Troy Cassar-Daley
Troy Cassar-Daley (born 18 May 1969) is an Australian country musician.
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Born | Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia | 18 May 1969
Genres | Country |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar, harmonica |
Years active | 1990–present |
Labels | Sony Music, Liberation Music |
Associated acts | Adam Brand, Lee Kernaghan, Gina Jeffreys |
Website | Troy Cassar-Daley website |
Cassar-Daley has released eleven studio albums over 30 years. Throughout this time he has received awards including 4 ARIA Music Awards, 37 Golden Guitars, 9 Deadly Awards (Australian Indigenous Artist Awards), 4 Country Music Association of Australia Entertainer of the Year awards and 2 National Indigenous Music Awards.[3]
In 2017 Cassar-Daley was the 50th inductee into the prestigious Australian Roll of Renown.[4]
Early life and career
Cassar-Daley was born in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills to a Maltese-Australian father and an Aboriginal mother.[5] At a very young age, he moved with his mother to Grafton in north-eastern New South Wales. At eleven, Troy went to the Tamworth Country Music Festival and returned the next year to busk on the streets.[6] At 16 he and his band, Little Eagle, were touring the North Coast of New South Wales and he made the top 10 in Tamworth's Star Maker quest. He won the 1986 "Search for a Star" competition and then toured with Brian Young for seven months in which he began to develop his songwriting skills. After returning home he replaced James Blundell as leader of country music band The Blue Heeler Band.
Personal life
Troy is married to radio and television presenter Laurel Edwards with whom he has two children.[1][2].
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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AUS [7] | |||
Beyond the Dancing |
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True Believer |
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53[8] |
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Big River |
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49 |
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Long Way Home |
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77[11] |
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Borrowed & Blue |
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89[13] | |
Brighter Day |
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46 | |
I Love This Place |
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34 | |
Home |
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9 | |
The Great Country Songbook (with Adam Harvey) |
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2 |
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Freedom Ride |
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4 | |
Things I Carry Around |
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5 | |
Live albums
Title | Details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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AUS Top 40 Music DVD [7] | |||
Troy Cassar-Daley Live |
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20[15] |
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Greatest Hits Live |
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- | |
Compilation albums
Title | Details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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AUS [7] | |||
Almost Home |
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Born to Survive (The Best of) |
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18 |
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The Essential Troy Cassar-Daley | - | ||
Lost & Found |
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- | |
Greatest Hits |
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7 [22] |
Awards and nominations
APRA Awards
Cassar-Daley had been nominated for 12 awards, winning 3 at the APRA Awards.[23][24][25][26]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1998 | "Little Things" | Most Performed Country Work | Nominated |
1999 | "Biggest Disappointment" | Most Performed Country Work | Nominated |
2000 | "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore" | Most Performed Country Work | Nominated |
2004 | "Wish I Was a Train" (with Paul Kelly) | Most Performed Country Work | Nominated |
2005 | "Factory Man" | Most Performed Country Work | Nominated |
2007 | "Going Back Home" | Most Performed Country Work | Nominated |
2008 | "Everything's Going to be Alright" | Country Work of the Year | Won |
2010 | "Big Big Love" | Song of the Year | Nominated |
2010 | "Big Big Love" | Country Work of the Year | Won |
2013 | "Country Is" | Most Performed Country Work | Nominated |
2020 | "Wouldn't Change a Thing"[27][28] | Most Performed Country Work of the Year | Nominated |
"Shutting Down Our Town" (Cassar-Daley) by Jimmy Barnes featuring Troy Cassar-Daley[29] | Most Performed Rock Work of the Year | Won |
ARIA Awards
Cassar-Daley had been nominated for 12 awards, winning 4 at the ARIA Music Awards[30]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1995 | Beyond the Dancing | ARIA Award for Best Country Album | Won |
1997 | "True Believers" | Best Country Album | Nominated |
