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Kimberley Frontier

Official video clip of Graeme Connors performing ‘Kimberley Frontier’ from his new album ‘from the backcountry’.

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3 days ago

Graeme Connors

Newcastle, we're on our way! See you Sunday!
Tickets available via the follwoing link: www.lizottes.com.au/live/shows/booking/3638
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The best!!!!!

See you tonight! I will be in the third row, smiling at you !

Looking forward to catching up again tonight

Yay can't wait!!

Sid Jeffery

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4 days ago

Graeme Connors

Can't wait to show you the Tasmania I know & love. Made even more special having two of my son's assist in hosting the tour. Email bree@thedispensarymackay.com.au for more details and to secure your spot! Limited seats available. ... See MoreSee Less

Cant wait to show you the Tasmania I know & love. Made even more special having two of my sons assist in hosting the tour. Email bree@thedispensarymackay.com.au for more details and to secure your spot! Limited seats available.

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Tasmania is brilliant!

sounds fantastic, to ave two of your sons on board amazing xx

Good luck! I wish I was going to be there.

When are you in Stanley ?

Kate Formosa you guys signed up??

Just did this

Wouldn't this be amazing Emma Down 😍

Would love to see you in Bendigo Victoria anytime please 🙏

1 cruise I could go on Shahid Fayyaz

Cathy Benson

Louise Crimeen Mclean

Cherie Matthews

Can’t wait to see you in Newcastle on Sunday night. I will be treating my 86 year old mumma. Every time we go on a road trip she asks me to put your North album on

Roz Pappalardo, Graeme will be in Hobart in March, 2024. It would be great if you could meet up with him after all these years.

Any chance of coming to Toowoomba next year!

Lynda Duncan ! If you have a chance!

Are you off to Tassie Maureen McGovern

Debbie Ahern

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5 days ago

Graeme Connors

Port Macquarie, we're on our way! See you there!
Tickets online: aupti.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/109833
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I’m missing out. 😢 Have fun. ♥️

Can't wait...

So looking forward to it. Travelling up from Newcastle to go with my sister and niece.

When’s the mackay show Graeme Connors

Can't eaity

We are in row A

See you there!

Alan Bowen you need to take Chloe to see this show ,great show

Debbie Brischke I will.

Aussie’s JimmyB

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6 days ago

Graeme Connors

Murwillumbah, we're on our way! See you there!
Tickets online: events.humanitix.com/graeme-connors-my-lyrical-life-tour
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Hoping there's a night in Bundaberg or surrounds 💕

Graeme are you coming to Cessnock 🎤🎸

The Brisbane show last night was amazing!!

Wish you would come this way Greame your the best

I'm excited to be there tonight 😄

I got 4 tickets for sale

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6 days ago

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Brisbane we're on our way! See you there! Tickets online: oldmuseum.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/110375 ... See MoreSee Less

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Off you go & sing your little heart out .👍👍👍😀😀

Driving down 8hrs tomorrow and taking mum and my sister. Looking forward to it!

Would love to! Have a fabulous night!

Fantastic show tonight.Thank you!

Oh no GC - in Bris now and heading to NZ for a wedding on 21st and then back to Bris on 24th before heading home to Darwin - so you just need to head there soon please 🤷🏼‍♀️🥰🙏🏼

Can hardly wait until Thursday.

cant wait to see you on Thursday!

We will see you there.

Hi Graeme We enjoyed your interview with Beccy tonight.Nice to hear a favorite Ringer and The Princess.Cheers Jenny and Finley.

Have just booked my ticket. 😀 So serendipitous that I’m in Brisbane this week. The last time my daughter was with me, she was so young that she crawled onto my lap and went to sleep halfway through. Doubt she’ll do that on Thursday. 👍 I’m. So. Excited. 🤩

Does this mean a new cd or dvd Graeme🎶🎶🎶

Hey Graeme Connors I’ll be there in Brisbane. Can’t wait to see you. ❤️

See you Thursday night

I don’t get to Brisbane until December 😥

Don’t forget WA

Bec Emily off to this show thursday

Please come to WA

Looking forward to it.

Jasmine Kimber

See you Thursday night.

See you Thursday Night!

Suzie Flawith Elliott

Oh I wish…. I hope you bring this show to bundy or Maryborough soon🤞

One of the best song writers on the planet Amazing performer

Aah Graeme and band ..brilliant gig. So blessed to be part of the audience. I look forward to your continued writing and performing. Your lyrics always re-invigorate me, and connect me back to Australian life and community. Forgot to say .. I recently read that you were the lead act for Kris Kristofferson when you were 18, Accolades galore. 👏👏👏👏

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BIO

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After more than 40 years in the Australian music industry, 19 albums, walls and mantelpieces full of awards, you’d be forgiven for asking Country Music singer/songwriter Graeme Connors, “Why? Why continue with song writing?”.

Albeit blunt, that question is met with laughter and humility… “I know it sounds ridiculous, but the truth is, I’m still searching for the perfect song.”

The perfect song, by Connors’ definition, has the perfect combination of lyric and melody. It’s a song that has amazing impact. It connects with people- it has a unifying power for a whole crowd.

Many would argue that his ‘perfect song’ hit the airways 30 years ago in 1988 with the release of ‘A Little Further North Each Year’ from his breakthrough album North. North was a huge success and went on to sell over 140,000 units in Australia. A success that came 12 years after the release of his debut album.

