 |
|||||||
|
|
 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Wayne gets his MO! Thursday 13 Nov 2008:
Now back in Australia, Wayne made a surprise appearance at the Canterbury Country show in Sydney, who were staging their annual Tomkins Guitars Showcase night to a capacity crowd at Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club. (Wayne had appeared at the Nashville Showcase earlier in June, see below). It was Wayne who got the surprise when the show's host (and Wayne's record producer) Bob Howe was finally able to present Wayne with the trophy for 32nd Australian Entertainment 'MO' Awards SLIM DUSTY COUNTRY MALE VOCAL PERFORMER which he had accepted on Wayne's behalf earlier in the year while Wayne was in the USA. Wayne was delighted to receive this honour from his peers and very happy to see all his Aussie friends. The multi-award winning Wayne is now off and running and on the road. Check Wayne's Australian Gig Guide for full details of his 2008/2009 Australian and New Zealand tours!
5th July 2008:
Wayne talked by phone to Barbara Morison on All Kinds Of Country, in Sydney on Radio 2SER 107.3 FM about travelling to the USA, winning the MO Award, his new CD Born Free and more...
LISTEN to a replay HERE...
 8th June 2008: Wayne made a surprise appearance at the Sheraton Hotel in Downtown Nashville for the Tomkins Guitars Showcase, yodelling up a storm while playing an Australian-Made Custom Tomkins Guitar (thanks to Sharnee Fenwick for the loan of her pink guitar). Pictured L to R: Bob Howe, Wayne, Peter Figures (drums) and Allan Tomkins who makes these wonderful instruments.
23rd Feb 2008: Wayne's Love That Country Music show appeared at The Liverpool Catholic Club in Sydney. Before the show, Wayne spoke at length with Ian MacRae for The Liverpool Catholic Club Podshow Ep.23. You can hear it if you click here...
Australia's Country Performer of the Year Wayne Horsburgh
sing's 'Back in the Saddle Again' at Baker Creek Seed Company's Summer Show 2007 Click on the arrow to play the video...  Above: Wayne performs at the 30th Annual Hodag Country Festival, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, July of 2007.
Brooke and Uncle Wayne. This photo taken at Brooke's  Above: MidWest Country Theatre at Sandstone, Minnesota on July 22 2006. This live country music show is broadcast on RFD TV to over 28 million homes across the USA. Wayne was invited back on July 28th 2007 for another concert.  Above: Wayne with Bugsy on bass and Cozy on drums at Stanway Rovers Football Club in Colchester, U.K., October 2006.
Sun 15 Oct: Wayne spoke briefly on Brian Mann's Country Show on BBC Radio Suffolk...hear the replay HERE...
International World-Fest 2006 at Silver Dollar City, Branson, Missouri. Wayne has just finished a season of shows, working on stage with the wonderful Flores De Praga -    DVD - 'Career Classics' Vol. II (SOLD OUT!)
"...There have been many memorable times throughout my career and I am pleased to bring to you just some of them on this DVD. You will see some beautiful scenery around my home district of Lima and Benalla, plus Sydney Harbour and the world-famous Sydney Opera House. We will also visit Kentucky Down Under; Nashville Tennessee; and Branson, Missouri, as well as include several live shows in Wisconsin from a few years back. I hope you enjoy this collection of interviews, live performances and rare footage. My first video, Career Classics, Vol. 1, showed the early years of my musical life, taking us up to 1990. So now, sit back and relax as the story continues..."
Download a printable mail-order Merchandise Form for the U.S.A. or Australia.  'Songs of the Islands'Volume One Available now from all of Wayne's "...16 well-loved titles...a unique fusion of Hawaiian and country music influences...beautiful vocals, Hawaiian-style falsetto breaks...".
"...stands perfectly alongside the Marty Robbins Hawaiian albums...lovely clear sound and a first-rate group of backing musicians...exquisite steel guitar...coupled with the excellent arrangements, Wayne's voice is the dominant impression...he handles the material beautifully!" -
John Marsden, world-renowned authority on Hawaiian and
Steel Guitar music and head of BMG Club (Hawaiian
Division)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
APRIL 17 :Wayne on stage in the U.K. with the Barbary Coast band
at Mapperley Plains Social Club, Nottingham. Photo by Brian Pearce.
