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Musical Chameleon, Multi-Instrumentalist, Recording Artist, Producer, Engineer and
now Piano Tuning – even the older models 🙂

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With instruments during the Supper Club at The Capitol Theatre, Tamworth Nov 2011 taken by Thomas Rosenzweig

Worldly with White Dove Epoch 5-string Fiddle by Peter Hammer taken at Myer Music Bowl
Sepia by Michael Schoeber taken in Berlin

1.”Homegrown” (Played everything multi track Solo – Cass) Jan 1985
2. produced Brian Young’s “Big Fella Wudumbah” (Cass) 1986
3. member to Three Chord Wonders “Try Change” (Record/ Cass & Late 90s Collectors CD LTD Edition)1987     with Lawrie Minson & John Green
4. Homegrown Vol. 2 (Played everything multi track Solo – Cass) 1987 – CD version now available
5. produced Cedar Creek’s “… from the Heart” Bluegrass Cass 1989 (while nursing a slashed finger tip!)
6. produced & played bass on The Trailblazers (Harry Trails & Bob Blazers!) -self titled – Comedy Cass 1989
7. produced with Paul Henderson and member to, BackBeat (Rockin’ Bluegrass) “…the sessions” (Tamworth Underground Tapes Vol 1) 1990 Cassette CD re-release 1997
8. produced & played on Bob Stewart’s “Mountains of Queenstown” Cass1990
9. produced & played on Brian Winter’s “Jesus was a Swaggie” CD/ Cass 1991
10. produced & played on Liz Crago’s “Homeward” CD/ Cass 1993
11. produced & played on Bill Murray’s “Children of the Dreamtime” CD 1995
12. Collaboration on “Didgeridoo Interludes” with Alistar Black, Stephan Richter & Craig Lauritson 1996
13. Member to Fiddlers Festival – “Live” CD 1996 with Ray Schloeffel, Marcus Holden, Mark Oats, Carolyn Trengrove, George Washingmachine, 1997
14. Solo & friends “The Longing” CD 1997 via Richard Porteous & ABC
15. produced & member to “Terra Australis” CD Self titled (originally FowlHouse Jack) 1998
Barmera Country Music Hands of Fame Inductee 1999
16. produced and member to BLUEGRASS – Made In Taiwan CD : Live & Stormy – featuring Jenny Lester (Canada), Daryl (Jack ) Melbourne & Clermont. (Official Bootleg!) Recorded 1997 Released 2000
17. partnership in the Instrumental movie score style adventure “Dance of the Good Life” Dueling with the amazing Parris MacLeod (piano/drums/bass) 2000
18. partnership in “Happy As Larry” CD Clermont & Parris Macleod. Violin & Piano duets. Instrumentals of Celtic to New Age flavour 2002
19. member to Dya Singh “Bandagi” CD 2001- World Music Group with Dya Singh, Keith Preston, Dheeraj Shrestra, Parvyn, Jamel & Harsel Kaur & Quentin Eyers
20. member to Fiddlers Festival “Strung Out” CD – Holden, Clermont, Oats, Clare O’Meara & Garry Steel 2002
21. member to Dya Singh “300” CD 2002
member to Fiddlers Festival -“Live in Japan” CD 2002
22. member to Totally Gourdgeous debut CD with Penelope Swales, Mal Webb, Carl Pannuzzo 2000
23. member to Totally Gourdgeous “D’vine” CD 2002
24. producer of Healing & meditation, from partner Pauline – ‘Songs for the Soul’ and now on Video as well, featuring Pauline’s Art designs 1999
25. producer of “Let the Sun in You Shine Through” – Pauline . A Healing CD with meditation based on recovering from Abuse 2002
26. producer of “Child of Light” CD – Pauline . A Red Indian (First Nation) style meditation journey with cedar flute, healing drum & chanting. 2003
27. member to Fiddlers Festival – “Get Reel” CD 2004
28. producer of Andrew Clermont’s Supper Club Oct 2003 CD – Official Bootleg
29. member to The Lawnmowers – “The Good Road” CD 2003
30. member to Totally Gourdgeous – “Stroke of Midnight” CD 2005
31. member to Fiddlers Festival – “Friendzy” CD 2005
32. member to Dya Singh – “Live 2005” CD
33. member to The Lawnmowers “Second Cut” CD 2006
Totally Gourdgeous – Voted Best Live Folk Act by Australian Folk Alliance 2008
34. member to BluGuru – “Ragas 2 Blu Riches” CD 2010
35. Producer to Andrew Clermont’s Supper Club Trilogy CD 2010
36. Member to Totally Gourdgeous – “PunKin” CD  2011
37. Producer to Andrew Clermont’s Supper Club Trilogy CD 2012
38. Producer to Cherry Pickers – “Southern Flavour” CD 2016
39. Member to Zen Tripitalia – self titled CD – Chris Blyth (Scot/Germany), Clermont & guest 2016
40. Producer, engineer & co-player for Delia Olam – “Who is Tahirih?” 2017
41. Producer to Golden Fiddle Show – Live @ The Capitol CD 2018
42. Member to Totally Gourdgeous – “Gourd in the Act!” CD 2019
43. Member to Totally Gourdgeous DVD – Gourd @ West End 2019
44. Producer to Kate Battersby’s – “City Girl Gone Bush” 2020
45. Producer to Henk Groot’s – “Backwater Dreaming” 2020

