Troy Cassar-Daley
Troy Cassar-Daley is an Australian country musician.
Cassar-Daley has released eleven studio albums over 30 years. Throughout this time he has received awards including 4 ARIA Music Awards, 37 Golden Guitars, 9 Deadly Awards, 4 Country Music Association of Australia Entertainer of the Year awards and 2 National Indigenous Music Awards.
In 2017 Cassar-Daley was the 50th inductee into the prestigious Australian Roll of Renown.Early life and career
Cassar-Daley was born in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills to a Maltese-Australian father and an Aboriginal mother. At a very young age, he moved with his mother to Grafton in north-eastern New South Wales. At eleven, Troy went to the Tamworth Country Music Festival and returned the next year to busk on the streets. At 16 he and his band, Little Eagle, were touring the North Coast of New South Wales and he made the top 10 in Tamworth's Star Maker quest. He won the 1986 "Search for a Star" competition and then toured with Brian Young for seven months in which he began to develop his songwriting skills. After returning home he replaced James Blundell as leader of country music band The Blue Heeler Band.Personal life
Troy is married to radio and television presenter Laurel Edwards with whom he has two children.Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Awards and nominations
Cassar-Daley had been nominated for 12 awards, winning 3 at the APRA Awards.ARIA Awards
Cassar-Daley had been nominated for 12 awards, winning 4 at the ARIA Music AwardsCMAA Awards
The Country Music Awards of Australia is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. Cassar-Daley has won 34 awards; third most behind Slim Dusty and Lee Kernaghan.
