Album Notes

AWARD NOMINATIONS and WINS coming from this album as of February 2009…

Tamworth Independent Artist Recognition Awards ('TIARAs'):
WINNER! 2009 Best Male Vocalist

Tamworth Songwriters Association - National Songwriting Competition:
WINNER! Professional - Contemporary (I Know About Lonesome)
Professional - Traditional (Just Three Minutes) - Top 5 Finalist

Victorian & National Country Music Awards 2009 [Australia]
Victorian (State) Sections:
WINNER! Victorian Album Of The Year
WINNER! Victorian Male Vocalist
National Sections:
WINNER! Smoky Dawson Best Independent Release (All I Need)
Male Vocalist Of The Year (What I’m Drinkin’ About) - Top 5
Songwriters Composition (I Just Fixed My Heart) - Top 10
Bluegrass & Traditional Country (Just Three Minutes) - Top 5
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CD review in Sunday Herald Sun (Australian newspaper)
February 8, 2009.

ALL I NEED
DOUG BRUCE
Independent

Texan Doug Bruce fell in love with a good Aussie woman and Australia fell in love with the smooth, velvet tones of this die-hard country singer’s voice and music. His honest and powerful lyrics are obviously welcomed by Australia’s country music elite – he won Best Male Vocalist at this year’s Tamworth Independent Artist Recognition Awards for his song What I’m Drinkin’ About, and also Best Contemporary Song for powerful I Know About Lonesome.
Clearly a fan of all that Aussie music has to offer, Bruce has embraced the toe-tapping Australian beats to complement his smoky, Deep South voice. Best of all, he has cottoned on to our dry sense of humour, making his songs a bit of fun as well.
The title track reminds us all what’s important while the slower, more melodic I Know About Lonesome inspires courage and strength. But it’s My Wish Upon a Star that sends us right back to our childhood to sway along to memories.

SARAH WARNE
Sunday Herald Sun

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CD review in Country Music Capital News (Australia’s only monthly country music magazine)
December 2009, Vol 33, No 12.

ALL I NEED
DOUG BRUCE
Independent

If there is one thing I absolutely adore about country music, it’s those tex-mex smoky-barroom crooners. Give me a good GEORGE STRAIT song anyday. DOUG BRUCE started life in the Lone Star State of the USA and now, with an Aussie wife and young family, the Texan calls Australia home. His brand new CD All I Need is quite exceptional, as are his songwriting talents. His velvety tones really caress the music. First single, and title track All I Need is a chirpy track about the important things in life. What I’m Drinkin’ About, I Just Fixed My Heart and Punch Drink Love are real foot-tappers. I Know About Lonesome, Farther To Fall, That’s All It Takes and Angel Fly show a simply awesome talent to wring emotion from words and music. A fabulous album, for me Doug Bruce now sits right beside my George Strait collection! Have a listen – you won’t be disappointed!

DEBORAH MINTER
Country Music Capital News