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RIP Luthier Alan Funk
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"The Uncommon Non Dominator" :-) - Mal Webb
Scroll down here for a quick listing of Clermont's recent touring bands & shows
| Awards | Bio & Sponsors!| Mini Bio 1 | Award Nomination for Contribution to Folk Music 2021 |
main Bands of the last years -
Andrew Clermont's International Supper Club | BluGuru | Totally Gourdgeous |
The Apostle String Band Tour with Paul Wookey
Andrew Clermont - Teacher |Earlier Bio | 2000 Bio! |Old Bio | Fiery Fiddlers |
John Elliot Questionnaire & Highlights | CDs & DVDs produced over the years
Andrew Clermont is a chameleon multi-instrumental musician from Bluegrass to Indian, Scandinavian to Oldtime.
Has toured with various essence of Australia & US country music and rubbed shoulders with the cools of jazz and classical.
A 3 time Bluegrass Guitar Champ and a Director of the Golden Fiddle Awards in Australia!
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Well, before we we all had to lock down and try to halt the virus invader, we were trying to work out recovery from Fire & Flood
2020 had rocked in with a megalithic finale @ Woodfood (un)Fire Event, QLD
co-ordinating the String Section to the 100 piece Orchestra (see highest fiddle bow at the back !)
Followed by a multitude of Supper Club Shows Nowendoc (free for the locals & firefighters/ drought stricken),
Murrurrundi (Chicken in the Window Barn) & Tamworth Country Music Festival
@ The North Tam Bowlo plus The Golden Fiddle Awards!
(see youtubes! over 150 highlights!!)
Then Yarra Junction Fiddlers Convention, Tour with Goldheist to SA and Sandford Bush Festival!
Via The Blanche Cave, Naracoorte!
there after was a focus in Piano Tuning !!
Tours of 2019
A simple introduction to modes of scales; reactive and interactive playing;
going ballistic; Improvisation is but a few notes from where you are now!
1. A CRASH COURSE TO MANDOLIN - DVD support.
Pick techniques , achievable Chords, Accompanying, Soloing and a bit on how to go
ballistic, musically :-) Includes a leaning to the blues
2. A CRASH COURSE TO FIDDLIN' - DVD support
Bowing - in particular the shuffles, lilts, trills and a step by step path to soloing safely and effectively.
Includes a leaning to the blues and definitely an easy conversion from Classical to Folk fiddling.
3. A CRASH COURSE TO FLAT-PICK BLUEGRASS/ FOLK GUITAR - DVD support
Includes applying Guitar to Fiddle tunes and the most volume you can extract from your instrument per effort.
Rising above and around your Musical Plateau; useful accompaniment and a bit on how to nuts in performance !
GUITAR OPTION: Master Class Championship Bluegrass Flat-Picking - Book & CD support
4. LEARN TO PLAY DIDGERIDOO: - DVD support
Sure-fire techniques to crack the illusive circular breathing - then the journey begins.
5. Demystifying SOUND MIXING/ BAND ENGINEERING -
focused on live mixing: equalising the whole sound system (and the band players!!) : extracting the Real tones from the instruments and voice,
pre-amps, pick-ups & microphones: stacking the odds and players in your favour for a successful mix & performance - and most importantly -
keeping it simple!
6. A Song-writing Workshop - having songs sound natural and a few other things you may not have checked on!
Clermont annually includes sound-sorting at numerous Festivals - and head of production at
the "epic" 35 hours over 8 days Supper Club at Tamworth Festival, Nowendoc Fest, Sandford Bush Fest,
Yarra Junction Fiddlers Convention, Wirrina Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Fests, all but one of the 20 Frances Folk Gatherings,
and the last 10 years of Mildura Country MusicFest !
Clermont has finally "settled down", Solo or nestled in a happy handful of bands with 5 or 6 instruments. Appearing in Austria/ Kenya/
USA/ Canada/UK/ Germany/ Taiwan/ Malaysia/ Hong Kong/ Singapore/New Zealand/ and Australia wide through the last decades!
