Troy cassar daley biography of rory
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Rory Ellis
Having worked in various Melbourne acts since 1989, Rory started his solo acoustic journey in 1998, working in bars and festivals around Australia. Some include Port Fairy Folk Festival, Apollo Bay Music Festival, The National Folk Festival, Blue Mountains Blues and Roots, Queenscliff Music Festival and Tamworth Country Music Festival where Rory has performed as part of the Fender Roadcases show alongside Troy Cassar Daley, The McLymonts, Tommy Emmanuel, Gina Jeffreys and countless other country stars.
The incredible response to his live show prompted the release of his first solo album Ride in 2000. It was released to much critical acclaim, a huge spread by Iian Sheddon in The Australian and was lovingly produced by Dave Steel, (ex Weddings Parties Anything, Archie Roach, Kasey Chambers). Lyall Johnson of the Melbourne Age said, “If you’re not deeply moved by this superb debut by Melbourne singer-songwriter Rory Ellis, it’s doubtful you’re human.”
Since that release Rory has gone from strength to strength and It was in 2004 Rory decided to head overseas to England and he has toured there every year since, anywhere from 3-9 months each tour. A real troubadour doing it on floors, couches, shoestrings and human kindness to make it work and deliver his piece
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It took a while for Troy to get back to writing songs, but when the river started to flow, he said “nothing was going to hold it back.”
It was an intense period, while trying to write songs to work through his heartbreak, Troy would also have to face a reality no child ever wants to – burning some of his mother’s more personal items as she’d requested.“That was confronting, but I had to try to keep moving forward.
“This was around the time we’d also lost Joy McKean, Slim Dusty’s wife. I eventually had Joy’s funeral book along with Mum’s sitting in a music stand with my charts and lyrics. I leaned on Joy a little bit at times, saying ‘Do you reckon is this good enough Joy?’ I know it’s a spiritual thing, but I think Joy was definitely in my corner as well, obviously as well as mum. I really did count on her while I was writing the songs.”
For the resulting album, Between the Fires, Troy did things differently.
The original plan was to record in the US. “I feel like where I belong at age 54 is more the Americana world now,” he says. “Because it’s accepted as a place you can have steel guitar all over your record and allow stories to unfold regardless of the songs length, You have to find your musical home.”
Troy was set to trek to Nashville to record when he
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