BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Description: Guitarist, Composer, Australia
Known For: Multi instrumentalist
Instruments: Guitar
Music Styles: Country
Location: Australia
Date Born: 13th September 1958
Location Born: Australia
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Lawrie Minson
An Australian guitarist.
Lawrie Minson (born 13 September 1958) is an award-winning Australian country musician, guitarist and songwriter who lives in Tamworth, New South Wales
A four times Golden Guitar winner Lawrie Minson celebrates 25 years in the entertainment world of country music.
From the legendary Buddy Williams Show, playing dobro, lead guitar, banjo and pedal steel guitar through the outback communities of Australia to the stage of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, playing didgeridoo with Keith Urban and Slim Dusty, you could say that Lawrie Minson is the right hand man for some of the biggest names in the entertainment business.
Mainly known for backing Lee Kernaghan’s band and also a singer, songwriter.
Lawrie has a long traditional musical heritage. He is the son of another legend, John Minson ‘Mr Hoedown’( John’s night time radio program ‘Hoedown’ was broadcast from 2TM Tamworth NSW and launched the careers of many of our top country music artists.
He has toured with US superstar Trisha Yearwood and has recently produced
‘Cowboy at Heart’ for India’s Bobby Cash.
He has been a professional musician for more than 20 years and has toured and recorded with a list of artists that reads like a who’s who of the Australian music.
Music Awards
Lawrie Minson won four Golden Guitar awards at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
1984 – Golden Guitar for Instrumental of the Year with “Moonjibah Mull” as part of The Hired Hands
1987 – Minson was a founding member of Three Chord Wonders winning Gold for Vocal group of the Year
1990 – Golden Guitar for Instrumental of the Year with “Wild River”
1997 – Golden Guitar for Instrumental of the Year with “Action Jackson”
2005 – Stan Coster Memorial Bush Ballad Awards – Duo with Lindsay Butler with “When the Rain Tumbles Down in July”.