PETER COAD
& THE COAD SISTERS
Biography
Versatile
multi-instrumentalists, vocalists all born in Hawker South Australia
and raised in the isolated northern outback of South Australia, PETER
COAD & THE COAD SISTERS now reside in the Southern Highlands,
New South Wales.
PETER COAD
(OAM)
PETER COAD (OAM) started his live performance career
in 1961 on 5AU in Pt Augusta South Australia on the Saturday night
show.
Other early show appearance were on the 'Bob Fricker Travelling Show'
through South Australia.
Through the 1970's he and his brothers performed and recorded as the
Coad Bros.
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The COAD
SISTERS
The COAD SISTERS are Multi talented musicians and
songwriters, VIRGINIA and LYNETTE
started performing fulltime as the Coad Sisters in 1989.
COAD SISTERS still perform and record as a duo occasionally.
(The COAD SISTERS also work in conjunction with JIM
HERMEL in the trio RUNAWAY
DIXIE and the band have been GOLDEN GUITAR FINALISTS
in 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019.)
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In 1990 PETER and his sisters VIRGINIA
and LYNETTE (COAD SISTERS), became the trio PETER
COAD & the COAD SISTERS.
PETER COAD
& the COAD SISTERS PERFORMANCE/EXPERIENCE/AWARDS
Include:-
The BIRDSVILLE RACES, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, ADELAIDE
and MELBOURNE ROYAL SHOWS, BRISBANE WORLD EXPO 88,
COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVALS (Tamworth, Bungendore, Yeppoon,
Nanango, Boyup Brook, Bunbury, Kempsey, Ulmarra Festivals, to mention
a few) CLUBS, RODEOS, and AG SHOWS to
touring the isolated outback regions and furthest communities.
PETER
COAD & the COAD SISTERS are one of the very few fulltime
Australian traditional country bands that ran their own TV advertisement
around Australia for their tours.
TV appearances include such TV shows as 'Country Today'.
UNITED STATES
In 2011, the show performed in the U.S.A.
Highlights were performances at the Smith Family Theatre, (the biggest
music show in east Tennessee,) the famous Carter Family Theatre, (a
theatre built on the old Carter Family property in the Clinch Mountains
of Virginia,) and a one hour live radio broadcast from Nashville beamed
around the world.
AWARD WINNERS
& HANDS OF FAME INDUCTEES:-
With
multiple Tamworth Songwriters Awards, Bungendore Stan Coster Memorial
Awards, and a Gidgee Coal Award to their name,PETER COAD &
the COAD SISTERS are winners of the 2005 and 2006 NSW Gold
Medallion - "Touring Artists Of The Year" and more.
PETER COAD (OAM) was inducted into
the Tamworth HANDS OF FAME, Tamworth 2007
and the COAD SISTERS inducted into the Tamworth HANDS
OF FAME 2011.
PETER COAD & the COAD SISTERS were inducted onto the
wall at LBS Studios WALL OF HONOUR in Tamworth NSW
and in 2009 and PETER, VIRGINIA & LYNETTE were
individually inducted into the BARMERA HALL OF FAME in 2015.
In 2017 PETER
COAD was awarded an OAM for his services
to Country Music at Government House, NSW.
MUSIC INDUSTRY INTERESTS
PETER COAD
(OAM) is the President of the AUSTRALIAN
BUSH BALLADEERS ASSOCIATION INC (www.bushballadeers.com.au),
since the Association formed in 2000 and he is the Editor of a quarterly
magazine " The Balladeers Bulletin" for the Association
which is distributed to members/radio stations/ and country music
clubs Australia wide.
COAD SISTERS are also A.B.B.A. Committee Members,
active in A.B.B.A. Publicity and Events.
PETER COAD
& THE COAD SISTERS
Short
Biography (for media use)
PETER COAD & THE COAD SISTERS are an award winning,
multi-talented, concert act who present a show of their own popular
original songs of Aussie character and bush stories along with a sprinkling
of classic Australiana, bush ballads and multi-instrumental country
variety making them one of the most individual and unique acts in
Australia today.
One of the last fulltime
touring family bands with more than 30 years between them working
in the entertainment industry, and much award accolade, PETER
COAD & THE COAD SISTERS (PETER) and
sisters (VIRGINIA & LYNETTE) continue to tour
on a continuous basis with their various shows in concert style and
Festival / Event appearances to much acclaim.
Tamworth Toyota
Stage
PETER COAD
& the COAD SISTERS are quoted to be:
"The most versatile country music show
in Australia."
Looking
to book
'PETER COAD & the COAD SISTERS'
at your event or festival?
PETER COAD & the COAD SISTERS offer 4 separate shows:
>>
'PETER COAD & the COAD SISTERS'
(Peter Coad & The Coad Sisters
(Live Band)
>> PETER COAD & the COAD SISTERS
-
'The Banjo & Henry Show'
(Banjo Paterson & Henry Lawson Songs & Poems )
(Live Band)
>>PETER COAD & the COAD SISTERS
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COUNTRY MUSIC VARIETY SHOW
'Peter
Coad & The Coad Sisters plus Jim Hermel & Runaway Dixie'
(Bush Ballad/Country music variety) / (dynamic bluegrass & uptempo
Country styles)
(Live Band)
The
COUNTRY & ROCK ‘n’ ROLL MUSIC ROAD SHOW
comprises of 3 parts showcasing 3 bands: -
•
PETER COAD & THE COAD SISTERS
• RUNAWAY DIXIE
• & The JIM HERMEL BAND
See the MEDIA PAGE
for all the information on these four shows.
