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Kimberley Frontier
Official video clip of Graeme Connors performing ‘Kimberley Frontier’ from his new album ‘from the backcountry’.
Here we are in Broome - about to embark on the eagerly awaited ‘Kimberley Frontier’ tour.
Postponed twice due to the ‘unmentionable’ and modified due to cyclone and flood - GC and his intrepid band are about to ‘hit the Gibb River road’ in search of good times and stories to tell…
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Enjoy the beautiful environment your songs will sound beautiful through the Kimberly's maybe a few new songs will come from this wonderful adventure
Have a wonderful time. Would have loved to do this one with you. 😉😊
Enjoy & have a fabulously awesome time everyone.
Oh wow! I just departed Broome on the mighty ‘Coral Discoverer’ on Monday. Have a marvelous time! I’m sure our energies will cross paths somewhere in those magical sunsets…
Enjoy the journey, music and good vibe. Wish we were there 🎶💫
Hope you have a great time. Love the Kimberley.
Have a wonderful time.
Have a fabulous journey, the countryside is stunning in that area.
Safe travelling. It's a wonderful part of the country
Remember camping at Joe's Water Hole along the Gibb River Road in 1988....the reflection of the stars and the moon in the water was stunning - and made the nightscape look bigger than it was.
Have a great time
Have a fabulous trip….soooo envious as I would have loved going on that one. It was the best trip John & I did in 2009… 4WD & camping gear & on our own getting up to MitchellFalls & Kalumbria at the top. Wonderful memories. ❤️🎶🎸🛫
Safe travels!
So looking forward to a great trip.
So wish I was there
Enjoy. It's great up there
Lucky Broome I'd love to hear you jamming with the Pigrams🎶❤️
Have a wonderful time!
Great adventures!
Safe travels ❤️enjoy.
Have a blast all 🙏💕
Sounds wonderful. Wish we were there! Enjoy
Hope that the Gib River Road isn’t too bad,it’s bumpy at the best of times,wish we could be there,🎶🎶🎶🎶
Just loved our trip all those years ago exploring the Kimberley on the Kimberley Quest . Enjoy .
A great tri ahead for you…..❤️❤️
For me, Anzac Day in the tropics is forever associated with the first cold weather of the year.
Autumn may technically begin on March 1st, but the morning temperature doesn’t really drop up here until around April 25th.
And I have a very specific memory from 1972, in my mid teenage years, of riding my bike in the cold pre-dawn to St. Mary’s Church in an army cadet uniform to stand guard with three other junior sentinels at the corners of an empty coffin while the Anzac Day mass proceeded.
The cold and the solemnity of the service had deep impact.
Now the temperature this morning is a mild 23 degrees and I feel no chill in the air, but the solemnity of Anzac Day stays with me.
Like so many I watch the parade of service personnel and school children but somehow can’t bring myself to head to the pub for a beer, a game of two-up, and a sense of camaraderie.
Ultimately, I end up finding consolation in silence or poetry, and the tattered hope that humanity will evolve beyond the horror and wastefulness of war, ensuring no further additions to the roll call of the fallen.
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Mankind seems to learn very slowly on matters such as this. I'm with you on a day of quiet reflection and, as I grow older, my appreciation increases of what our troops did (and still do) so that I can live in peace and freedom. "When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today" (John Maxwell Edmonds).
I thought it was pretty cold in Mackay and remember marching in my OLMC uniform.
Poignant and respectful as always 🙏🏻
I so hope you are right Graeme..You've always shown great wisdom through your words . Praying your hope and mine for peace will be reality. ANZAC DAY IN ORANGE NSW always marked the end of weeks of all schools marching around the town blocks perfecting formations and marching in time ,in step with one another.. it marked the beginning of our winter when every student in every school in Orange wearing their full winter uniform , but more to reflect the formality of the sombre occasion of the ANZAC march and why even have it then to pick any one of the days of our long seemingly endless winters to start wearing warmer clothes. I agree. It was beautiful to be out in the fresh morning air with so many families, little people, teenagers in school uniforms , aged veterans and their carers, wonderful musicians, inspiring readings and speeches full of hope . Much better to return home with family and a good friend to relax with and "be grateful for all we have because of them". Perhaps this gentleman, a 101 year old WW11 VETERAN at the Samford memorial ,Brisbane this morning could enlighten us all of the futility of war. The Choir at Gaythorne sang your song Graeme..WE ARE ALL AUSTRALIAN . ❤️ Thank you for your lyrics always. Take care. Cathie ( Walker).
Beautifully expressed 😘😘👌🏻
Yes. I remember that day well. I was a CUO in our cadet unit and was in charge of the Catafalt party that Grahame mentioned. Mum and I were just talking about it this morning.
