There’s a potent chemistry that drives Busby Marou, and it is that unwritten agenda, a simple intangible understanding between them, that they will continue to drive into the exciting new chapter in their remarkable career. Tom Busby (hailing from Queensland, Australia) and Jeremy Marou (from the beautiful Torres Strait Islands) have been playing music together for over a decade, since their initial music connection at a pub in Rockhampton.
20 years since Kasey’s ARIA #1 and 7 x platinum album ‘Barricades and Brickwalls’ was released, featuring the smash hit single ‘Not Pretty Enough’, which also hit #1 on the ARIA Singles chart at the same time, a first for any Australian artist. This show will feature many of those albums songs in celebration of the milestone alongside all her crowd favourites. In 2018 Kasey’s exceptional career was honoured by being the youngest female ever to be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Often described as a genre-defying singer and songwriter, she wears the honesty of country music on her sleeve, and has become one of the most popular and acclaimed artists of her generation in Australia while winning a devoted cult following in the rest of the world. With 12 award winning albums under her belt since the release of The Captain in 1999, Kasey Chambers brilliant songwriting and world-class performance have earned her a rightful position on the global country artist stage. This tour will bring together great friends who write incredible songs, love to share a story and have a laugh. It’s hard to think of two artists who have ingratiated themselves into the hearts and minds of the Australian music loving public more than Kasey Chambers and Busby Marou. An awesome gig.Before purchasing tickets, please read the Covid Safe Terms and Conditions of Sale, which are in addition to the regular Ticketlink Terms and Conditions of Sale Kasey played for two solid hours and got a standing ovation. Kasey ended the gig with “We all going to die One day”’, a humorous song featuring typical country humour and philosophy. The encore was sensational and featured a cover of Cold Plays ‘Yellow’ with Kasey on banjo.
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Of course, she sang crowd favourite ‘Not Pretty Enough’ which had everyone singing, followed by the full version of ‘Captain’. She played harmonica through this and it was a tongue in cheek song that had everyone laughing. One of the songs was written for her tour guide in Africa.Ī special highlight was a funny song about how her Mum and Dad hooked up in a van and then nine months later she was born. She also told stories of visiting Africa on various occasions and helping in schools over there. Many of her songs were based around her Nullarbor experiences. They lived off the land and spent many nights singing around a campfire. They would wake up in a different spot each morning. Kids would go to sleep while her father drove around hunting foxes. Kasey spoke about how most of the songs from the album were created when she lived in Norfolk Island with her Mum and then later edited in Nashville Tennessee.Ī particularly memorable story Kasey shared was when she was just three weeks old and her family took her up to the Nullarbor Plains where they lived in a land cruiser for ten years which they converted into a camper trailer. The audience responded accordingly and the show featured lots of participation and interaction.Ī real family affair, Kasey’s father Bill was the lead guitarist and they also performed an emotional solo together called ‘Southern Kind of Life’ about a sleepy coastal town in South Australia where they grew up. Often tearing up, Kasey continually thanked her audience and said she was so grateful for the support she had over the years.
It was a celebration of both her life and her music. It wasn’t long before the whole theatre was clapping along.Īs Kasey performed, photos showing her life’s journey appeared on a huge screen, creating a lovely rapport with the crowd. Kasey opened with a solo teaser of the popular album titled single before all original band members joined her on stage. Kasey Chambers’ unmistakable country twang rang out beautifully across Geelong’s Costa Hall, where a sold-out audience was treated to the 20th-anniversary celebration of her award-winning album Captain.
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