A song written about growing up at Wemen, near Robinvale, has won an Australian Country Music Award at Tamworth 2010 festival.
“When I was a boy” was written by Sara and Greg Storer about growing up in Wemen and attending school at Robinvale.
Sara began a singer-songwriter career in 2002 after being discovered in the Northern Territory and while her brother Greg co-wrote several songs with her, his career as a recording artist began in January 2009 when he released a debut album at a concert held by his sister.
Greg co-wrote three songs with Sara – Crow, Silver Skies and Chiller’s Bend - for her earlier albums and then wrote all 11 songs for himself on his debut album “Backwater”.
Greg and Sara would sing around the campfires when growing up and went to school at Robinvale.
Greg played football for Robinvale and was a member of an Eagle premiership side in the 1990’s.
The Storer’s left the Robinvale area when their parents Lindsay and Fay Storer sold up and headed for Coonamble in Western New South Wales.
Queenslander Troy Cassar-Daley won six golden guitars and will go tour almost immediately with a performance at the Coomealla Club at Dareton on Tuesday February 16.
Award winners last night were Troy Cassar Daley (Male Vocalist of the year, Single of the Year, Album of the year, APRA Song of the Year, Heritage Song, Vocal Collaboration with the McClymonts);
Jetty Road (Group or Duo of the Year).
Video Clip of the Year: Sara and Greg Storer
New Talent of the Year: Victoria Baillie
Instrumental of the Year: Davidson Brothers
Bushwackers: (Bush ballad of the year).
Felicity Urquhart (Female artist of the year)
Keith Urban (Top selling Album of the year)
Horizon award: Amber Lawrence
Producers of the year: Nash Chambers and Shane Nicholson
Musician of the year: Jeff McCormack
Engineer of the year: Nash Chambers.