With their great country-rock music and spirited stage presence, McAlister Kemp are always crowd favourites.
The award-winning band will return to Rooty Hill RSL on Friday, October 25 along with the Adam Eckersley Band for a night of country music.
Made up of musicians Drew McAlister and Troy Kemp, the band has shot to success and is steadily becoming one of Australia’s biggest country music acts with their second album ‘Country Proud’ reaching number 1 on the ARIA Country Album sales charts and number 18 on the mainstream album chart.
They also received an ARIA nomination for Best Country Album, and the record’s title song ‘Country Proud’ was chosen to be the theme song for the 2013 Tamworth Country Music Festival.
According to Blue Mountains resident Drew McAlister, the secret to the band’s success is writing music that country fans can relate to.
“The thing we set out to do when we first started this was write real songs for real people and that’s not something that we’ve wavered from,” he said.
Their songs have been major hits in the Aussie country music scene, with popular tunes including ‘All Kinds of Tough’, ‘Hard Work’ and ‘Hell Yeah’.
He said that he and Troy Kemp often enjoyed the enthusiasm and energy of audiences that come to watch their gigs, especially when they sing along to the lyrics.
“It’s just a buzz, it’s like no other drug you ever know… it never gets old.”
Lucky fans also often get the chance to interact with the duo, who have a reputation for going backstage after their concerts and chatting to fans and posing for photos.
“Without the fans, we got nothing, we don’t have a career without them, that’s the reality of it,” McAlister said.
They will be joined on stage by the Adam Eckersley Band, who this year released two new singles – ‘Long Enough To Disappear’ and ‘Should’ve Known Better’.
Headed up by country musician Adam Eckersley, the band’s music is unique, alternative country-rock that perfectly complements the sound of McAlister Kemp.
McAlister Kemp and the Adam Eckersley Band will perform at Rooty Hill RSL on Friday, October 25 at 8pm. Tickets are $25. For bookings or more information, call 9625 5500 or visit www.rootyhillrsl.com.au.
