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- Gina Timms returns to
Tamworth to record her ‘birthday’ CD
Tasmanian
singer-songwriter Gina Timms is returning to Tamworth this week
to record her new EP, appropriately titled It’s Time. Gina will
lay down the five songs at John Lee’s Fat Tracks Studio, located
at picturesque Moore Creek, just outside the Tamworth city
limits.
For several years now, Gina has put her career on hold as she
has been raising her two handsome sons, Jakeb and Samuel, as
well as battling one of the strongest foes she has ever faced –
cancer. Gina has beaten the cancer three times in the past and
made herself a promise that if she pulled through the exhaustive
treatment, she would celebrate her 40th birthday in style, by
releasing a new EP.
Gina’s 40th falls on Saturday, January 19, 2008 – day two of the
mighty Tamworth Country Music Festival – and she plans to launch
the CD in style, with one mighty hot band and a big birthday
crowd. Gina first came to Tamworth in 1991, ostensibly to record
an album – and loved the place so much she stayed for five
years.
On her new recording Gina will present two originals – New
Friend In Cyberspace, which is all about people meeting in
internet chat rooms – and it’s been going over a treat at her
live gigs. The second original is I’ll Be Out That Door, which
tells the tale of a girl deciding to make the break from a
long-term relationship.
Gina comes to Tamworth each year to host and coordinate the
Aristocrat Country Entertainer of the Year Quest, and the Ladies
of Country, a showcase of stunning girls who are “out there
doing it”, staged on opening night of the festival in Legends
Bar at Wests.
Anyone who’s been in the audience of the “girls’ show”, will
know Gina’s signature song, Texas When I Die. The song was
originally performed by Tanya Tucker, but when Gina discovered
it back in 1993, she’s finished every gig with it since that
time and made it her own. This song will also be included in the
recording project.
When she’s in Tamworth Gina works with some incredible
musicians, many of whom will join her in the studio for this
long overdue recording session – Dave “Stix” Adams on drums; Rob
Brown on bass; Rusty Crook on guitars; Nicole Geddes and Ryan
Sampson on harmony vocals; Wayne Goodwin on fiddle; Mick Green
on keyboards, banjo and guitars; and Lawrie Minson on pedal
steel and dobro.
Gina is also trying to source a local cello player for the
recording sessions, so accomplished cellists are invited to
contact John Lee at Fat Tracks Studio on (02) 6767 1371 to
register their interest.
For further information, or to arrange an interview with Gina,
please phone Anna Rose on 0409 514 933
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