Sponsorships/assistance -
Just Better Care NSW - huge contribution for performer travel assistanceto Andrew Clermont's Supper Club - particularly in these Covid times!Maton Guitars (stunning 12-string), Gilchrist Mandolins, Epoch Violins & Buckmaster Violins with appreciated relations to
Tucker Barrett Instruments, White Swallow Banjos (RIP Alan Funk) and Swales Gourd instruments -
plus various printing and performer travels help from Clearview IT through the years
The Bands -
Andrew Clermont's Supper Club
BluGuru (Josh Bennett, Parvyn Kaur Singh & Clermont)/
Goldheist (with Hester Fraser)
Totally Gourdgeous (OZ & Europe) / The Borderers (quite often)
and previously
Zen Tripitalia (occasionally) The Lawnmowers/ Fiddlers Festival(Tamworth to Europe & Tokyo/ HongKong )/ Terra Australis (Multi-Awarded Bush Band) /
Dya Singh Internationally Awarded World Music Group - SA to USA, UK & Malaysia
Celtic Conundrums (eg a few times snow band at Charlottes Pass with Ollie Francis RIP! )and the Golden Guitar winning THREE CHORD WONDERS !
Other cool occasional collaborations through the years -Tom T Hall/ John Chester/ Kavisha Mazzella/ Elizabeth Lord & Leigh James/ Tania Elizabeth (Canada)/ Willow Stahlut- Kemp/Matiladroo/ Greg Champion/ Pat Drummond/ Donna Reynolds/ Xavier Rudd/ The Waifs….
The Festivals annually attended -
Yarra Junction Fiddlers Convention (now caretaker of sound production & attendee for most of 35 years) (Photo Clermont)
performing @ Woodford Folk Festival Hilltop Stage with Dya Singh World Music Group
Woodford Folk Festival (30 years including Maleny!) Photo Marilla Homes Fire Event 2014 - Andrew is just to the right of the lady giant :-)
The National Folk Festival with Paddy Montgomery, Tom Kendall, Alex Gordon, Tony Eyers, Tony Hunter & Nigel Lever first layer!
Pt Fairy Folk Festival - here Andrew is rocking with The Borderers @ The Star Hotel Pt Fairy (first fest visit here was the mid 80s!)
and all 20 of Frances Folk Gatherings (SA Border) - what amazing decades of friendships & performances! Production for all but the first!
Mildura Country Music Festival This be "just" the Pizza Bar! (Clermont co-ordinated Production & was an Awards player during it's last decade)
Andrew Clermont's International Supper Club (22nd year in 2020) a 'Fringe Fest' to Tamworth Country Music Festival
(Andrew has been going to the festival since 1983! )
Now for over 20 years he has been featuring 100s of players through Andrerw Clermont's International Supper Club from Tamworth to Estonia!
At the same time he's been 'pumpkin powered' in Totally Gourdgeous (Voted Best Live Folk Band '08);
Distilling a magical trio BLUGURU from epic tours with Australia's multi-awarded/cultural Dya Singh World Music Group
(Perth to LA& New York to London Royal Albert Hall) ; he's a 3 time Bluegrass National Guitar Champ and straddled the 'cutting hedge' with
The Lawnmowers Bluegrass band & The Apostle String Band
however also touring assorted artists when he gets a chance!
Or in Goldheist with Hester Fraser 2020 plus regularly in The Borderers (SA) since 1998 - receiving People's Choice Award - Australian Folk Alliance 2021
Andrew initiated the NoHoldsBarred Fiddle Contest for a number of years and is a Director to the Golden Fiddle Awards since it's inception .
These are both sponsored by Epoch Violins with Andrew touring the unique electric 5-string models
There are over 30 CDs & assorted Tuition DVDs (Fiddle/Mandolin/Guitar/Didgeridoo) with a recent addition of the
"Being There" Big Pics multi-photo series prints. These pics can blow up to vertical door size & house wall widths & dimensions
- though typically the A3 size is bought.
All in all a true smorgasbord of sound and vision - plus thanks to Covid hermiting - Piano Tuning !!
The Supper Club
The years since 1998 have seen Andrew Clermont’s International Supper Club grow to full swing with artists from Tibet, Italy & Nepal to
Texas, Oklahoma & Taiwan and many of Australia’s own unique Voice to Dance & Instrumentalists presented. Andrew is delighted to
have this ‘Fringe Festival’ (often 15 shows!) develop in his home town - via the Tamworth Country Music Festival primarily, but also
gathered at Woodford Folk Festival for many years, National Folk, Pt Fairy, Fairbridge Festivals and way up to Tallin in Estonia and even Berlin!Family, Awards, Causes & fine Friends
Born in Adelaide in 61 and soon a ‘legend’ :-) at his Primary School concerts, Andrew has now resided near Tamworth for most of his life;
trained horses to ride off into the sunset on and taught/ mentored a string of adventurous musicians across the country
through workshops, visits & lessons both direct & on Video.His love of acoustic music gained him 3 Bluegrass Guitar Championships (now a judge) and a Golden Guitar with the Three Chord Wonders
at the beginning of his working life. Then there was the Noses of Fame & Hands of Fame (Tamworth & Barmera) inclusions in cement!
