Shelley and Lawrie Minson

Shelley and Lawrie Minson

Shelley and Lawrie Minson

Shelley and husband Lawrie have established a nation-wide reputation as Australia’s premier Rockabilly and Honky Tonk outfit and play to a market that suits their look and style of music. If you love to dance you will have a ball!

Recent performances include the world’s largest Rockabilly festival – Viva Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Melbourne Love Vintage Show, Gympie Music Muster, Viva Surfers Paradise and Tamworth Country Music Festival. Shelley also launched her self-titled debut EP and was headline act at the 2015 Kurri Kurri Nostalgia Festival.

Lawrie is well known to fans of Australian Country Music through his work with big stars such as Slim Dusty, Lee Kernaghan, Jimmy Barnes and James Blundell. Lawrie has been awarded four Golden Guitars (three times Instrumental of the Year) and his multi- instrumental skills are in demand in the recording scene. Lawrie is also an accomplished songwriter having scored a #1 hit with Scars, written by Lawrie, LK and Matt Scullion and recorded by Lee Kernaghan and US superstar Dierks Bentley.

Shelley’s first Rockabilly recording Bettie Bang is a tribute to Pin Up Icon Bettie Page and has received strong airplay in Australia and achieved chart positions in Europe. The clip for Bettie Bang can be viewed on YouTube at – https://youtu.be/DCgAeD4JyFI
Bettie Bang was also recently used by Pin Up icon Cherry Dollface as music behind a YouTube demo-video.

Shelley has a love of 1950’s music and fashion and her photos have been featured in magazines such as Retro Lovely, Pin Up Skool and Pin Up America. She is also one of two winners in the Pin Up America World Wide Photo Contest 2014. She has written articles for Australia’s Pin Up Skool magazine including interviews with famous American pin up models Micheline Pitt and Bernie Dexter.

Shelley and Lawrie’s latest song Rockabilly Man was co-written with Australian Music legend Ross Wilson and will feature on her next release.

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