Steve Forde is an Australian

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artist and host of ''Rollin with...'' on the

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Biography

Early years

Steve Forde was born in the regional farming centre of

Cowra, New South Wales Cowra is a small town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre and the council seat for the Cowra Shire, with a population of 9,863. Cowra is located approximately above sea level, on the ...

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

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and toured through

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and into Canada. When the gigs were lean he would often be working in bars, building fences or riding bareback broncos in

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. 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

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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

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the

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(APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982. ! , - ,

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, "I Ain't That Guy" , Country Work of the Year , , , -

Country Music Awards of Australia

The

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(CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the

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, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973. (wins only) , - , rowspan="3", 2008 , rowspan="3", "

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" (with

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& Adam Brand) , Vocal Collaboration of the Year , , - , Video Clip of the Year , , - , Single of the Year ,

References

External links

Steve Forde Home Page
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