KEITH JAMIESON IS AN AWARD WINNING BUSH BALLADEER AND PROLIFIC SONGWRITER, HAVING HAD HIS SONGS RECORDED BY MANY ARTISTS INCLUDING THE LATE SLIM DUSTY, JEFF BROWN, REG POOLE, DEAN PERRETT, CHARLEY BOYTER, SHARON HEASLIP AND DAVE REYNOLDS JUST TO NAME A FEW. KEITH WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HANDS OF FAME IN TAMWORTH IN 2005. KEITH HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR MANY AWARDS OVER THE YEARS AND HAS WON SEVERAL INCLUDING THE TSA SALUTE AWARDS, BUNGENDORE BUSH BALLAD AWARDS AND TIARA AWARDS. HE HAS BEEN NOMINATED IN THE FINAL FIVE OF THE CMAA GOLDEN GUITAR AWARDS IN TAMWORTH THREE TIMES AND WAS VERY EXCITED TO WIN THE GOLDEN GUITAR FOR BUSH BALLAD OF THE YEAR IN 2014 FOR HIS SONG “I LOVE AUSTRALIA” WHICH WAS RECORDED BY JEFF BROWN.
KEITH HAS TOURED THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF AUSTRALIA PERFORMING IN ALL STATES WITH MANY OTHER BUSH BALLAD ARTISTS INCLUDING REG POOLE, THE LATE BARRY THORNTON, JEFF BROWN, DIANNE LINDSAY AND PETER SIMPSON, TERRY AND JENNY BENNETTS AND BEC HANCE.
KEITH HAS BEEN PLAYING GUITAR SINCE HE WAS TWELVE AND WRITING SONGS IN A SERIOUS FASHION SINCE THE EARLY SEVENTIES. HIS FIRST RECORD INCLUDED TWO SONGS CALLED “CAPELLA RODEO” AND “COUNTRY MUSIC MAN” WHICH WAS WRITTEN ABOUT SLIM DUSTY. THE RECORD WAS PRODUCED BY BARRY THORNTON WITH BACKING BY BARRY AND HUGO FITZHERBERT AT DREAM TIME STUDIOS IPSWICH IN LATE 1979. SINCE THEN KEITH HAS GONE ON TO RECORD SEVERAL ALBUMS HIS LATEST BEING “LOOKING BACK ALONG THE TRACK” AND “DINKUM AUSSIE BUSHMAN”. AND PLAIN AND SIMPLE DRIFTER.FROM WHICH HE WON MORE AWARDS IN 2016
AND THE LATEST CD IN THE STABLE IS THE EARLY YEARS ‘TILL NOW WHICH WILL BE RELEASED IN JANUARY 2017 AT TAMWORTH.
ALONG WITH THEIR DAUGHTER CAITLYN JANE JAMIESON WHO WON NEW TALENT AT BUNGENDORE AND THE BARRY THORNTON ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD AT AGE TEN IN FEBRUARY 2016
KEITH HOPES TO TOUR, WRITE AND RECORD BUSH BALLADS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME AND HE HOPES TO BE REMEMBERED FOR TRYING TO PROMOTE AUSTRALIA AND HER PEOPLE.