In 1974, at the age of 18, Connors opened for American singer/songwriter, Kris Kristofferson during his Australian tour. Kris was so impressed with young Connors, that he took him into the recording studio to produce his 1976 debut album And When Morning Comes.

As a songwriter, Graeme Connors has written an extensive and impressive catalogue of songs for other artists including John Denver, Jon English and Slim Dusty. He became a favoured songwriter of the late Slim Dusty, who recorded 12 of his songs including the 1989 Song of the Year, ‘We’ve Done Us Proud’, winning Connors the first of 14 Golden Guitars. Connors enjoyed a long musical friendship with the Country Music great. When he passed away in 2003 Connors was invited by his Slims wife Joy to sing ‘Amazing Grace’ at his state funeral.

Unlike many modern-day songwriters, Connors has that rare ability to simplify complex ideas, reflect on serious issues with a wry smile, and combine philosophy and humour in a way that regularly produces an approving ‘yep, that’s me’ nod from the listener. The ‘yep, that’s me’ effect is part gift, part the result of a lifetime honing his craft as a wordsmith (64 years and counting) and the rest, a genuine understanding of his subject matter.

In celebration of his 60th birthday in 2016, Connors released his career retrospective album, 60 Summers: Ultimate Collection. 60 Summers is a mixture of songs from the very beginning of his career through landmark albums such as The Return, The Road Less Travelled, This Is Life, The Moment and Still Walking. The album debuted at #1 on the ARIA Country Album Chart and the lead single, also titled ‘60 Summers’, spent three weeks at #1 on The Music Network Official Country Airplay chart.

Following the success of 60 Summers, Connors was inducted into the prestigious Roll of Renown (Australia’s Country Music Hall of Fame) in 2017 for his contribution to Australian Country Music. His name immortalised in stone in Tamworth, the home of Australian Country Music.

Successes aside, Connors believes in the saying, “you’re only as good as your last show”. And it’s that mentality that has kept him driven and relevant in an everchanging and competitive industry. He treats each new album in isolation – a new opportunity to better himself in both song writing and producing.

Graeme’s most recent album, from the backcountry, produced with multi award-winning Producer Matt Fell was released in 2018 and combines Graeme’s signature Country sound with elements of rock, blues and roots.
And, in that typical unassuming Connors way, he smiles and hints that ‘the perfect song’ could very well be ‘from the backcountry’.

BACKGROUND

Albums
And When Morning Comes (1976)
North (1988)
South Of These Days (1989)
Tropicali (1991)
The Return (1993)
Homeland (1993)
The Here and Now (1995)
The Road Less Travelled (1996)
One Of The Family (1997)
A Delicate Balance (1999)
And When Morning Comes (Deluxe Reissue) (1999)
The Best … ’til Now (2000)
This Is Life (2002)
The Moment (2004)
It’s All Good…More Of The Best (2006)
The Last Supperteers (2007)
Still Walking (2010)
At The Speed Of Life (2011)
Kindred Spirit (2013)
North- 25 Years On (2014)
60 Summers: The Ultimate Collection (2016)
from the backcountry (2018)

Gold Albums
North
The Road Less Travelled The Best … ’til Now

Platinum Album
North
Possibility
Major Awards
1975 American Song Festival Award
1976 American Song Festival Award
1986 APRA Award “I’m Married to My Bulldog Mack”
1989 Song of the Year Golden Guitar “We’ve Done Us Proud” (recorded by Slim Dusty) 1990 APRA Award “A Little Further North”
1992 TSA Song-maker Award
1995 Song of the Year Golden Guitar “Songs from the Homeland”
1995 Album of the Year Golden Guitar “Homeland”
1995 Male Vocalist of the Year Golden Guitar
1995 TSA Media Song of the Year “Songs from the Homeland”
MO Award, Male Country Performer of the Year
1996 Song of the Year Golden Guitar “The Great Australian Dream”
1996 Vocal Collaboration of the Year Golden Guitar “Slowly But Surely”
1996 Bush Ballad Heritage Song Golden Guitar “The Ringer and the Princess”
1996 Video Track of the Year Golden Guitar “The Great Australian Dream”
1996 TSA Media Song of the Year “The Great Australian Dream”
1997 Album of the Year Golden Guitar “The Road Less Travelled”
1997 Male Vocalist of the Year Golden Guitar
ARIA Award Best Country Album “The Road Less Travelled”
MO Award Male Country Performer of the Year
PPCA Award Most Played Australian Country Artist (Radio)
1998 PPCA Award Most Played Australian Country Artist (Radio)
2000 TSA Country Song of the Year “These Uncertain Times”
2000 Victorian Country Music Awards Song of the Year “These Uncertain Times”
1998 Wrote the Cowboys Theme song “The Cowboys are my Team”
2001 Song of the Year Golden Guitar “Good Things in Life” (recorded by Adam Brand) 2004 2001 Video Track of the Year Golden Guitar “The Simple Truth”
2005 Victorian Country Music Awards Song of the Year “Hard Decisions”
PLUS eight other TSA song-writing awards.
2009 Q150 Queensland Icon Award
2011 WARP Gold Medallion Award Qld Male Vocalist of the Year
2011 Golden Guitar for Male Artist of the Year
2011 Golden Guitar for Album of the Year “Still Walking”
2017 Inducted into the Roll of Renown (Australia’s Country Music Hall of Fame)

DVD’s
Up Close (2004)
Graeme Connors… So Far and a Little Further (2004)
Concert to Camera (2015)

Graeme Connors

Australia’s Finest Singer-Songwriter

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