1. A Crash Course to Fiddling (or Mandolin/Didgeridoo/Guitar) Freedom VID 2000

2. Fiddlers Festival – Live in Japan 2002 DVD

3. Yarra Junction Fiddlers Convention 20 Year Celebration 2002 VID

4. Totally Gourdgeous “ Live Cuts from the Vine” 2003 VID/DVD

4. The Supper Club Hightlights 2004 VID/ DVD

5. The Supper Club 2005 DVD series – 13 DVDs in all !!! up to 3 camera angles and up close on stage.

6. The Big Pics DVD – Join Clermont with his around the World collection of landscape shots with accompanying Music from ‘Happy as Larry’

7. The Bazaar Clips – Totally Gourdgeous – Woodford 2007/8

8. Totally Gourdgeous – Shades of the Vine – Live @ Enrec Studio, Calala, Tamworth, NSW 2014

9. London Abstractions 2011 – Tom Donald & Mark Buckingham (UK – Piano & Clarinets), Mal Webb & Andrew Clermont (Oz – Gourd fretless Bass & Gourdalin/ Electic Violin) including 100 panoramas from Clermont’s “Big Pics” Photography

10. The Supper Club – Live @ The Capitol – Double DVD with images off 4 video cameras & 3 still cameras – Steve Newton, Sunnypics, Peter R Brown, Thomas Rosenzweig. Performances from BluGuru, Brookie Schiemer (now Gillett), Steve O’hern, Tom Donald, Emily Little, Jess Stocker and special guests who drove into town by chance that day, The Rosellys, from UK ! All at the Tamworth Capitol Theatre 2011

11. Totally Gourdgeous new DVD “The Ripe Stuff” – Live @ Brisbane’s West End – produced by Matt Moline, 7th Dimension

Andrew Clermont’s Supper Club

photo by Joe Summers (upper) & Ross Waldron (lower)

Larger version available – sms to Andrew on 0407 753 809 for quick response

BluGuru @ Borneo Rainforest Festival 2022

BluGuru 2022 by Charlotte Elsie

The Sponsors

Epoch Strings / Maton Guitars / Gilchrist Mandolins / White Swallow Banjos/ Clearview IT/ Better Care West NSW/ Barbecues Galore – Tamworth

Creations

Andrew Clermont has created:

· The NoHoldsBarred Australian Fiddle Contest ( Jan 2002 – 2008 TamFest)

· The (week long) SUPPER CLUB now 9 nights shows of hot Players/ Singers/ Performers

it’s 27th year in 2025 (a fringe to Tamworth Country Music Festival!)