1998 | True Believer | Best Country Album | Nominated |
2000 | Big River | Best Country Album | Won |
2002 | Long Way Home | Best Country Album | Nominated |
2004 | Borrowed & Blue | Best Country Album | Nominated |
2006 | Brighter Day | Best Country Album | Won |
2009 | I Love This Place | Best Country Album | Won |
2011 | Troy Cassar-Daley Live | Best Country Album | Nominated |
2012 | Home | Best Country Album | Nominated |
2013 | The Great Country Songbook (with Adam Harvey) | Best Country Album | Nominated |
2015 | Freedom Ride | Best Country Album | Nominated |
CMAA Awards
The Country Music Awards of Australia is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. Cassar-Daley has won 34 awards; third most behind Slim Dusty and Lee Kernaghan.[31][32] (Note: other sources say he has won 37 awards)[3]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1996 | "End of the Road" | Male Vocalist of the Year | Won |
1998 | True Believer | Album of the Year | Won |
"Little Things" | Male Vocalist of the Year | Won | |
"Little Things" | Video of the Year | Won | |
2000 | "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore" | Male Vocalist of the Year | Won |
"They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore" | ARPA Song of the Year | Won | |
2003 | "Born to Survive" | Male Vocalist of the Year | Won |
"Wish I Was a Train" (with Paul Kelly) | Vocal Collaboration of the Year | Won | |
"Born to Survive" | ARPA Song of the Year | Won | |
2006 | "Lonesome But Free" | Male Vocalist of the Year | Won |
"Bird On A Wire" (with Jimmy Barnes) | Vocal Collaboration of the Year | Won | |
"Yellow Belly" | Instrumental of the Year | Won | |
"Lonesome But Free" | ARPA Song of the Year | Won | |
2008 | "Everything’s Going To Be Alright" | Male Vocalist of the Year | Won |
2010 | I Love This Place | Male Vocalist of the Year | Won |
I Love This Place | Album of the Year | Won | |
"Ain’t Gonna Change for You" (with The McClymonts) | Vocal Collaboration of the Year | Won | |
"Chasin' Rodeo" | Heritage Song of the Year | Won | |
"Big Big Love" | APRA Song of the Year | Won | |
"Big Big Love" | Single of the Year | Won | |
2011 | "Sacred Bones" | Toyota Heritage Song of the Year | Won |
2013 | Home | Male Vocalist of the Year | Won |
Home | Album of the Year | Won | |
"Country Is" | Single of the Year | Won | |
"Home" | APRA Song of the Year | Won | |
2015 | "My Country My Land" (with Dean Perrett) | Vocal Collaboration of the Year | Won |
2016 | Freedom Ride | Album of the Year | Won |
"Freedom Ride" | Male Vocalist of the Year | Won | |
"Freedom Ride" | Toyota Heritage Song of the Year | Won | |
"Freedom Ride" | APRA Song of the Year | Won | |
"Take a Walk in My Country" | Single of the Year | Won | |
Troy Cassar-Daley" | CMAA Producer of the Year | Won | |
2017 | Things I Carry Round | Album of the Year | Won |
2019 | "Shadows on the Hill" | Heritage Song of the Year | Won |
References
- ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton – episode 109: Troy Cassar-Daley (26/06/2006)
- Welcome to LaurelEdwards.com
- "Troy Cassar-Daley returns home to Sony Music under new global deal". The Music Network. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- "Roll of Renown". TCMF. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- "Troy Cassar-Daley". Talking Heads. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- Troy Cassar-Daley – It Takes Two Archived 4 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- "australian-charts.com - Troy Cassar-Daley Australian charts portal". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- "ARIA Report Issue 816" (PDF). ARIA. 17 October 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1998 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2006 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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- "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2014 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- "ARIA Report Issue 1079" (PDF). ARIA Report Issue 1079. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2013 DVD". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- "Greatest Hits Live". JBHiFi. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2008 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- "Troy Cassar Daley The Essential". CD online. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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- "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- "2008 Winners – APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- "2010 Winners – APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- "Nominations for Song of the Year – 2010". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- "Country Work of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- "Tones and I Leads Nominations for 2020 Virtual APRA Awards". Noise11. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "2020 Awards". APRA. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "Full List of Winners". APRA AMCOS. 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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- "TOYOTA GOLDEN GUITAR AWARDS". COUNTRY. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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