MICK MARTIN
Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter
Mick's career has spanned over three decades with an array of styles. He won best rhythm player in the 1978 Brisbane Battle Of The Bands and best guitarist at the 1991 Castlemaine Battle Of The Bands. Over the last 16 years Mick has been concentrating on country music, performing at various country music festivals such as The Gympie Muster, Tamworth CMF, Mildura CMF, Mud, Bulls & Music festival at Jimna and The Urban Country Music Festival at Caboolture.
Mick has also supported and backed many Australian and international stars. Some supports include Albert Lee, Steve Morse, Joe Walsh & Nick Lowe and most Australian touring bands during the 80's. Backing includes Johnny Tillotson (USA), Kim Hart (NZ), Col Elliot, Adam Harvey, Tania Kernaghan, Lee Kernaghan, Pixie Jenkins, Brendan Walmsley, Lyndsay Hammond, Kirk Lorange, Judy Stone, Johnny Young, Normie Rowe, Chad Morgan, Michael King and Slim Dusty etc.
You can catch Mick performing on the live circuit with his current band The Smokin' Crawdads
KIRK LORANGE
Electric & Acoustic Slide Guitar/Finger Guitar
Canadian slide guitarist Kirk Lorange arrived in Australia in 1974 where he has lived ever since, becoming a citizen in the early '90s. He has contributed to scores of album tracks, dozens of TV and film soundtracks, countless commercials, and played in too many line-ups to name. Through his own album No Apostrophe and songs like Richard Clapton's "Deep Water" and Mark Hunter's "Big City Talk", his distinctive sound has become engrained in the fabric of Australian Rock Music.
