Hamish and Lachlan Davidson "are nothing short of sensational and are taking the Australian country music scene by storm" according to Australian bluegrass pioneer Trevor Warner.

Photo by Robin Sellick

The brothers grew up in the rural Victorian town of Yinnar. Raised in a musical family, they started playing music from a young age. These young men have built a reputation as being two of Australia’s hottest bluegrass exponents - multi instrumentalists on banjo, fiddle, mandolin and great entertainers with an enormous respect for the traditions of the genre. Both Hamish and Lachlan are graduates of the Australian Country Music College. In 2003 they won Country Entertainer of the Year at the Tamworth. Also that year, they were Runner Up in the Grand Final of the National University Band Competition, at which Hamish won Best Overall Musician. Hamish is also the most recent Australian Bluegrass Fiddle Champion.

The boys have toured extensively throughout every state of Australia and the southern states of America. Their band represented Australia at the 2004 IBMA International Bluegrass Fanfest in Louisville, Kentucky.

In the last few years the Davidson Brothers have gained a lot of momentum in the country music industry. Hamish and Lachlan do many recording sessions and regulary perform live on national television. Highlights include Hey, Hey Its Saturday, The Panel, Good Morning Australia and playing on The Man From Snowy River soundtrack. The pair have toured with Troy Cassar-Daley, Lee Kernaghan and shared the stage with superstars such as Tommy Emmanuel, Kasey Chambers and Jimmy Barnes.

The Davidson Brothers have been finalists in the Australian Country Music Awards for Instrumental of the Year in 2004, 2005 & 2007. They won Best Instrumental in the Independent Australian Country Music Awards in 2004, 2005 & 2007.

Photo by Robin Sellick

Hamish and Lachlan were selected out of 4400 entrants in Australasia as one of the winners of the 2005 Nescafe Big Break and a $5000 youth cash grant. A few months on, the boys won a 2006 Golden Fiddle Award in Tamworth for Best Band Featuring a Fiddler.

With five albums under their belt, their latest release, Raised on the Road, was recorded in Nashville TN with producer Mark Thornton (Jerry Reed band). Guest musicians appearing on the album are Bryan Sutton, Randy Kohrs, Dennis Crouch and Travis List. Raised on the Road won 2007 Independent Country Album of the Year in Tamworth.

"The Davidson Brothers’ fast-tracking music career is a combination of passion, energy, respect for tradition, and destiny . . . Two young blokes with all the energy and drive of their generation and an innate ability to transpose that energy to a younger audience . . . the spontaneity of youth and some excellent self-penned songs . . . And then of course there is the supreme musicianship." - Capital News Magazine

"The Davidson Brothers are the best young Blue Grass pickers we have seen for a long while in Australia and a very exciting live act!!" - Troy Cassar-Daley

AWARDS

Victorian Country Music Awards
Winner - Bluegrass & Tradition Country, Don't Turn Me Down (2007)

TIARA AWARDS (Tamworth Independent Artist Recognition Awards)
Winner - Album of the Year, RAISED ON THE ROAD (2007)
Winner - Instrumental of the Year, Scrub Turkey (2007)
Winner - Best Instrumental, Hunter Valley Breakdown (2005)
Winner - Best Instrumental, Orange Blossom Special (2004)

GOLDEN GUITAR AWARDS (Toyota Australian Country Music Awards)
Finalist - Instrumental of the Year, Scrub Turkey (2007)
Finalist - Instrumental of the Year, Hunter Valley Breakdown (2005)
Finalist - Instrumental of the Year, Orange Blossom Special (2004)

Golden Fiddle Awards (Tamworth, NSW)
Judges Commendation - Best Composition, Mojo (2007)
Winner - Best Band Featuring a Fiddler (2006)

NESCAFE BIG BREAK (Australia & New Zealand)
Winner (2005)

Galston Country Music Festival
Finalist - Golden Saddle Awards (2004)

TREV AWARDS (Tertiary Recreation and Entertainment Victoria Awards)
Winner - Best New Act (2003)

National University Band Competition
Runner Up - National Final (2003)
Winner - Victorian State Final (2003)
Winner - RMIT, Final (2003)
Winner - RMIT, Heat 1 (2003)

Tamworth Country Music Festival (NSW)
Winner - Open Aristocrat Country Entertainer of the Year (2003)
Winner - K-Mart Jazzer Smith Memorial Talent Quest, Open Division (2002)
Winner - Junior Aristocrat Country Entertainer of the Year (1999)
Winner - Junior Golden Swaggie (with Ailsa Davidson; 1999)

Whittlesea Country Music Festival (VIC)
Overall Winner - Whittlesea Country Music Talent Search (2003)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Good Morning Australia
Hey, Hey It's Saturday
The Panel
Burke's Backyard
Carols By Candlelight
Nu Country
Cruisin' The Country
CMAA Golden Guitar Awards

FESTIVAL APPEARANCES
IBMA Fanfest - Louisville, Kentucky USA
Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Festival - Rosine, Kentucky USA
Port Fairy Folk Festival - VIC
Woodford Music Festival - QLD
National Folk Festival - Canberra ACT
Redlands Bay Bluegrass Festival - QLD
Tamworth Country Music Festival - NSW
Tennessee Fall Homecoming - Norris, Tennessee USA
Ya Gubi World Music Festival - Hervey Bay QLD
Gympie Country Music Muster - QLD
Harrietville Bluegrass Convention - VIC
Apollo Bay Music Festival - VIC
Ausgrass Bluegrass Festival - ACT

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