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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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2 weeks ago

Graeme Connors

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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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 - https://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

Wow so excited , I’ll be there

Love to see you again in Albany,loved your concert here .

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.

Hi when are you doing one on the mid north coast

Please please please come to Brisbane or Gold Coast

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)

Have a great time Graeme 😁

Can’t wait for Kimberley, getting close now.

He s such a great artist beautiful music

Great singer

Via Hamilton ?

Saw you in Cairns we have been long time fans! 😊 Back in WA now, wish you were coming Great Southern way!

Coffs harbour please

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! 😆

Please come to Albany.

I'm getting super excited about the Kimberley tour.

Stephen Penneyston take the Pannawonica crew. Graeme does a great show - Mackay’s own😃

Graeme i have been to many of your shows plz come to Canberra.

Have an enjoyable trip Graeme,,cheers buddy

When are you coming to Caloundra Sunshine Coast Qld again

When are you coming to South Australia 🎸🪗🪕

Fantastic news, can't wait. Man, what a voice. 🤩

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2 months ago

Graeme Connors

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

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 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!

Loved your show, always a treat. I have seen you perform many times and in many venues. You are truly special.

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.🎶🎸🎤🥰🇦🇺

When are you coming to the Sunshine Coast? Would love to see you again.

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. ❤️❤️

Would love to see you in concert again. Keep up the good work.

Our Home town Hero, Awesome guy 🎸🎸🎸❤️❤️❤️

We enjoyed your concert Graeme, see you in Cessnock,if you tour this year,or in Tamworth 2024

Such great photos! Lucky people at your concert!

Love your music, wish you would tour NSW regional towns.

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

Glad you enjoyed yourself

Always such a great concert..💞💞 and great festival.. 🎤🎤💃💃🪕🥁🥁💝💝

Please concert soon in the Hunter.Love your music.

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

Always one of my favourites love ya songs

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

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2 months ago

Graeme Connors

How good it’s been catching up with friends in Tamworth. My good friend Warren H Williams at the 3KND interview centre and Jade Holland just outside the Media Centre.
I can’t wait and my band can’t wait for today’s show at the Town Hall.
See you then.
GC
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Another great show..❤️🎻🎤

Sing your little heart out Graeme , good luck .😀👍

One of my favourites, great songs

Amazing entertainer ♥️🎶🎤⭐️

You and the band will be super traffic

Love your music Graeme...please come down to Melbourne...

Oh Graeme I had tears at your show I had my son a hard working farmer who is 26 with me who absolutely loves your music we wanted so much to wait and catch up however we had to run to pick up younger children Thank you for a wonderful show xxx

We had a wonderful time seeing Graeme at the Town Hall today . 👏👏👏

Greame Connors thank you for sharing your pictures. Have a great time catching up with friends.

Graeme May you and your band have a great time in Tamworth.

Enjoy the show doing what you do best cheers from sunny Qld

Love Graeme Connors music. ❤️

Wish we could be there to enjoy another great show.🎶🎸🎶🎸💙

It’s so wonderful to experience live music again, especially yours, and to catch up. It’s been a while, but it was definitely well worth the wait 🙂

Great Concert !! 🎤🎸

Great concert Graeme, (aka Graham, Gary), thank you.

Love Graham Conners music

Envious! Have a wonderful time.

Hi from Coffs Harbour. Been playing you a lot on Spotify lately. I know it's poor remuneration could be much better.

Loved your performance at the Pickers Night

Best performer at the festival

Have a great show mate 👍

All the best for your show today GC. Hi's from Arrawarra.

Have an amazing concert Graeme & say hi to Lyn. ❤️

Hopefully you can find yourself coming to Lowmead just north of Bundaberg for a stint on your way home for the local school. Would be greatly appreciated

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2 months ago

Graeme Connors

25km from Tamworth - we left home in torrential rain and here we are in the sunshine - see you at Tamworth Town Hall Friday 3pm come hell or high water! ... See MoreSee Less

25km from Tamworth - we left home in torrential rain and here we are in the sunshine - see you at Tamworth Town Hall Friday 3pm come hell or high water!