There is a bold bunch of beautiful daughters & grandsons plus family from Adelaide through Tamworth to Berlin, Germany.
Funnily enough it’s the regular touring that keeps a large element of family contact rolling along.He is a tall, colourful and exuberant regular at many festivals - even providing sound production to suit some of them. The only
Artist to Fairbridge Folk Fest to be invited to all four showcases of Mandolin, Fiddle, Guitar & Gospel + Musicianship Award winner
at Frances Folk Gathering + a regular host of Fiddle Round Robins around the country.But some fancier fiddling footwork is often more publicly seen with friends like The Borderers, Tamerisque, Kavisha Mazzella,
Pat Drummond, The Waifs, Jeff Lang, Xavier Rudd or from USA - Tom T Hall, Kate Campbell, Colin Brooks and ….somewhere near you soon!
Recordings, Videos, Books, Internet Youtubes / Facebook
There are some 30 or more CDs which present Andrew in the various groups, Solo and with various collaborations. Most can be
sampled at the extensive www.andrewclermont.com.au website with many travel stories, photos world wide, and Concert Emovies.Also waiting there are samples of the 4 Tuition Videos, and an entire ‘House’ of photos & linked pages to glean a more
personal insight to the last decades of world traveled music from the chameleon, Andrew Clermont.
Mini-Bio #1
ANDREW CLERMONT:
The borders of music tumble as Clermont challenges the musical moment. History has seen him with Troy Cassar Daley; The Waifs, Tom T Hall (USA) and Jeff Lang literally threw his guitar off when a Xmas duel at Woodford could go no higher. However Andrew did slip in with India(n) group Dya Singh soaring the ragas which morphed into multi-faceted BluGuru and often cutting loose with The Borderers.
His prime CD - The Longing - is a smorgasbord of acoustic finery. There's also the over 20 years with Award Winning “Totally Gourdgeous” and his "International Supper Club ". Folk from around the world to jazz, blues and a little down home Country & Bluegrass with "The Lawnmowers" - after all he did win 3 Bluegrass Guitar Championships as well!
Watch him go from calm to berserk with flair!
Contribution to Folk Alliance Australia Award Submission by
Anne Miller - Director to Penola Coonawarra Acoustic Music Gathering
of
Andrew Clermont
Andrew has been a fixture in the national folk scene for over 40 years.
He plays Didgeridoo, Dulcimer, Fiddle, Viola, Guitars, Mandolin, Bass, Double Bass, and Tenor Banjo and Voice with equal fervour, style and technique. Although a virtuoso of most of these instruments when he gets on stage to be a part of or assist other performers, he is humble and giving, never overshadowing them and is only there to enhance their performance.
His calm, low key approach underlies his incredible competency at live sound mixing/band engineering, where he is able to extract the “real” tones from the instruments and voices. This unique ability along with his renowned “Andrew Clermont’s Supper Club” has him in high demand at Folk Festivals nationally.
Andrew does not keep his skills and talents of playing and sound mixing to himself. He teaches workshops, tutors one on one and developed DVDs to help people move beyond their musical plateau where ever they may be. He has also produced or played on 45 personal & Band CDs and created 11 DVDs plus a 120 page A3 book Photo Almanac through 20 years of his International Supper Club, as well as a session muso on over a hundreds of other artists albums.
Throughout his career he has travelled extensively both nationally and internationally -Spain, Austria, Kenya, USA, Canada, UK, German, Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand. His resume of bands and well-known people he has played and collaborated with is unbelievable. Tom T Hall (USA) to Dya Singh World Music Group
At present still featuring with BluGuru, Totally Gourdgeous, The Borderers, The Apostle String Band Tours and his International Supper Club plus recent tours with Goldheist & Kavisha Mazzella.
Andrew has been involved as a Director, and now Musical Director, of The Golden Fiddle Awards since it’s inception two decades ago, recognising fiddle and violin players and teachers. He has seen three generations of fiddle players and other instruments develop and keep folk music alive.
