Two of the greatest musicians in Australia’s country rock, folk and blues genres will take the stage at Mia Mia this Sunday afternoon.
Paul Wookey and Rod McCormack are both Golden Guitar winners from Tamworth, but are both so much more than country musicians.
Wookey has been lead guitar for blues great Jimmy Witherspoon, has shared a stage with another USA blues great, John Hammond, has worked with country rock legends Vince Gill and Albert Lee, has his own rock ‘n’ roll band, and reveres Eric Clapton and Woody Guthrie.
He was the first-ever musician to play at Melbourne’s Troubadour, back in 1978, and has been a full-time musician for more than 45 years.
McCormack is half a generation younger than Wookey, and has also been performing since his teens. He’s a multi-instrumentalist featuring guitar, mandolin, banjo, lap-steel, keyboards and lots more. He has also won banjo championships in three states in the USA.
McCormack is a songwriter with 400 songs recorded, 30 of which became no.1 hits on the country charts and has toured with Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Trisha Yearwood, Leanne Rimes and, of course, his wife Gina Jeffreys. He’s played on recordings for KD Lang, Jimmy Barnes, Guy Sebastian, Kasey Chambers and many more.
And most of all he is a revered record producer and at his studio on the NSW Central Coast has recorded just about everybody on Australia’s country, folk and country rock scenes.
As well as playing a diverse range of music, Wookey and McCormack will be presenting a brief History Of Country Music, featuring classic songs by Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Buck Owens, George Jones, Merle Haggard and more, at Burke and Wills Winery’s verandah concert on Sunday.
For booking go to www.wineandmusic.net, or phone 5425 5400, or email wineandmusic@bigpond.com
