Bill Chambers (musician)
| Bill Chambers | |
|---|---|
| Born | Southend, South Australia, Australia |
| Genres | Country |
Bill Chambers is an Australian Country musician and former member of the Dead Ringer Band.[1][2] His album Sleeping with the Blues and Cold Trail were nominated for a 2003 and a 2016 ARIA Award for Best Country Album.[3]
Chambers was born in Southend, South Australia and married his wife Diane at age 20. Together they had 2 children, Nash and country singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers. Chambers and Diane started playing gigs together and soon were joined by Kasey and then Nash. The four piece band became known as the Dead Ringer Band. His marriage later got separated and in 1998 Chambers took a break, ending the band. He moved to Sydney, started producing records, started a record label, Reckless Records, then reunited with his family to support Kasey's solo career.[1]
In 1999 he released a duo album with Audrey Auld (as Bill & Audrey) called Looking Back to See. In 2002 Chambers released a solo album called Sleeping with the Blues and continued as a solo artist with Frozen Ground, Drifting South, Live at the Pub Tamworth and Cold Trail.
Discography
- Sleeping with the Blues (2002) - Restless Records
- Frozen Ground (2006) - Whitewater
- Drifting South (2009) - Whitewater
- Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and the Little Hillbillies (2010) - Liberation Records (with Kasey Chambers)
- Live at the Pub Tamworth (2013) - Whitewater
- Cold Trail (2016) - Independent[4]
Bill & Audrey
- Looking Back to See (1999)
References
- 1 2 Best, Sophie (13 October 2002), "The man behind Kasey Chambers", The Age
- ↑ Campbell, Al, "Bill Chambers", allmusic
- ↑ Zuel, Bernard (5 October 2016), "ARIA Award nominations have a hairy surprise among the Flumes and Avalanches", Sydney Morning Herald
- ↑ Fell, Samuel J (13 March 2016), "CD Review – Bill Chambers Cold Trail by Samuel J Fell", Rhythms