Over the decades he has won over 11 music awards, many more than once.
During Covid he turned to tuning over 20 pianos fully back to concert pitch, just another incredible talent that serves the community.
Why did you think he should win this award?
Andrew has devoted his life to music. “Everyone is a folk musician, everyone has that in them, if they are passionate about something. From the very way you present yourself there is a storytelling, there is a melody, there is heritage is everyone’s voice.” “Our job is to turn up at schools, down the street, wherever we can, to give the kids (young & old) an opportunity to hear something different, to inspire. You only need a few leaders and it will take off like wildfire.”
Andrew’s consistent enthusiasm, professional and inspirational musicianship has won admiration from both other musicians and audiences alike.
Event organisers and audiences would attest that he brings his own style of magic either by performing himself, spontaneously accompanying other musicians to enhance their sound or mixing the sound for multiple instruments and voices. He personally has a huge following and brings credibility to any gathering.Addendum:
As it turned out, in 2021 the award was given to the remarkableDave DeSanti (Illawarra Folk Fest and much more).However,since the mid 90s Clermont has performed regularly as part of The Borderers,who in 2021, won the People's' Choice Award - Australian Folk Alliance!And then less than a month later Clermont wasinducted into the SA Music Hall of Fame!!------------------------------
FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH
- FOUR FIERY FIDDLERS - as presented by BEMAC, Brisbane, August, 2001ANDREW CLERMONT in concert with
As it turns out, Clermont & Graham had been meeting up at festivals across Victoria through to Queensland for quite a while at the time but now in 2021, a full 20 years later, he’s strong friends with Shenzo as well and appear at each other’s events regularly. They all hit it off very well throughout the night
ANDREW CLERMONT (left), chameleon player with Epoch Strings sponsorship and soon became Director to the Golden Fiddle Awards was this night letting his hair down with
FRED GRAHAM (Far Right):
One of Australia foremost fiddle players, Fred Graham plays with Brisbane-based Celtic group Tulca Mor and is a founder member of the jazz-fusion/ original music quartet Mystrel. Whilst graduating with a degree in Jazz studies, Fred has nurtured his interest in Irish fiddle playing, which recently culminated in his touring Ireland on a Lord Mayor’s Cultural Fellowship grant, to study Irish fiddling. Fred has played at many major festivals throughout Australia, including Woodford Festival, Canberra National Folk Festival and Port Fairy Festival. Fred has recorded two critically acclaimed CD’s: ‘Rise a Mile’ with Tulca Mor and ‘What Borders’ with Mystrel. For the BEMAC ‘Four Corners of the Earth’ World Music Café, Fred will be accompanied by long-standing musical colleague and friend, Steve Cook on Bouzouki and Guitar.
SHENTON GREGORY (Right):
A graduate from Queensland Conservatorium with a Bachelor of music in classical Violin, Shenton Gregory’s style combines sheer virtuosity, amazing versatility, and an entertaining touch of eccentricity. Shenton has toured with Queensland Arts Council in schools across 7500km of Queensland; Participated in the “Jazz in July” course at University of Massachusetts, USA Composed music for La Boite Theatre and the band George, Toured with Natalie Cole. Performed a world premier Violin Concerto with a 35 piece amplified orchestra as well as dangling from a roof in Queen St mall as “Shenzo Gregorio Stunt Violinist” live on Ch 9 “Today”. Perfomed in
“Shenzo’s Electric Stunt Orchestra” at opening of Roma Street Parklands. Played African and Afro-Cuban music with Keith Caisey at the 1999 Pinnacles jazz festival; Vulcana omen’s circus, Smokey Dawson, Savage Garden, The Whitlams, Kelway String Quartet, Musica Viva, and with ‘SARS’, the Gypsy, Jazz, Tango fusion quartet, at the Powerhouse for BEMAC World Music Café and at Brisbane Festival 2000. Shenton has recently recorded a CD with SARS.SPIROS RANTOS (Far Left):
Violinist and Conductor, was born in Corfu, Greece, grew up in Athens and pursued his musical studies in Vienna, Austria, where he met his wife and musical partner, Israeli born pianist Brachi Tilles. Spiros has won the International Violin competitions of Colmar, France and Forte dei Marmi, Italy and commissioned and promoted over 400 performances around the world as a soloist, chamber music player and conductor. He has recorded over 55 records for many labels including Deutsche Grammophon, Harmonia Mundi, Adelcord and Grevillea Records. He has been a frequent guest performer for National broadcast companies in Europe, Asia and Australia. Spiros came to Australia in 1976 as a member of the Vienna based group Ensemble 1. He is the founder, artistic director and conductor of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, and has taught at the Victorian College of the Arts, the University of Southern Queensland & University of Melbourne. He has appeared recently as a soloist with several regional Victorian and Queensland Orchestras in concertos by Bach, Haydn, Lalo, Chausson and Saint-Saens. Spiros has received the Hellenic Distinction Award (Melbourne 1987 and 1990).
