Flying Emus
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Flying Emus were an Australia
n country
/bluegrass
band. They won the 1988 ARIA Music Award for Best Country Album for their album This Town. They won CMAA Country Music Awards in 1986 (Instrumental of the Year and Vocal Group or Duo of the Year), 1987 (Instrumental of the Year and Vocal Group or Duo of the Year), 1988 (Instrumental of the Year) and 1991 (Instrumental of the Year). Members include Mike Kerin, Ian Simpson, John Kane, Genni Kane, Graham Thompson (ex-Stars
), Malcolm Wakeford
, Hanuman Dass, Michael Vidale and Wayne Goodwin.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
/bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
band. They won the 1988 ARIA Music Award for Best Country Album for their album This Town. They won CMAA Country Music Awards in 1986 (Instrumental of the Year and Vocal Group or Duo of the Year), 1987 (Instrumental of the Year and Vocal Group or Duo of the Year), 1988 (Instrumental of the Year) and 1991 (Instrumental of the Year). Members include Mike Kerin, Ian Simpson, John Kane, Genni Kane, Graham Thompson (ex-Stars
Stars (Australian band)
-Other appearances:-Members:*Glyn Dowding – drums *Malcolm Eastick – guitar, vocals *Mick Pealing – vocals *Graham Thompson – bass guitar *Andrew Durant – guitar...
), Malcolm Wakeford
Malcolm Wakeford
"Malcolm Wakeford" was born in Dartford, near London, England and emigrated to Australia with his family at age 11. Primarily a drummer / vocalist, he has played drums and sung in Australian bands from the late 1970s to date. He is also a song writer, music producer and plays guitar, bass and...
, Hanuman Dass, Michael Vidale and Wayne Goodwin.
Discography
- Look Out Below (1985) - LarrikinLarrikin RecordsLarrikin Records is a record company founded in 1974 by Warren Fahey. Larrikin started as an independent label and was sold in 1995 to Festival Records....
- This Town (1987) - Flying Emu Productions/FestivalFestival Records (Australia)Festival Records was an Australian music recording and publishing company which was founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated until 2005....
- Postcards From Paradise (1989) - Infinity/FestivalFestival Records (Australia)Festival Records was an Australian music recording and publishing company which was founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated until 2005....
- Thank you and goodnight (1990) - Infinity/FestivalFestival Records (Australia)Festival Records was an Australian music recording and publishing company which was founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated until 2005....