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Lee Kernaghan - 18 April 2009
Lee Kernaghan returns to Melrose and want's you to help him "Rock the Mount" at the Melrose Showgrounds, at the foot of Mount Remarkable.
"As I travel around the country I am seeing something new emerging across regional Australia. It is a new way of doing things, taking the great traditions that made the bush what it is today and blending it with the new. There's innovation, new technology and new potential, it's almost as if there's a quiet revolution going on...some people call it the new bush."
(Lee Kernaghan)
Born in the bush, Corryong, Victoria, on the foothills of the Snowy Mountains high country is where Lee’s life began. The son of a truck driver and later multi platinum recording artist Ray Kernaghan, Lee spent his formative years growing up in the Riverina country of Southern NSW. Lee’s Grandfather was a third generation drover of sheep and cattle and his experiences on the road with his Pop ran deep, producing a string of hits that began with the release of his first album the ARIA award winning ‘Outback Club’ in 1992. His first number one hit ‘Boys from the Bush’ became an anthem, a celebration of a way of life that would change the face of Australian country music forever.
Lee Kernaghan has become a towering figure in Australian country music and a great ambassador for his craft. Lee has a passion for his music and his country and brings these together in his support for country communities across Australia. To many people he represents the very essence of the spirit and values of contemporary rural Australia. In the past ten years his ‘Pass the Hat around Australia Tours have raised more than a million dollars for communities in need and his participation in the ‘Spirit of the Bush’ tours raised spirits as well as money for farming families doing it tough in the drought.
In 2004 Lee was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to rural and regional Australia and on Australia Day 2008 Lee was named Australian of the Year by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at the nationally telecast ceremony from Parliament House Canberra. At the 2008 Country Music Awards of Australia Lee was awarded 3 more Golden Guitars for his smash hit song Spirit of the Bush. Lee was proud to announce that all royalties from the sale of the song are to be donated to needy community causes in perpetuity.