TWAS A BIG, BIG NIGHT
Nominated to Top 5 ‘Best Instrumental’ for Golden Guitar Awards with Once Upon Arrival with Steve Berry in 1998 & The Crest of Gilmont with Steve Gilbert Harmonica in 1999 – both from THE LONGING CD. Awarded ‘Album of the Month’ in September 1998 Capital News. USA Tour in Oct/Nov 1999 with India(n) cross-culture group, Dya Singh. Now in Top 5 for 'Best instrumental' in Golden Guitars 2000. Reeling in the Big One with Parris McCleod. Andrew Clermont - the essentials ( solo or with band ) - plays Didgeridoo, Dulcimer, Fiddle, Viola, Guitars, Mandolin, Bass, Double bass, Tenor Banjo and Voice with equal fervor, style and technique. Back in 2000 he had this small CD package to offer – (which grew to a feast of Clermont's recorded musicology in 45 recordings by 2020):
Andrew has produced a dozen definitive albums for assorted artists and can design recordings for albums, ads or private memoirs . . . even restoration. Just call to discuss your musical needs for a solution.
Andrew was born on June 5th, 1961 in Adelaide, South Australia and from his early efforts on the guitar and singing Seekers songs when just six years old, he has progressed to become one of Australia's leading musicians and Bluegrass exponents - a virtuoso on instruments as diverse as the fiddle, the mandolin and the didgeridoo. He has toured extensively right across Australia and through the outback with the likes of Johnny Chester, Brian Young, Tammy Wynette, Tom T. Hall, Allison Durban and James Blundell. A regular performer at Tamworth and other CM festivals and at many folk festivals, Andrew has worked with numerous artists including The Dead Ringer Band, Beccy Cole, Troy Cassar-Daley, Greg Champion, Brent Parlane, Jim Haynes and Pat Drummond.
The Seekers; Peter Paul & Mary; The Ventures; Status Quo; Led Zepplin; Pink Floyd; Highschool Teacher Geoff Bridgeland (formed Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys as a 9th year school elective!); Genesis then David Grisman, Old and in the Way and the New Grass fascination was set solid. Who is your hero? Russ Barenberg (acoustic Guitar), Jeff Beck (Electric Guitar), Mark O'Conner (Fiddle), David Grisman (Mandolin), Tony Trischka/ Bela Fleck (Banjo) Career highlight? Too many but...Performing in Dya Singh, with The Waifs and alongside Bluehouse & Fruit - 4 All Australian bands together at The Californian World Music Festival, Grass Valley 2001 - Aussies Rocked the US!! Career lowpoint? What's that? Where do you see your career taking you? Further into the world's nooks & crannies with an increasing amount of benefit to assist those in hardship. Memorable gig? Last solo gig Oct 31 2005 celebrating the 100th birthday of Bendemeer's wooden Bridge with a world of folk at the old Hall raising funds for their 3 phase power. Joined by Belinda Wamsley on wonderful harmony vocals. 2&1/2 hours of a great audience and everything went better than right! Mind you, the 183 Birthday of a central Taiwan town Hsinshu, with Daryl (Jack) Melbourne (Dobro), Randal Wilson (Drums), Parris Macleod (Keyboards) & Donna Reynolds (Bass) in a 6 lane Roundabout Ruin Amphitheatre (centre of the City) was quite up there too! Who do you listen to? Lately..Zubot & Dawson (Canada), Tony Furtado (Colorado), Prefab Sprout (UK), William Shatner "Has Been" and the heroes list. Job before music? University studies of Mechanical Engineering, Moomba Gas & Oil Sites, When did you start your career? There were a few years of Bluegrass floorBrian Young Tours of 1983,84 (Longest Chartered Flight Concert Tour in the World) How do you see the future for country music? Appreciating what the young have to offer while preserving access to what got us this far. And naturally, presenting the breadth of Country Music's participants living now - to inspire the rest of the living planet and those to come - hopefully noticing that country music is large and continually progressing, from which all can draw on and strengthen. Discography CDs here - DVDs further below
