Troy Cassar-Daley wins big at Golden Guitar Awards
TROY Cassar-Daley has plenty to celebrate after winning five Golden Guitars tonight.
The Grafton-raised country musician took out Album of the Year and Male Artist of the Year at the 44th annual awards in Tamworth for his ninth studio album Freedom Ride.
Cassar-Daley also won Heritage Song of the Year, APRA AMCOS Song of the Year and Single of the Year for Take a Walk in My Country.
Freedom Ride was the first solo album Cassar-Daley recorded after undergoing surgery on his vocal chords in 2013.
His awards haul tonight brings his Golden Guitar tally to 32. The late Slim Dusty still holds the overall record of 37 Golden Guitar Awards.
Lee Kernaghan was the other big winner of the night, bagging three awards including Top Selling Australian Album of the Year for Spirit of the Anzacs.
Kernaghan was joined on stage during the awards show by New Talent of the Year winner Christie Lamb and finalists Brothers3, Seleen McAlister, Caitlyn Shadbolt and Mickey Pye for a live performance of Spirit of the Anzacs.
Catherine Britt was named Female Artist of the Year while Shane Nicholson's Hell Breaks Loose won Alternative Country Album of the Year.
Despite not winning New Talent of the Year, Gympie singer Caitlyn Shadbolt has a bright future ahead of her after winning a scholarship to travel to Nashville, America's country music capital.
2016 Golden Guitar winners
Album of the Year
Catherine Britt - Boneshaker
Troy Cassar-Daley - Freedom Ride*
Lee Kernaghan & Special Guests - Spirit Of The Anzacs
Beccy Cole - Sweet Rebecca
O'Shea - The Famine and The Feast
Male Artist of the Year
Roo Arcus - Cowboys & Sunsets
Troy Cassar-Daley - Freedom Ride*
Shane Nicholson - Hell Breaks Loose
Lee Kernaghan - Spirit Of The Anzacs
Travis Collins - Wired
Female Artist of the Year
Catherine Britt - Boneshaker*
Jasmine Rae - Heartbeat
Ashleigh Dallas - Other Side Of Town
Tori Darke - Silver Lining
Beccy Cole - Sweet Rebecca
Video Clip of the Year
Catherine Britt - Boneshaker
O'Shea - Parade
Shane Nicholson - Second-hand Man
Lee Kernaghan & Special Guests - Spirit of the Anzacs*
Troy Cassar-Daley - Take A Walk In My Country
Single of the Year
Catherine Britt - Boneshaker
Jasmine Rae - Heartbeat
Shane Nicholson - Second-hand Man
Lee Kernaghan & Special Guests - Spirit Of The Anzacs
Troy Cassar-Daley - Take A Walk In My Country*
Vocal Collaboration of the Year
Luke O'Shea & Amber Lawrence - Catch You
Beccy Cole, Sara Storer & Gina Jeffreys - Precious Times
Lee Kernaghan, Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Jon Stevens, Amy & George Sheppard, Shannon Noll & Megan Washington - Spirit of the Anzacs*
Troy Cassar-Daley & Jimmy Barnes - Two Weeks On, Two Weeks Off
Catherine Britt & Steve Earle - You And Me Against The World
Bush Ballad of the Year
Norma O'Hara Murphy - Bundarra Dust
Tom Maxwell - Just Drift Back In Time
Dean Perrett - Lorraine
Allan Caswell - One Last Muster*
Graham Rodger - Territory Man
New Talent of The Year
Broken Record - Christie Lamb*
Brothers Never Par - Brothers3
She's Getting Stronger - Seleen McAlister
Shoot Out The Lights - Caitlyn Shadbolt
When She's Drinkin' - Mickey Pye
Alternative Country Album of the Year
Come On In, James Blundell, Producer: Nick Howard, Theo Posthumus & Karen Waters
Hell Breaks Loose, Shane Nicholson, Producer: Matt Fell*
Skin, Kevin Bennett and The Flood, Producer: Glen Hannah
The Mountain, Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, Producer: Lachlan Bryan, Mat Duniam, Shaun Ryan, Damian Cafarella
White Lies & Melodies, Mustered Courage, Producer: Forrester Savell
Country Music Capital News Group or Duo of the Year
Hearts On Fire, Jetty Road
Skin, Kevin Bennett and The Flood
The Famine and The Feast, O'Shea
The Second Album, Adam Eckersley Band*
White Lies & Melodies, Mustered Courage
APRA AMCOS Song of the Year
Boneshaker, Catherine Britt. Songwriters: Catherine Britt, Tony Buchen
Freedom Ride, Troy Cassar-Daley (feat. Paul Kelly). Songwriter: Troy Cassar-Daley
Joshua, Aleyce Simmonds. Songwriter: Aleyce Simmonds
Secondhand Man, Shane Nicholson. Songwriters: Shane Nicholson
Spirit Of The Anzacs, Lee Kernaghan & Special Guests. Songwriters: Garth Porter, Colin Buchanan, Lee Kernaghan
Sanity Top Selling Australian Album of the Year
Hell Breaks Loose, Shane Nicholson,Producer: Matt Fell
Spirit of the Anzacs, Lee Kernaghan & Special, Guests Producer: Garth Porter
Sweet Rebecca, Beccy Cole, Producer: Shane Nicholson
The Famine and The Feast, O'Shea, Producer: Jay O'Shea, Mark O'Shea, Ilya Toshinsky, Mark Moffatt
Wired, Travis Collins. Producer: Travis Collins
