Limestone Country
'LIMESTONE COUNTRY DUO' RESUME FOR RODNEY NOLL & LEANNE GRAY LIMESTONE COUNTRY WAS FORMED BY RODNEY NOLL. AND HIS DAUGHTER, LEANNE GRAY, APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS AGO. INSPIRATION FOR THE BAND CAME FROM RODNEY. WHO UPON MAKING THE DIFFICULT DECISION T0 GIVE UP WORKING THE LAND, DECIDED TO PUT PEN TO PAPER AND BEGAN WRITING ABOUT HIS LIFE AND EXPERIENCES ON THE LAND AS A FARMER. SINCE THEN HE HAS WRITTEN 35 SONGS. ABOUT THE RIVER AND FARMING LIFE, WHICH GAVE HIM SO MUCH OF HIS INSPIRATION RODNEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN COUNTRY MUSIC AND IN THE 70'S WAS SINGER AND KEYBOARD PLAYER FOR THE LONG RUNNING BAND 'THE ROAD RUNNERS'. HIS VOCAL STYLE HAS BEEN LIKENED TO THAT OF JIM REEVES AND HIS DAUGHTER LEANNE'S VOICE BLENDS WELL TOGETHER WITH HIS. SO TOO, LEANNE COMES FROM A BACKGROUND OF COUNTRY MUSIC, GROWING UP AROUND HER FATHERS BAND. LEANNE HAS PURSUED HER TALENT FOR SINGING THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, SHE HAS SUNG IN .MANY OF ADELAIDE'S TOP BANDS WITH PERFORMANCES AT THE FINAL ADELAIDE GRAND PRIX BALL AND A TELEVISION APPEARANCE ON A.M. ADELAIDE WITH BAND 'THE BEACH GIRLS AMONG HER LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS. BOTH RODNEY AND LEANNE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS TALENT QUESTS WITH SUCCESS AND AT A CHARITY EVENT FOR CANCER RESEARCH, "LIMESTONE COUNTRY'S" REPERTOIRE INCLUDES MANY OF THE COUNTRY CLASSICS AS WELL AS ORIGINAL SONGS AND CURRENT COUNTRY MUSIC. THEY ARE PROVING TO BE VERY POPULAR, AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE A FATHER AND DAUGHTER DUO, MAKES -'LIMESTONE COUNTRY' EVEN MORE SPECIAL. IN 2002 & 2003 THEY GAINED MUCH EXPERIENCE BUSKING AT THE TAMWORTH COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL. RODNEY HAS ALSO APPEARED IN THE GYMPIE MUSTER TALENT QUEST AGAINST SOME 380 OTHER CONTESTANTS WITH POSITIVE REMARKS FROM JUDGES. RODNEY AND LEANNE HAVE NOW JOINED TOGETHER AND FORMED A SIX-PIECE BAND WITH VINCE WEGENER (RHYTHM A LEAD GUITAR & PIANO) AND HIS THREE CHILDREN SHAUN (LEAD GUITAR) SIMON (DRUMS) AND MICHELLE (BASS GUITAR) OUR BAND NAME IS- 'THE LIMESTONE COUNTRY BAND' Limstone Country went into recess September 2006. FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST PHONE VINCE WEGENER 08 8522 4261 MOBILE: 0418 827 287 |
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Leanne and Rodney
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Shaun, Michelle, Simon, Leanne, Rodney and Vince |