Photo courtesy of Poss Music Works.
Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Bill Chambers will bring his Australian country sound to Village Wine (109 S Banker St #201, Effingham, IL) on Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 7:30pm.
He will be joined by Effingham’s own Bill Poss.
Tickets for the show are $12 in advance and $15 at the door and can be purchased in advance at: www.TinyURL.com/ChambersVW.
Bill Chambers is an Australian Country musician and former member of the Dead Ringer Band.
His album Sleeping with the Blues and Cold Trail were nominated for a 2003 and a 2016 ARIA Award for Best Country Album.
Chambers was born in Southend, South Australia and married his wife Diane at age 20.
Together they had 2 children, Nash and country singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers.
Chambers and Diane started playing gigs together and soon were joined by Kasey and then Nash.
The four piece band became known as the Dead Ringer Band.
In 1998, after separating from his wife, Chambers took a break, ending the band.
He moved to Sydney, started producing records, started a record label, Reckless Records, and then reunited with his family to support Kasey’s solo career.
In 1999 he released a duo album with Audrey Auld (as Bill & Audrey) called Looking Back to See.
In 2002 Chambers released a solo album called Sleeping with the Blues and continued as a solo artist with Frozen Ground, Drifting South, Live at the Pub Tamworth and Cold Trail.
His latest album is called 1952 (January 2019) and is inspired by the late, great Hank Williams.
Opening the show is Bill Poss, singer/songwriter from Effingham, IL, who has been touring North America for two decades – first solo, then with the Ginn Sisters and Fred Eaglesmith.
Bill is the founder of Moccasin Creek Festival and hosts a weekly open mic at Village Wine.
The show is being presented by Poss Music Works, an Effingham-based 501(c)3 not for profit whose mission is to bring and foster music and culture to the Downstate Illinois area.
The organization presents music festivals and one-off music shows featuring national and regional original music touring acts, including the Downstate Americana Series which is co-presented by the Effingham Public Library.
