Troy Cassar-Daley

Troy Cassar-Daley (born 18 May 1969) is an Australian country musician.

Troy Cassar-Daley
Born (1969-05-18) 18 May 1969
Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
GenresCountry
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, harmonica
Years active1990–present
LabelsSony Music, Liberation Music
Associated actsAdam Brand, Lee Kernaghan, Gina Jeffreys
WebsiteTroy Cassar-Daley website
Troy is married to TV presenter and radio DJ Laurel Edwards, with whom he has two children.[1][2]

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)
AUS
[7]
Beyond the Dancing
  • Release date: January 1995
  • Label: Columbia (478211 2)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
-
True Believer
  • Release date: January 1997
  • Label: Columbia (486872 2)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
53[8]
Big River
  • Release date: August 1999
  • Label: Columbia (495236 2)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
49
Long Way Home
  • Release date: 27 May 2002
  • Label: Essence Records/EMI Music (5399092)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
77[11]
Borrowed & Blue
  • Release date: 19 April 2004
  • Label: Essence Records/EMI Music (5979432)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
89[13]
Brighter Day
  • Release date: 10 October 2005
  • Label: Essence Records/EMI Music (3427112)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
46
I Love This Place
  • Release date: 17 April 2009
  • Label: Liberation Records (LMCD0046)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, LP
34
Home
  • Release date: 2 March 2012
  • Label: Liberation Records (LMCD0163)
  • Formats: CD/DVD, DD
9
The Great Country Songbook (with Adam Harvey) 2
Freedom Ride
  • Release date: 13 March 2015
  • Label: Liberation Records (LMCD0251)
  • Formats: CD, DD
4
Things I Carry Around
  • Release date: 26 August 2016
  • Label: Liberation Records (LMCD0300)
  • Formats: CD, DD
5

Live albums

Title Details Peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS Top 40 Music DVD
[7]
Troy Cassar-Daley Live
  • Release date: 22 October 2010
  • Label: Liberation Music (LMCD0117)/(LIBDVD1111)
  • Formats: CD, DVD, DD
20[15]
Greatest Hits Live -

Compilation albums

Title Details Peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[7]
Almost Home
  • Release date: 23 January 2006
  • Label: Rajon Records (CDR0543)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
-
Born to Survive (The Best of)
  • Release date: July 2007
  • Label: EMI Music (5099 2 425012 2)
  • Formats: CD, DD
18
The Essential Troy Cassar-Daley
  • Release date: 22 April 2011[19]
  • Label: Sony (886977644320)
  • Formats: CD
-
Lost & Found
  • Release date: 28 March 2018[20]
  • Label: Bloodlines (9341004057951)
  • Formats: Download, Streaming
-
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 19 October 2018[21]
  • Label: Bloodlines (BLOOD33)
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, download, streaming
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
1998"Little Things"Most Performed Country WorkNominated
1999"Biggest Disappointment"Most Performed Country WorkNominated
2000"They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore"Most Performed Country WorkNominated
2004"Wish I Was a Train" (with Paul Kelly)Most Performed Country WorkNominated
2005"Factory Man"Most Performed Country WorkNominated
2007"Going Back Home"Most Performed Country WorkNominated
2008"Everything's Going to be Alright"Country Work of the YearWon
2010"Big Big Love"Song of the YearNominated
2010"Big Big Love"Country Work of the YearWon
2013"Country Is"Most Performed Country WorkNominated
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
1995Beyond the DancingARIA Award for Best Country AlbumWon
1997"True Believers"Best Country AlbumNominated
1998True BelieverBest Country AlbumNominated
2000Big RiverBest Country AlbumWon
2002Long Way HomeBest Country AlbumNominated
2004Borrowed & BlueBest Country AlbumNominated
2006Brighter DayBest Country AlbumWon
2009I Love This PlaceBest Country AlbumWon
2011Troy Cassar-Daley LiveBest Country AlbumNominated
2012HomeBest Country AlbumNominated
2013The Great Country Songbook (with Adam Harvey)Best Country AlbumNominated
2015Freedom RideBest Country AlbumNominated