Festival Sound Production –

Yarra Junction Fiddlers Convention (sound since late 90s)/ 23 years of Andrew Clermont’s International Supper Club /
20 years of Frances Folk Gathering / Sandford Bush Festival /
Penola Coonawarra Music & Wirrina Bluegrass Festivals since their inception/ St Albans Folk Fest (from 2020)

– rescuing live mixes since the beginning!

The Visual –

An imposing, colourful sight (at 2m (6ft 7ish) with perhaps a tiny Fiddle/ Mandolin in hand soaring through the music.

The Instruments –

Didgeridoo, Tenor Banjo, Mandolin & Mandola, 6 & 12-string Guitar, 4 & 5 string
Fiddles, Appalachian Dulcimer, Viola, Vocals, Mixing Desk…

The Sound –

With borrowings from most styles, there is always adventuresome music with Andrew. From Blues Fiddle showdowns with Jeff Lang to Celtic & Meditation.

Plus as 3-time Australian Bluegrass Guitar Champion ’84, 85 & 87; Golden Guitar winner ’87 (Best Vocal Group) with the Three Chord Wonders;

Best Folk Group – Totally Gourdgeous and nominated to top 5 Best Instrumental 5 times since ’96; over 30 CDs between solo,

bands & themes there’s been much variety to savour.

The Bands –

Active or on call –

  • BluGuru “Ragas 2 Blu Riches” CD & Tours – a core trio from 3 groups below!
  • Totally Gourdgeous (Voted Best Live Folk Group – World bound)
  • Andrew Clermont’s Supper Club – a Festival Event & Fringe to Tamworth CM Fest
  • Goldheist with Hester
  • The Apostle String Band Tours with Paul Wookey
  • The Borderers (Nationally quite often – even Europe – now retired!)

very occasionally or …

  • Zen Tripitalia with Chris Blyth
  • All Corners Covered with Rachel Johnston
  • Bluegrass – Made in Taiwan !
  • The Lawnmowers at the “Cutting Hedge of Bluegrass” (!)
  • Dya Singh World Music Group – multi -Awarded National (SA) to USA, UK & Malaysia annually)
  • Terra Australis (Multi-Awarded Bush Band)
  • Celtic Conundrums (with Ollie Francis RIP & Jane Brownlee)
  • Fiddlers Festival (Tamworth Fest to Tokyo during the 90s and some 2000s)
    see CD page

The Tour highlights –

  • fiddling for Tom T Hall (USA – thrice nationally, including a fun duet support with Beccy Cole),
  • Sound & multi-performer with Brian Young (4 Oz laps ’84, 85, 89, 94)
  • 1988 Ski season Mt Blue Cow plus World Expo Brisbane with Art Gecko (love that name)
  • 1992 – 6 months World Expo, Seville, Spain at the Kangaroo Pub (the centre of one version of the world, at the time!). Also learnt didgeridoo there!
  • European Tours with – Kelly’s Revenge ’94 (Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria) / Norma O’Hara Murphy ’95 (Germany, Ireland, London)
  • Taiwan Bluegrass Show & co-ordinator ’96 – 98
  • USA, Canada, Asia, Kenya & Tanzania & UK with Dya Singh each year since 1999 – 1 to 3 months at a time.
  • Japan & Hong Kong and Oz wide – Fiddlers Festival since ’01
  • All Oz capitals and most Folk Festivals – Totally Gourdgeous &/or Solo – 2001, 02 and Europe/Singapore in the years that followed
  • 2002 New Zealand for Coro. St star, Kevin Kennedy and All the Best Tour, 18 shows – mostly sold out!
  • 2003 to 2009 criss-crossing the planet and much of Oz with Dya Singh & Totally Gourdgeous (Denmark WA to Denmark Europe in the same month tour!)
  • Around coast from Perth to Woodford QLD since Autumn 2009 with Josh Bennett
    and in 2010 as well with Parvyn Kaur Singh as BluGuru. Gigs by night, cliffs & mountains by day!

And sooo many more since then!