Troy Cassar-Daley

Troy Cassar-Daley

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Troy Cassar-Daley


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Origin = Surry Hills/Grafton
Instrument = Guitar/Harmonica
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Genre = Country music
Years_active = First single released in 1994
Label = Sony Music
Associated_acts = It Takes Two (Australian TV series)
URL = [http://www.troycassardaley.com.au/ Troy Cassar-Daley web site]

Troy Cassar-Daley is a multiple-award-winning Maltese-Australian & Aboriginal country musician from Grafton, New South Wales. He has been a regular at the Tamworth Country Music Festival (where he first performed at the age of eleven), The Deadlys and visitor to Nashville, Tennessee. He performed in the Australian Country Music Showcase in Nashville.

He released his first EP, "Dream Out Loud", and was nominated for his first Golden Guitar for Best Male Vocalist in 1994. He has won many awards, the 1995 ARIA Award for 'Best Country Record', 1996 Country Music Awards in Tamworth, Troy won the 'Best Male Vocal' Award, 2000 CMAA Awards Best Male Vocal and Song Of The Year for 'They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore' and almost a decade's worth of Deadly Awards. He won the ARIA Music Award for best country album in 2006 [ [http://www.troycassardaley.com.au/ Troy Cassar-Daley web site] ] .

Early life & career

At a very young age, Troy along with his mother moved from Surry Hills in Sydney to Grafton, New South Wales. At the age of eleven Troy went to the Tamworth Country Music Festival and returned the next year to busk on the streets [ [http://au.yahoo.com/it-takes-two/couples/bio/troy-cassar-daley/ Troy Cassar-Daley - It Takes Two ] ] . At 16 he and his band, Little Eagle, were touring the North Coast of New South Wales and he made the top 10 in Tamworth's "Star Maker" quest. He won the 1996 "Search For a Star" Competition and then toured with Brian Young for seven months in which he began to develop his songwriting skills. After returning home he replaced James Blundell as leader of country music band 'The Blue Heeler Band'.

Later career

The first single 'Dream Out Loud' was released in 1994 by Sony Music and reached No.1 on the Australian country music charts. The album was released in January 1995 and Troy won the 1995 Aria Award for Best Country Record. At the 1996 Country Music Awards, in Tamworth, Troy won "Best Male Vocalist". He also made a cameo appearance in the motion picture "Race the Sun" in which he performed a song in a bar scene.

In June that year Troy was part of the Australian Country Music Showcase in Nashville. The Showcase included Lee Kernaghan, Gina Jeffreys and Tommy Emmanuel. As a result Troy returned to the States to record his new album "True Believer" with Steve Dorff.

Troy Cassar-Daley partnered up with Kate Ritchie for the singing competition "It Takes Two" aired on Seven Network in 2006. In May 2007 Troy re-appeared on the same show [ [http://au.yahoo.com/it-takes-two/ It Takes Two official website] ] , this time he partnered with Krystal Forscutt [ [http://au.yahoo.com/it-takes-two/couples/bio/krystal-forscutt/ Krystal Forscutt - It Takes Two ] ] , a former contestant on Network Tens Big Brother program.

Troy was featured in a Wiggles music video for the song Old Dan Tucker.

Discography

* "Dream Out Loud" (1994) by Sony Music [http://www.troycassardaley.com.au/index.php?page=Discography]
* "Beyond The Dancing" (1995)
* "True Believer" (1997)
* "Big River" (1999)
* "Long Way Home" (2002)
* "Borrowed & Blue" (2004)
* "Brighter Day" (2005)
* "Born to Survive: The Best of Troy Cassar-Daley" (2007) (Greatest Hits album)

Troy is married to country singer and radio DJ Laurel Edwards, with whom he has two children, Clay and Gem.

References


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