The Desert Flower album launch and Tour
Following on from The Beggars internationally acclaimed 2006 debut album “Beggars” the “Desert Flower” album. The new album will be on sale for 1/2 price at each launch.
The Singing Gallery http://www.singinggallery.com.au/ at 7.30pm on Sep, 12. Ph. 0413 358 618
The Gov http://www.moshtix.com.au/Event.aspx?id=28665&pLock=&vip=&skin=&ref= at 4pm on Sunday Sep, 13. Ph 08 8340 0744
Living here in Adelaide we are on the fringes of the great desert where the vastness of the sky dwarfs everything else we are reminded how small we are. When it rains out here life races to be lived that’s when you will see The Desert Flower.
We are all very excited about taking the new album on the road and playing some gigs. So bring it on! The tour will start in Adelaide and then go through Germany, Austria, Switzerland and on to the World Music conference in Denmark. New tour dates will be announced on our Gig page.
“We are just a quiet little acoustic band from Adelaide who made an album in 2006. That album was like a magic carpet that took us for a ride through Europe. I can’t wait to see where this album will take us.”
“The Desert Flower is a fragile and beautiful thing but it is also tough enough to survive in a hard land.”
The Banjo Song makes its first chart.
I see The Banjo Song made its first chart entry today. The song made number 12 on The Joyce Remegate top 40 and that radio play pushed The Beggars up to position 60 on to the Joyce Ramegate top 200 artist chart. So we say thank you the the DJs around the world for playing our song and posting your play lists on the boards.
Here is the link to Joyce’s chart page
http://www.eboards4all.com/206687/index.html
How We Got Together
Renee Stuart and Quinton all have a strong connection to the Australian land.
Renee Donaghey was a musical child born on a farm in Esperance in Western Australia. When her family was forced off the land by hard times her grand dad went back to cattle droving on horseback a trade he had learned as a boy and her dad went to driving long haul trucks.
Quinton Dunne and Stuart Day have also done their time on the road. They paid their dues over many years in touring bands traveling from the big cities to the country towns and outback communities often playing 300 shows a year in all kinds of venues from pubs, schools, community halls, theatres and sometimes when they were way off the beaten track just setting their show up on the red earth its self.
Renee’s auditioned for the band Stuart and Quinton were playing with and her crystal clear voice won her the gig. In 2006 the three of them decided to break away and form The Beggars so they could play their own songs.
The Beggars 