Steve Forde is an Australian country music artist[1] and host of Rollin with... on the Country Music Channel.
Biography
Early years
Steve Forde was born in the regional farming centre of Cowra, New South Wales in 1977. Steve spent most of his early childhood moving from town to town across NSW with his family. He is a singer, a songwriter and a touring country star. Although retired now, Steve was a successful bull rider and bareback bronc rider.
At 18 years old, Ford joined his first band and tasted the life of a touring country musician. It was also during this time that Forde decided that he wanted to join the rodeo as a bull rider.
He first left for the United States in 1998 he joined a country band in Texas and toured through Colorado, South Dakota and into Canada. When the gigs were lean he would often be working in bars, building fences or riding bareback broncos in Lubbock, Texas.
Steve headed back to Australia when he heard that his father needed help on the farm and he went to work on the farm, still doing rodeos during the weekends. He bought his farm, near Grenfell, New South Wales and set about getting it cleaned up, stocked up and productive while still helping his father on his farm and finding time to getaway riding broncos.
2000-present: Recording years
In 2000, Steve started his band The Flange whose debut album Livin' Right was released in May 2002. At the 2003 Country Music Awards of Australia, the band were nominated for two awards. The single "What I’m talking about" spending twenty-six weeks in the CMC top twenty.
The group's second albu, Wild Ride was recorded in Nashville in December 2003 and released in 2004.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] | ||
| Livin Right (as Steve Forde & The Flange) |
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- |
| Wild Ride (as Steve Forde & The Flange) |
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- |
| Rowdy (as Steve Forde & The Flange) |
|
- |
| Steve Forde |
|
59 |
| Guns & Guitars |
|
56 |
| Hurricane |
|
69 |
| Greatest Hits |
|
- |
Awards and nominations
APRA Awards
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.[8]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "I Ain't That Guy" | Country Work of the Year | Nominated | [9] |
Country Music Awards of Australia
The Country Music Awards of Australia (CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973.[10]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result (wins only) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Spirit of the Bush" (with Lee Kernaghan & Adam Brand) | Vocal Collaboration of the Year | Won |
| Video Clip of the Year | Won | ||
| Single of the Year | Won |
References
- ↑ Potts, Rob. "Biography of Steve Forde & The Flange". Entertainment Edge. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 106.
- ↑ gumtreemusic.com.au
- ↑ "Steve Forde & The Flange - Rowdy CD - Online at GumTree Music". Archived from the original on 19 September 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ↑ "STEVE FORDE - STEVE FORDE LTD - CD/DVD - Order Online from GumTree Music". www.gumtreemusic.com.au. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.
- ↑ "Hurricane". Apple Music. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ↑ "Greatest Hits". Apple Music. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ↑ "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ↑ "Country Work of the Year – 2010". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ↑ "Past Award Winners". Retrieved 2 November 2020.