 Pictured Above: Wayne with Frank Ifield who is promoting Wayne's U.K. Tour. (Photo by Terry Phillpot) Pictured Right: Wayne in Sydney with producer Bob Howe at Kenilworth Studios, Bondi Beach, putting the finishing touches to an album entitled Songs Of The Islands, scheduled for release later this year. The inspiring splendor of the Pacific Ocean is visible from the studio window! (Photo by KVee) |
April 2005: Wayne has finished his latest tour of Australia and New Zealand, both with his own concerts and with his package show Love That Country Music. He will be touring the United Kingdom in April and May, and then returning to the U.S.A. for a summer tour, followed by the American Music and Craft Festival at Silver Dollar City in the fall. Check the gig guide links above for Wayne's latest tour dates... |
Pictured Left:
Love That Country Music
starring
WAYNE HORSBURGH
and
DONNA BOYD
with
GREG HOOPER (keyboards/M.D.) on the left
and BOB HOWE, right.
(Photo by KVee)
 Pictured above: Wayne, back in Australia to collect his award. Photos by Bob Howe |
And the winner is...
Pictured below: |
Earlier in 2004, Wayne was also nominated for the 'MO' Award in the prestigious 'Australian Showbusiness Ambassador Of The Year' category, alongside
Barry Humphries (Dame Edna), Hugh Jackman, Kylie Minogue, James Morrison and Keith Urban!!
Wayne was also nominated for Male Country Performer of the Year along with Adam Brand, Troy Cassar-Daley, Adam Harvey and John Williamson.
Photo right by Reg Bennedick: Wayne 'Live' at Caboolture RSL Club, Queensland in Dec. 2004
2004 began with Wayne being busy performing in the Sydney, Tamworth,
Brisbane and Melbourne Clubs. In April he flew to Branson, Missouri, where
he worked as MC with the Bulgarian Dance Show, called 'World-E-Motion'
during the International World Festival. During the USA summer months,
Wayne toured the mid west doing shows in Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee,
Missouri and Wisconsin.
The American Music & Craft Festival at Silver Dollar City featured Wayne
performing daily with the 'Horse Creek Band' during September and October,
before flying home to Australia in November.
CHRISTMAS ALBUM: An Aussie Ozark Christmas with Wayne - OUT NOW !!
Wayne nominated for ACE Award: - Wayne was once again nominated for the Australian Club Entertainment Awards in the Country Male Act category in 2003.
The 2003 show at SILVER DOLLAR CITY completed a highly successful season and was called Echo Hollow Homecoming, a fully
produced 90 minute Country Music show in a 4,000 seat Amphitheatre. The show included
comedy, gospel, instrumental and good old fashioned traditional country
music, backed by a 7 piece country group called
The Time Machine Band.
Wayne Horsburgh was the featured act along with cajun fiddler
Wade Benson Landry, vocal duo Pure Heart, comedian Jim Dandy, MC Jae McFerron and pianist extraordinaire Tracy Heaston.
 Wayne with Teresa of Pure Heart |
 Wayne with Jim Dandy |
 JIM DANDY Jamie Haage |
 Wade Benson Landry and Tonyia THE LANDRY'S |
 Teresa and Tonyia PURE HEART |
 Band Leader & Music Director TRACY HEASTON |
Wayne at WORLD-FEST: -
Wayne once again proudly represented Australia at America's Largest International Festival World-Fest 2003 in May.
Below, Wayne with honorary Aussies, the Horse Creek Band...
 |
 |
 Wayne has appeared at the Wayne Horsburgh Fan Club booth at Fan Fair every year since 1991. This year was no exception. Here's Wayne at the Wrangler EXHIBIT HALL during FAN FAIR in Nashville, June 5-8, 2003. The custom-made Australian electric guitars (on the right) were made by old friend Allan Tomkins of TOMKINS GUITARS. |
 |
NEW ALBUM: An Aussie Ozark Christmas with Wayne: "After so many requests for some Christmas songs, I have finally recorded a nice collection of your favourites, plus a few that you may not have heard before. I decided to record half of the songs in the Ozarks and the rest of them in Australia and that's where the title of 'An Aussie Ozark Christmas with Wayne' came from."
Meanwhile, Memories & Guitar Strings and LAND OF ENCHANTMENT continue to sell well in the U.S.A, getting great reviews world-wide and radio airplay...
