feiler Clark, made the much anticipated announcement of the official line for next years’ Trucking Convoy on Feb 28 2015 at the Gatton Showgrounds. This year there were approx 600 Trucks that convoyed along Darren Lockyer Way from Brisbane and Toowoomba to converge at the Gatton Showgrounds for a day of family fun and entertainment; drawing a 10 000 strong crowd. The Convoy is a sight to see with people from SE Queensland lining the Highways from Brisbane to Toowoomba then gathering at the Gatton Showgrounds for a fabulous day to commemorate and celebrate the lives of those Truckies and Transportation Industry people we have lost carrying our country. On Feb 28 2015 we hope you will join us for good food, great company and fantastic entertainment from the following……. Adam Brand Whatever gives Aussie music its heart, Adam Brand breathes plenty of life into its soul. For more than fifteen years, Brand has been one of the countrys best-loved and most successful recording artists. Adam Brand is undeniably a fixture of the Australian music landscape. The versatile star has three Platinum and five Gold albums to his name, along with two Gold DVD certifications and a massive twelve Golden Guitars – including double-ups for Male Artist of the Year and APRA Song of the Year. Not to mention multiple Mo Awards and four ARIA nominations for Best Country Album. In 2014, Brand will add yet another landmark album to his catalogue with tenth studio offering, My Side of the Street. A deeply soulful joint, My Side of the Street is sure to add further lustre to Adam Brand’s already brilliant output. More: ww.adambrand.au McAlister Kemp In just 4 years, multi-award winning singer/songwriters Drew McAlister & Troy Kemp have quickly established themselves as the premier duo in Australian Country Music… becoming giants (literally) of the genre. They’ve topped the ARIA Country Charts, appeared in the ARIA Mainstream Top 20, won a Golden Guitar and have two fan-voted CMC Music Awards to their credit. As songwriters they have scored two APRA Award nominations and scored an ARIA nomination for their most recent album ‘Country Proud’. McAlister Kemp have also started to grab international attention, having recently performed with US Country Stars Big & Rich during the recent US Summer at the Country Thunder Festival in front of 40,000 people in Wisconsin. More: mcalisterkemp Terry Clark Music 2013 Male vocal winner of the CCMA awards in Tamworth with his first single ‘Soulomine’ from his Oldscool’ EP puts Terry in very good company; Keith Urban, Lee Kernaghan and Allan Caswell also own this award! His debut self titled album is produced by Golden Guitar nominee Doug Bruce. His second single, Christmas (I’m coming home), won Peoples’ Choice Award for best video in Tamworth this year. His 2nd single, Oxygen Thief, lifted from his album, has received significant airplay Australia wide. Old Shoes, his 3rd and current single from the album, reached number 9 on the All Australian Top 20 on 98.9fm in Brisbane and remained in the chart for 6 weeks. It is also featured on the 2014 Gympie Music Muster CD. Most recently Terry Clark has been nominated as Best Male Talent in the ICMA Australia, being announced in Tamworth next year. More: terryclarkmusicPresident- Jayne Denham 2008 - Winner of the Australian Independent Country Music Awards Best Rising Star Award. * 2010 -Golden Guitar Finalist for Best New Talent * 2010 - Music Oz Award Finalist * #1 Country Radio Single with ‘Feral Kev & General Leeroy’ 2013 #1 Australian Country Single Addicted to the Diesel. 2014 #1 Australian Country Single, Beyond these City lights. * A further six Top#10 Australian Country Radio Singles – ‘Shake This Town’ #2, ‘Trucker Chicks’ #4, Farmers Wife, Shelter #10 * 4 Top 10 Music Videos on the CMC Top 30 countdown – ‘Shake This Town’ #4 & ‘Shelter’ #10, Addicted to the Diesel#10, Beyond these city lights #10. More: jaynedenham Paul Costa Pauls had an amazing response since the release of his 4th album Wheels & Steel opening at #2 on the ARIA charts and scoring #1 radio hits with the first two singles Tractors & Bikes and Big End Of Town. Hes a multi award winning artist who has performed all over Australia at major events such as, The Gympie Muster, the iconic Birdsville Races, Tamworth CM Festival, The Deni Ute Muster and more! His career has also taken him internationally to Japan, New Zealand, Thailand, throughout Europe along with touring East Timor entertaining Australian & NZ Troops in 2008. Paul had three Golden Guitar Nominations for the 38th CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia including Male Artist alongside Keith Urban, Troy Cassar-Daley, Adam Brand and James Blundell. More: paulcosta.au Kerry Kennedy and Double Barrel International country rock exports, Kerry Kennedy and Double Barrel are one of Queensland’spremier bands, playing a range of country and rock, this band has a song for everyone. Currently the band has 5 original albums as well as 4 film clips being played in over 25 countries around the world. Double Barrel have toured extensively throughout Australia, New Zealand and Europe. The band has the “Stand and Deliver” attitude changing the covers songs they play to their own distinctive sound and style, as well as having a compilation of original material that will bring memories flooding back from yester year. Double Barrell has played all of the major country music festivals in Queensland and NSW including Tamworth country music festival (Services Club and Courthouse hotel main Stage) the Gympie Muster (Crowbar) and Mud Bulls and Music as well as sharing the stage with some of Australia’s A listers namely James Reyne, Felicity, James Blundel, Daryl Braitwaite and Lee Kernaghan. More: facebook/kerry.kennedy121 Jeff Brown Traditional Australian Country Music artist Jeff Brown, believes that a good Bush Ballad tells a story that will touch the heart of everyday Aussies. Jeff Brown delivers these stories in song with sincerity and quality. Winning a Tamworth Golden Guitar award for Bush Ballad of the Year in 2014 and 2005, gives testimony to this. Jeff has now released his 5th album Hard To Let Go which was produced by Stuie French at Swingin Doors Sudios. The album has been a great success with Jeff winning a Golden Guitar at the 42nd CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia for Bush Ballad of the Year with the song I Love Australia written by Keith Jamieson. Jeff also won Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year at the 2014 Stan Coster Memorial Australian Bush Ballad Awards. More: jeffbrown.au For information, details and to arrange interviews with the artists or committee members please contact Simone on 0429970169 or email entertainmentforlightsonthehill@hotmail
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