With their third album in the can, Australian country rockers, The Wolfe Brothers are gearing up for a massive national tour with a difference. The This Crazy Life Tour, which hits Wests New Lambton on October 22, is more of a mini travelling festival featuring The Wolfe Brothers, Gord Bamford (Canada), Caitlyn Shadbolt, Troy Kemp, Christie Lamb, Jody Direen (NZ) and Craig Heath.
We caught up with Tom from the Wolfe Brothers last week for a chat about the show, their new album and we ask him if he thinks Aussie Country has replaced the long gone pub rock scene.
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Tour headliners The Wolfe Brothers will be returning home for these shows after a four-month tour of the USA. The band is CMC’s 2016 Group Of The Year and with the release of what many describe as a world-class album This Crazy Life, they are getting closer to breaking into the international market. The Wolfe Brothers are signed to ABC Music and are revered as one of the best country rock bands in Australia.
‘This Crazy Life’ Tour
Promoter, Stephen White says the tour will feature seven acts from three countries for one night only in each of the tour cities. “The new wave of Australian country music artists needs a platform to connect with the Australian public,” he says. “We are behind the times with the public’s perception of what country music is. In America country music is a force to be reckoned with and every city, large and small, has at least one country music radio station. In fact there are more country radio stations than pop or rock stations in the USA. Country music has such a broad appeal across America that it is common for country artists to fill football and baseball stadiums regularly in huge urban centres like New York, Boston, and Chicago. Country music is massive business in America due to its broad appeal in all demographics.”
Stephen says the mini travelling festival will showcase what is happening in modern country music. “The idea is to entice people to come and experience the energy and excitement that The Wolfe Brothers deliver and to also check out these other artists, all of whom are incredibly talented performers,” he says. “The music is exciting, the songs connect with people and my view is that in many cases it is rock music with a storyline. It is music for the masses. Check it out folks.”
Tickets for the show are now on sale via http://www.westsnewcastle.com.au/