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
1996"End of the Road"Male Vocalist of the YearWon
1998True BelieverAlbum of the YearWon
"Little Things"Male Vocalist of the YearWon
"Little Things"Video of the YearWon
2000"They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore"Male Vocalist of the YearWon
"They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore"ARPA Song of the YearWon
2003"Born to Survive"Male Vocalist of the YearWon
"Wish I Was a Train" (with Paul Kelly)Vocal Collaboration of the YearWon
"Born to Survive"ARPA Song of the YearWon
2006"Lonesome But Free"Male Vocalist of the YearWon
"Bird On A Wire" (with Jimmy Barnes)Vocal Collaboration of the YearWon
"Yellow Belly"Instrumental of the YearWon
"Lonesome But Free"ARPA Song of the YearWon
2008"Everything’s Going To Be Alright"Male Vocalist of the YearWon
2010I Love This PlaceMale Vocalist of the YearWon
I Love This PlaceAlbum of the YearWon
"Ain’t Gonna Change for You" (with The McClymonts)Vocal Collaboration of the YearWon
"Chasin' Rodeo"Heritage Song of the YearWon
"Big Big Love"APRA Song of the YearWon
"Big Big Love"Single of the YearWon
2011"Sacred Bones"Toyota Heritage Song of the YearWon
2013HomeMale Vocalist of the YearWon
HomeAlbum of the YearWon
"Country Is"Single of the YearWon
"Home"APRA Song of the YearWon
2015"My Country My Land" (with Dean Perrett)Vocal Collaboration of the YearWon
2016Freedom RideAlbum of the YearWon
"Freedom Ride"Male Vocalist of the YearWon
"Freedom Ride"Toyota Heritage Song of the YearWon
"Freedom Ride"APRA Song of the YearWon
"Take a Walk in My Country"Single of the YearWon
Troy Cassar-Daley"CMAA Producer of the YearWon
2017Things I Carry RoundAlbum of the YearWon
2019"Shadows on the Hill"Heritage Song of the YearWon

References

  1. ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton – episode 109: Troy Cassar-Daley (26/06/2006)
  2. Welcome to LaurelEdwards.com
  3. "Troy Cassar-Daley returns home to Sony Music under new global deal". The Music Network. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  4. "Roll of Renown". TCMF. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. "Troy Cassar-Daley". Talking Heads. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  6. Troy Cassar-Daley – It Takes Two Archived 4 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "australian-charts.com - Troy Cassar-Daley Australian charts portal". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  8. "ARIA Report Issue 816" (PDF). ARIA. 17 October 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  9. "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1998 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2006 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  11. "ARIA Report Issue 640" (PDF). 5 June 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  12. "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  13. "ARIA Report Issue 640" (PDF). 26 April 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  14. "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2014 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  15. "ARIA Report Issue 1079" (PDF). ARIA Report Issue 1079. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  16. "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2013 DVD". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  17. "Greatest Hits Live". JBHiFi. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  18. "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2008 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  19. "Troy Cassar Daley The Essential". CD online. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  20. "Lost & Found by Troy Cassar-Daley". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  21. "Troy Cassar-Daley Greatest Hits". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  22. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  23. "2008 Winners – APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  24. "2010 Winners – APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  25. "Nominations for Song of the Year – 2010". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  26. "Country Work of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  27. "Tones and I Leads Nominations for 2020 Virtual APRA Awards". Noise11. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  28. "2020 Awards". APRA. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  29. "Full List of Winners". APRA AMCOS. 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  30. "ARIA Award Search Troy Cassar-Daley". Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  31. "TOYOTA GOLDEN GUITAR AWARDS". COUNTRY. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  32. "Golden Guitar winners tally". History of Country Music. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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