I went to the services in the 50's early 60 s it was cold..... Not now.... Climate change? Brisbane
I am with you Graeme Connors! A dawn service this morning, my first ever by the beach. it always gives me chills but even more so this morning looking out to sea and imagining the first ANZACs landing at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli, all those years ago… Proud of their legacy (and all those who serve) but not into celebrating war. The rest of the day spent reflecting at home with my ‘poetry’ aka music.
Such a moving post. Thanks Graeme Connors
You are a gifted writer Graeme and I have always loved your work
One of my grandsons was standing guard at the Cenotaph for the Dawn Parade in Jubilee Park this morning Graeme.
So well said Graeme. I have the same sentiments. I’ll never forget the early morning Church services tapping out the slow March with the black cloth draped over the drum followed by the street march. In ‘73 I had to do same at the Dawn Service in Jubilee park - Never forgotten the Lament played by the piper. Similar memories.
In Perth WA we had the coldest temps of the Australian capital cities today - around 8° - 18°. Go figure! 😕
Silence and poetry are good...the legend, as we all know, started after the Landing at the Dawn and many of the Australian veterans from WW1 were teetotalers and abstained from gambling. There were always Australian soldiers who hit the grog and played two-up, but there were many who didn't. The legend does not honour the many and has become a well loved piece of fiction. Bean, the great historian who wrote the WW1 Official Histories, well understood the variety of characters in the 1st AIF...they were just as today, the good, the bad, the courageous, the craven.
Hear hear! 🇦🇺
Beautifully said.
So beautifully said.. may I please share these wonderful words🌹❤️🌹
A bit cooler down our way. I didn’t attend the dawn service this morning, opting for the lunchtime march and service. It is a special day.
Beautiful reflection Graeme, am sure there’s a song in there somewhere to be written 😉
Thank you for sharing 🇳🇿🇦🇺💞
Beautifully written Graeme 😊
Thanks for articulating that Graeme I am very much the same and relate to what you have said
Mr Wright and Terry said you should plant your tomatoes after Anzac Day.
How beautifully expressed Graeme.
Beautiful words 🥹❤️
Last weekend saw the opening of the Great Barrier Reef Arena at Harrup Park in Mackay.
Though primarily a sporting facility for cricket and AFL, the GBRA will also host large music concerts in the future.
This is the theme song for the venue composed and performed by 'guess who’.
Make sure you play it loud - close your eyes and find your seat in the GBRA.
GC
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Simply beautiful ♥️
Well done great work
What an uplifting anthem! Brought a tear to my eyes surprise, surprise 🙏
Love the song Graeme. Nobody can write as good as you.
Graeme that is amazing. Love it. No doubt Dorrie would have loved it as well xx
Just wow! Loved the footage and the stirring anthem. Goosebump stuff.
Beautiful song Graeme 🎶
Beautiful Graeme
Brilliant. Emotive. What a great anthem 💙💙💙💙💙💙
Wow! That's awesome! Well done Graeme Connors. We play your music a lot. Thanks
Love this so much ❤️
Great song .👏👏👏
Wow, what a great song, Graeme. Well done.👏
listened to it, other great one xx
Graeme Connors, one of our best, congratulations 👍
Wow. Absolutely beautiful. Hats off for Graeme Connors and crew
Loved the orchestral arrangement in the introduction 🎶
This is awesome Graeme! And no better person to have done it 👌🏻🧡🏏
Beautiful Graeme x
Fantastic song Graeme, I even had a tear in my eye. 😊
Well done Another Gem Graeme
Excellent as usual! 👏👏👏👏
Wow! That's awesome!
Absolutely amazing Song Graeme❤️
Smashed it 🎉🎉🎉
The big news at the moment is that we’ll be in WA in May/June ’23.
Our last trip Westward was for the Boyup Brook Country Music Festival in February 2020 (before the world was turned upside down) so this feels long overdue.
From mid-May it’s the ‘sold out’ Kimberley Frontier tour that takes ’The Road Less Travelled’ from Broome to Kununurra and back… and then...
Thursday June 1st my supper/show at The Duke of George in Fremantle - dukeofgeorge.com.au especially for those in Perth and surrounds who have sent ‘Please come to WA’ requests via this page - love this venue - every seat is the best seat in the house...
And finally, the Band and I will be back in the Pilbara - main-stage Saturday June 3rd playing our ‘hits’ and ‘favourites’ at the Red Country Music Festival Karratha .
Very exciting! See you at one of the above performances.
GC
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Wish u were coming to Bunbury, My nanna passed away 2017 me and her were a big fan I went to 2 of your tours in Bunbury with her would love to see u again
Just went to the CountryFest concert in Bloomsbury on the weekend. What a coup for the Ditman family. So well organised and a great venue. Hope all goes well, Graeme.
Love to see you again in Albany,loved your concert here .