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I would make that trip just to meet you unfortunately due to ill health I can not travel or be around loud noises. I think I know word for word of every song I remember when I was little your songs bellowed through the wool shed and I use to sit on dads knees and he would si g alo g to your music. Your a true artist xo

Best of luck young man - perhaps one of the most criminally underrated song in Oz music history “ your getting to me “ ... nearly the perfect song ...well done that man

Sounds good! I’ve never been and can’t go this time either! Enjoy!!🥲🎼😀🇦🇺

Did you have to take a detour. The road less travelled 👍

Love your music and songs Graeme. Your songs always tell a story. ! Go well at Tamworth.

Good luck

Little further south for you & a little further north for us 😀See you Friday Graeme , we can’t wait 😀

I moved from Adelaide to the Alice, to the Gulf country to Sarina and now on Bribie. So I did follow your instructions for a while. Thanks for your good advice. Always my favourite song.

I was hoping you would make it. So glad you have. See you Friday, can’t wait.

Best wishes for a fantastic time in Tamworth!

Wish I could be there, years back went to many of your concerts.

Love your music wish i was there all the best

Good luck Graeme

Love your concerts and your fabulous group of musicians.

Good on you Graeme! How about putting Wangaratta in your agenda. You would do really well in this region. Best wishes for a great time in Tamworth. I'll keep an eye and ear out for your tour in NE Victoria.

Best of luck

Have a great time Graeme & Lyn. Wish I was there. Safe travels.

Have a great trip! I wish I was seeing you!

Have a great time Graene and Lynne. . Wish we were there. It's been way too long .....about time you planned a Brisbane concert ! ( Cathie Walker)

So glad you made it without any drama. I hope you both enjoy the whole vibe of Tamworth. Wish I was there😘

"Good on You" "Could be a Wild Weekend" no "Canefields to Burn" but your living "The Great Australian Dream" you have "Done us Proud " Graeme, go hard.

What An Amazing Concert Loved It And Most Of All The Meet And Greet And A Great Talk After Your Show With You Was Very Special 🤠🤠 Thankyou Mr. GRAEME CONNORS 🍻👍 THE BROTHERS FROM BURNIE TASMANIA 👍🤠🤠🍻👍🇭🇲

I was wondering if you’d be able to get to Tamworth! Have a great show!

You are missing all the fun with the rain in Mackay. Enjoy your trip & concert. 👍😊🌧🌧

You have the best songs. I just love the words.

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3 months ago

Graeme Connors

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I learned to play the piano on a pianola. My sister is much better than me! Interesting fact- Frankie Ifield once played it!

Our grandmother had one , now a cousin owns it. I remember it coming unstuck and rolling across the floor

All the best for the festive season Graeme, your piano pedalling skills are improving immensely ( plus good exercise) . Best wishes for the coming year. Warm regards

Merry Christmas from Terry and Carol Preston. - Stay Safe

Merry Christmas GC and family and a big happy birthday to Lyn for yesterday! Welcome to the Connors Clan Charlie, I have no doubt you will be very loved! Hope to see you in 2023.

Charlie loves it as much as you Graeme. Love the Pianola brings family and friends together.

We relax at Christmas with Graeme Connors ' 'one of the family' and St. Mary's fair. In fact anything Graeme Connors.❤

There you are Graeme , singin your little heart out . All the very best . 👍😀🍺

How lucky you are to have a pianola that still works well.

Love your footwork graeme. Merry xmas

I think it will take a bit more than that to work off Christmas lunch 😊

Just great merry Christmas Graham🥰

Not sure the dog is enjoying it!!

Love it! ❤️

Hours spent around our pianola growing up. Such wonderful memories... 🥰🥰🥰

Love it! ❤️ Merry Christmas Graeme, Lyne and all your family.😃❤️

We used to have a piano like that many moons ago. Was fun, when we were allowed to use it that is

Good music and singing.xx

Charlie wants to dance!! 🤩 Keep up the exercise, you'll be grateful. Happy New Year!

You are one multi skilled Artist GC

That’s gold, an interesting way to work off a Christmas feast. Charlie looks like a natural performer, loved the sneaky yawn!

Looks fabulous , Graeme. Charlie seems to love it too!

Merry Christmas Graeme, Lyn and family. 🎄

Love it!❤️ Charlie is very cute.

Player pianos are so great. My mother in law has one. So many different rolls too.

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BIO

Bio

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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