KERRY KENNEDY and
DOUBLE BARREL
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Introducing Q.L.Ds premier country rock band Kerry Kennedy and Double Barrel
THE BAND
Lead by lead singer/songwriter Kerry Kennedy, Double Barrel
stand and deliver their own style of country, playing the old classics right up
to today’s crossover country. Kerry was a finalist in the 1997 Tamworth
Starmakers awards, the same year he was placed in the top 5 in the Queenslands
Sunnie Awards and in 2000 was one of the top 5 finalists in the T.I.A.R.I.A.
awards for the song “Glass Of Wine”.
During the last few years the band has been called upon to
support many of Australia’s top artist’s such as Daryl Braithwaite, James
Rayne, Felicity, Darren Coggan, Dave Gleeson and the Feral Swing Cats, and with
their own C.D. pushing its way into the radio stations all over Australia and
New Zealand, Double Barrel are a band to watch in the future.
The band consists of four fully professional musicians,
starting off in the engine room on bass is Billy Sell, a former member of
rock’n’blue’s band Frontline, and has shared the stage with legend blue’s man
Doc Span, before joining Double Barrel in 1993.
His partner on drums, Rick Kent, originally from Melbourne he
has had an illustrious career, both in television and on the stage.
Rick started his musical career with top Australian band The
Vibrants who had several charting hits in the five years he was with them, he
then moved onto teaching before moving to England to join popular London group Basic
Truth.
Rick has also been heavily involved with recording and management,
at one time managing Lisa Edwards (Farnham Band) and recording the likes of
Christie Allen, and Men At Work. He has toured the world, backing artist such as Chuck Berry, The Osmond bro and Roy
Orbison.
On the lead guitar from Toowoomba we have one of the young
guns of Australian country rock. Michael Eelkama is surely one of the finest
guitarists touring this country at this present time, a former hard rocker,
Mick delivers his own style of country to spice up some of the old songs, but
is conscious of keeping the smooth country sound.
TOURING & C.Ds.
The band has traveled extensively through out Queensland and
New South Wales as well as touring internationally to Europe, New Zealand and
New Caledonia with negations to tour Canada the U.S.A. and Switzerland in 2005
They have released 4 C.Ds “ Australia’s Most Wanted” in 1996
and in 2000 “Glass Of Wine”, “Kickin’ up A Storm” was released on the 14th
of June 200;. And their brand new C.D. “Goin Home” was released nationally in
February in 2004
S.I.D.s
In 1998 the band released a single entitled “Single Tear”
this song was donated to the S.I.D.S. foundation of Queensland to raise much needed
funds, and a second song entitled “We Held An Angel” is on their new EP with
donations also going to the foundation from this song.
April the 15 starts off the bands 2nd trek for
kids, taking them from Emu Park (just outside Rockhampton) right out through
the middle of Queensland and finishing on the beautiful Sarina beach, to
promote the new C.D.
WHERE THEY HAVE PLAYED
Double Barrel has performed at every major country music
festival, including the Gympie Muster, Casino Beef Week, Charters towers country
festival and the famous Tamworth country music festival, as well as the Züri
Oberländer festival in Switzerland, the New Caledonia rodeo and the Gisbourne
music festival in New Zealand.
Bundaburg rum signed Double Barrel in 2000 to help promote the
Bundaburg rum bull riding series across QLD and NSW, with the last show held at
the Brisbane entertainment center where the boys backed Lee Kernagahan, and
were support for Ian Moss.
Double barrel will always do that extra bit to make an
ordinary night into an extraordinary one.
Some of the places the band has performed are: Züri
Oberländer festival (Switzerland Main Stage) Mt Isa rodeo (4 times) Gympie
muster (3times) Perisha Blue, The Station Resort, Smiggins hotel, River Inn
Thredbo, Brisbane entertainment center (support for Ian Moss), Charters Towers
country music festival (Main stage) Brymaroo country music festival (Main
stage) Aramac (year of the out back) Miles (year of the outback) Twin Towns
Services Club, Seagulls, Tamworth Services Club, Tamworth R.S.L, Shell Harbor
workers club, Dapto bowls club, Maroubra R.S.L, Thredbo Country Music Fling
(Main Stage) West Diggers (Tamworth), Gisbourne music festival N.Z.
T.V. APPERANCES
As well as TV appearances on Today Tonight, Good Morning New
Zealand, Nightline N.Z., and 11 am, and currently have their first video clip
being played on C.M.C. entitled “Single Tear”.