Enjoy ! Sorry I'm no longer living in Derby to meet you and your band members at the airport and host you for a few days. Even Klossie , Chris Kloss, has left town! Half my life time ago now but great memories. There are plenty more there who will make you welcome and enjoy your wonderful music. Hope to see you in Brisbane sometime Graeme. ( Cathie Walker)
Hi when are you doing one on the mid north coast
Please please please come to Brisbane or Gold Coast
Coffs harbour please
Via Hamilton ?
Stephen Penneyston take the Pannawonica crew. Graeme does a great show - Mackay’s own😃
Have a great time Graeme 😁
Can’t wait for Kimberley, getting close now.
He s such a great artist beautiful music
Great singer
Please come to Albany.
Saw you in Cairns we have been long time fans! 😊 Back in WA now, wish you were coming Great Southern way!
When are you coming to South Australia 🎸🪗🪕
Awesome 👍🏼
Will see you at the Duke. Last saw you Tamworth Town Hall 2017 brilliant show❤️
Have a great trip! 👍😀 We’d be there if we could, but it’s a bit further than Rocky! 😆
Have an enjoyable trip Graeme,,cheers buddy
I'm getting super excited about the Kimberley tour.
Graeme i have been to many of your shows plz come to Canberra.
Have a good trip
So tickets are all sold for Broome? 😪
When are you coming to Caloundra Sunshine Coast Qld again
Been home for over a week now and still feeling a soft glow from Tamworth 2023… thank you to each and every person who attended my concert at the Tamworth Town Hall on Friday 20th - what a warm and energetic audience and the band and I felt privileged to do what we do for you - here are some amazing shots by David Jackson.
For those who stayed to attend the Golden Guitar Awards wasn’t it great to see some fresh faces in the winner’s circle.
The Tamworth Music Festival is a unique event.
Where so many Australian music festivals are now curated and owned, or controlled, by international companies like Live Nation, TEG and AEG, Tamworth is one of the very few remaining truly independent music festivals.
Every genre gets an opportunity and artists can and do self-promote along with Australian agents and promoters to bring an eclectic mix of music that fully represents our Australian culture.
Whether you are a long time Tamworth Music Festival supporter or a newcomer interested in hearing the Australian viewpoint in music make sure a visit to Tamworth in January 2024 in on your list of to-do’s.
Enjoy the world of music by all means but don’t forget to support the artists that tell your story.
See you in Tamworth 2024!
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It was so lovely to see you at the festival Graeme!
Lovely sentiments
Loved your performance at the Pickers Nite at the Pub Graeme especially when you opened up with the first 2 of your master pieces alongside Geoge Washingmachine & Anthony Wamlsey. Wow! What great legends! Look forward to Tamworth 2024!
I so wish I could get to a concert. My sister introduced us to your music and I just love it. First on the playlist when we travel. Thank you.
My 1st. TCMF And Got To See You Perform And A Meet And Greet And A Chat With You After Your Performance And A Signature On My Hat 👍🤠 I Couldn't Want For Any Thing More 👍🤠 Deffinitely Coming Back To TCMF In 2024 Thankyou Mr. GRAEME CONNORS 👍🤠 From Burnie Tasmania 🍻👍🤠🇭🇲💙
Loved your show, always a treat. I have seen you perform many times and in many venues. You are truly special.
Our Home town Hero, Awesome guy 🎸🎸🎸❤️❤️❤️
When are you coming to the Sunshine Coast? Would love to see you again.
Always the best concert for me. Been an avid fan since I first saw you perform 1990 at the Longyard. I look forward to your Lyrical Life book coming out.🎶🎸🎤🥰🇦🇺
Love the music was a friend of your cousin Gerry at Aldershot. This Christmas was different without him. Best song I love is the Ring and the Princess. JAN also as we talked about you I have also been to the Restaurant in Mackay.
Looking good Graeme. Don’t stop. ❤️❤️
Please concert soon in the Hunter.Love your music.
Would love to see you in concert again. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for sharing. A long way to Tamworth from WA. I am off to Boyup Brook Musical Festival, was awesome seeing you there. Travel safe.
Love your music, wish you would tour NSW regional towns.
We enjoyed your concert Graeme, see you in Cessnock,if you tour this year,or in Tamworth 2024
Saw you in Toowoomba some years ago. Best ever. Got most of your music. 😃😃🤗🤗
You are what country music is about a great gentleman and artist
Haven’t been to Tamworth for a few years,but your show at the beautiful Town Hall was always a must(for 14 years)Keep the Aussie spirit alive.👏🏻👏🏻XXOO
Always such a great concert..💞💞 and great festival.. 🎤🎤💃💃🪕🥁🥁💝💝
Such great photos! Lucky people at your concert!
Well done mate..enjoy your down time buddy..cheers
It was an amazing concert, thank you Graeme.❤️
Love your music couldn't get there this year maybe next year don't forget Grafton if you are touring around I know that you will be well supported here cheers
Great photos Graeme! When are we going to see you in Bendigo again, hope it's soon.
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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)
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