1."Homegrown" (Played everything multi track Solo - Cass) Jan 1985 2. produced Brian Young's "Big Fella Wudumbah" (Cass) 1986 3. member to Three Chord Wonders "Try Change" (Record/ Cass & Late 90s Collectors CD LTD Edition)1987 with Lawrie Minson & John Green Gold Guitar as Three Chord Wonders
4. Homegrown Vol. 2 (Played everything multi track Solo - Cass) 1987 - CD version now available 5. produced Cedar Creek's "... from the Heart" Bluegrass Cass 1989 (while nursing a slashed finger tip!) 6. produced & played bass on The Trailblazers (Harry Trails & Bob Blazers!) -self titled - Comedy Cass 1989 7. produced with Paul Henderson and member to, BackBeat (Rockin' Bluegrass) "...the sessions" (Tamworth Underground Tapes Vol 1) 1990 Cassette CD re-release 1997 8. produced & played on Bob Stewart's "Mountains of Queenstown" Cass1990 9. produced & played on Brian Winter's "Jesus was a Swaggie" CD/ Cass 1991 10. produced & played on Liz Crago's "Homeward" CD/ Cass 1993 11. produced & played on Bill Murray's "Children of the Dreamtime" CD 1995 12. Collaboration on "Didgeridoo Interludes" with Alistar Black, Stephan Richter & Craig Lauritson 1996 13. Member to Fiddlers Festival - "Live” CD 1996 with Ray Schloeffel, Marcus Holden, Mark Oats, Carolyn Trengrove, George Washingmachine, 1997 14. Solo & friends “The Longing” CD 1997 via Richard Porteous & ABC 15. produced & member to “Terra Australis” CD Self titled (originally FowlHouse Jack) 1998 Barmera Country Music Hands of Fame Inductee 1999 16. producer of Healing & meditation, from partner Pauline - ‘Songs for the Soul’ and now on Video as well, featuring Pauline’s Art designs 1999
17. produced and member to BLUEGRASS – Made In Taiwan CD : Live & Stormy – featuring Jenny Lester (Canada), Daryl (Jack ) Melbourne & Clermont. (Official Bootleg!) Recorded 1997 Released 2000 18. member to Totally Gourdgeous debut CD with Penelope Swales, Mal Webb, Carl Pannuzzo 2000
19. partnership in the Instrumental movie score style adventure “Dance of the Good Life” Dueling with the amazing Parris MacLeod (piano/drums/bass) 2000 - Top 5 Nomination to Golden Guitar Award for Best Instrumental "Reeling in the Big One"
20. partnership in “Happy As Larry” CD : Clermont & Parris Macleod. Violin & Piano duets. Instrumentals of Celtic to New Age flavour 2002 21. member to Dya Singh “Bandagi” CD - World Music Group with Dya Singh, Keith Preston, Dheeraj Shrestra, Parvyn, Jamel & Harsel Kaur & Quentin Eyers 2001 22. member to Fiddlers Festival “Strung Out” CD - Holden, Clermont, Oats, Clare O'Meara & Garry Steel 2002 and member to Fiddlers Festival -"Live in Japan" 2002
23. member to Dya Singh “300” CD 2002 24. member to Totally Gourdgeous “D’vine” CD 2002 25. producer of “Let the Sun in You Shine Through” - Pauline . A Healing CD with meditation based on recovering from abuse 2002 26. producer of “Child of Light” CD – Pauline . A Red Indian (First Nation) style meditation journey with cedar flute, healing drum & chanting. 2003 27. producer of Andrew Clermont's Supper Club Oct 2003 CD - Official Bootleg 28. member to Fiddlers Festival - “Get Reel” CD 2004
29. member to The Lawnmowers - "The Good Road" CD 2003 30. member to Totally Gourdgeous - "Stroke of Midnight" CD 2005
31. member to Fiddlers Festival - "Friendzy" CD 2005 32. member to Dya Singh - "Live 2005" CD 33. member to The Lawnmowers "Second Cut" CD 2006 Totally Gourdgeous - Voted Best Live Folk Act by Australian Folk Alliance 2008 34. member to BluGuru - "Ragas 2 Blu Riches" CD 2010 35. Producer to Andrew Clermont's Supper Club Trilogy CD 2010 36. Member to Totally Gourdgeous - "PunKin" CD 2011 37. London Abstractions 2011 CD & DVD (with Mal Webb, Tom Donald & Mark Buckingham)