 LATEST REVIEW: - from the U.K.COUNTRY MUSIC PEOPLE Feb 2003
WAYNE HORSBURGH Wayne Horsburgh was born in Australia in 1955 and began his singing career at the age of 11, both on television and with a local dance band. After leaving school he combined singing with working in a bank for several years but his career took a change of direction in 1973 after seeing Slim Whitman during an Australian tour. Immediately impressed by Whitman's yodeling, Horsburgh soon included yodels in his own singing act. In 1978 he toured with Buddy Williams, which established him as a major talent on the Australian scene. He picked up several awards and since 1984 has recorded a string of albums, highlighted by his undoubted yodeling ability and the songs of his native country. In the early '90s, while touring the States, Wayne appeared as part of the Western Music Festival in Tuscon, Arizona, which also included Roy Rogers (his idol), Riders In The Sky and Sons Of The Pioneers; he briefly toured in the UK in 1992. This latest release ranges from songs that demonstrate his respect for Marty Robbins (El Paso City, Devil Woman) to cowboy material such as My Adobe Hacienda and Cattle Call. Apart from its writer Dusty Rogers (Roy Jr), I have never heard any other singer perform King Of The Cowboys, a tasteful tribute to Roy Sr. Other memories of Wayne's time with Roy come with The Final Frontier (a nice duet with Judy Anne Barnes) and The Night Guard, which features a very fine yodel.
The title track, a beautifully descriptive ballad, was originally popularised by its writer Michael Martin Murphey on his 1989 album of the same name. The obvious influence of Slim Whitman shows clearly on the best version of Bandera Waltz that 1 have heard since Whitman's 1950s recording. There is little to fault this album. For those inclined, it has yodels (a dying art now), cowboy material and true country songs, such as Green Green Grass 0f Home. The backing, which features steel guitar and fiddle, is excellent throughout. To my mind, Wayne is at his best with yodels and, since it remains a well-liked art form in Australia, his continuing popularity is not in question. - Hugh T. Wilson |
Previous News...
- CLICK HERE for photos of Wayne at FAN-FAIR 2002 in Nashville...
- CLICK HERE for photos of Wayne at WORLD-FEST 2002 in Branson...
The 25th Annual HODAG COUNTRY FESTIVAL in Rhinelander, Wisconsin was a huge success over the weekend of July 11th through 14th. My show on the Thursday night, backed by the Polka Band, 'The Music Connection' was very well received by the 25,000 people in front of the big stage. I was followed by Country Music Stars, Lorrie Morgan and then Sammy Kershaw. It was a fantastic night and the crowd reaction was amazing. The popular Aussie song 'Lovers Carousel' was still the favourite song of the night with the entire crowd waving arms and swaying to the music. I was proud to have the 'Music Connection' back me at the Hodag Country Festival as this was the first time in 25 years that 'Polka Music' was featured amongst some of the biggest Country Music acts and bands during this long running Festival. Other artists like Toby Keith, Neal McCoy, Alabama, The Wilkinson's, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Chad Brock, Blake Shelton, Leroy Van Dyke and Darryl Worley had that crowd swelled to over 45,000 people by the time the weekend was over. See the crowd photo below, and this was only a part of it...
 CD REVIEW: - Capital News March 2002LAND OF ENCHANTMENT WAYNE HORSBURGH has long been the reigning king of easy listening middle of the road country for me. Along with folks like PAUL McCloud he's carved a well deserved reputation for consistently listenable albums, and here's another. 14 favourites with a 'New Mexico' flavour. A bit of MARTY ROBBINS, some singing cowboy songs with a bright clean production from CAPITAL NEWS' own BOB HOWE (cyberBob to most) and MICHAEL VIDALE with Tommy Grasso's pedal steel and an odd touch of brass here and there. Land Of Enchantment, the title track, is a MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHY western song and along with others by ROY ROGERS, DUSTY ROGERS, and titles like Bandera Waltz, El Paso City, Yellow Rose of Texas, Sioux City Sue, My Adobe Hacienda should get you on the right track for this selection of tunes. So roll back the rug and two step around the floor while still being able to hold a conversation in the moonlight of course. - RON ADSETT |
|
|
|
[Home] [Biography] [Recordings] [News] [Contacts] [Photo Album] [Fan Club] |