38. Producer to Andrew Clermont's Supper Club Trilogy CD 2012 39. Producer to Cherry Pickers - "Southern Flavour" CD 2016 40. Member to Zen Tripitalia - self titled CD - Chris Blyth (Scot/Germany), Clermont & guest 2016 41. Producer, engineer & co-player for Delia Olam - "Who is Tahirih?" 2017 42. Producer to Golden Fiddle Show - Live @ The Capitol CD 2018 43. Member to Totally Gourdgeous - "Gourd in the Act!" CD 2019 44. Member to Totally Gourdgeous DVD - Gourd @ West End 2019 45. Producer to Kate Battersby's - "City Girl Gone Bush" 2020 46. Producer to Henk Groot's - "Backwater Dreaming" 2020 Inducted into SA Music Hall of Fame Nov 2021 47. In process producing (together with Quentin Eyers) a likely 2 CD collection for John Memery (Beechworth VIC) 2020
1. A Crash Course to Fiddling (or Mandolin/Didgeridoo/Guitar) Freedom VID 2000 Inducted into the South Australian Music Hall of Fame! Nov 18, 2022 At Wirrina Bluegrass & Acoustic Roots Festival (just south of Adelaide)
Inducted by Enrico Morena - Adelaide Music Collective Plus in 2021 - Peoples Choice Award - Folk Alliance Australia - The Borderers! Andrew has appeared with them steadily since 1998! Here at Adelaide Fringe 2021
------------------------- Andrew Clermont has also received 1984, 1985, 1987 National Flat-pick (Bluegrass) Guitar Championship Awards
Signed here by Judge master USA multi-instrumentalist Mark O'Connor & tour guitarist Eddie Davidson
Photo here with 1987 winners Ian Simpson (Banjo) & Tony Fitzgibbon (Fiddle) whom Andrew also backed on guitar!
Much thanks to the Tamworth Country Music Festival for supporting this side of the music - it was vital inspiration for so many! ---------------------- Golden Guitar Award "Best Vocal Group" as the Three Chord Wonders 1987 Andrew , Johnny Green (waving for his daughter Billy!) & Lawrie Minson
Bonus shot with Lawrie Minson (Three Chord Wonders) and "our" Gold Guitar collection! Andrew with his sponsored Epoch Sunset Violin, Gilchrist Mandolin & Geoff Bridgeland Dulcimer --------------------- Noses of Fame inclusion (mid 80s) Good humoured appreciation from the wild side of Tamworth Country Music! I've included George here for some extra credibility !
----------------------- Won the Battle of the BushBands 1999 as Fowl House Jack here painted by Pro Hart outside the Quandong Hotel VIC !
Won of the Battle of the BushBands 2002 as Terra Australis (nearly same band! )
plus
Barmera Country Music Hands of Fame Inductee 1999
with youngest daughter Tahlia photo bombing just behind!
rubbing shoulders with fellow Inductee of SA Music Hall of Fame Jim Hermel 2022 and quite the who's who of SA Country Artists of the time Wayne Law, Jonnie Russell, Peter Busher, Zeta Burns, Wally Sparrow and Noel Watson ! ------------------------ Musicianship Award Inaugural Frances Folk Gathering 2001 & Best Instrumentalist 2006
-------------------- Country Music Hands of Fame Inductee (Tamworth 2003)
Together with good friend Pat Drummond and Adam Harvey !
----------------------- Totally Gourdgeous - Voted Best Live Folk Act by Australian Folk Alliance 2008
-------------------------------- Featured at the National Portraits Gallery and subsequently on a far ranging Gallery Tour - through the photos of John Elliot! Perhaps not exactly an Award but crikey, damn close!
Check out my shark tooth (thanks Diana Kühn, Germany)! Oh! And me mate John Williamson
And soooo grateful to be also beside Reg Lindsay with whom I sessioned on his Reasons to Ride CD 1993 and Jimmy Little who joined the Brian Young Tour with me 1985 looping the Australian outback in a 1946 DeHaviland Dove (about 28,000km!) ------------------------- Variously Awarded while with Dya Singh World Music Group from California to Nairobi !
-------------------- And Director to the Golden Fiddle Awards since inception 2005 and eventually Musical Director as well.
Jan 2022
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