GARY ELLIS

Discography

Man In The Hat - CAT NO. GARE 001

Biography
Gary's career has had more ups and downs than the rodeo circuit he followed all over Australia. His first on-stage appearance was at the tender age of eight when he sang the Cole Porter standard "Don't Fence Me In" to a packed Melbourne Town Hall audience. The far reaching title of that familiar, old song fairly much epitomizes Gary's musical pursuits. As well, he was an outstanding boxing prospect before swapping his golves for the guitar.

At nineteen he polled 10,000 votes in winning the prestigious Australia's Amateur Hour and his career really took off. After travelling around Australia with Ern Smith's "Western Revue", Gary returned as a polished performer, he then accepted a recording contract and undertook a weekly TV program. Gary Ellis has appeared on every radio station around Australia, has toured on the Tivoli Theatre circuit and was selected to entertain allied troops at the front. He also shared billing with the legendary Johnnie Ray on television. Along the way, Gary has worked as a racehorse trainer, showman, racing journalist, trackman and raconteur. These pursuits have made him well known in Sri Lanka and East Asia.

Gary's career was thought to be over at the age of twenty eight when he bacame an alcoholic, suffering all the associated pain, mentally as well as physically. Many of his friends and buddies deserted him altogether and he stopped singing completely.   After years of living in a haze, Gary went with a good friend to meet some people who'd suffered the same illness but who'd since recovered. Miraculously, Gary conquered his problems and hasn't touched alcohol for years since. A chance re-acquaintance with Desmond Kelly, a talented entertainer himself, gave Gary the heart to give country music another go. as a result, Gary Ellis became a contributor to the highly acclaimed Ishala CD album that became so successful, both in Australia and abroad.

The latest link in Gary's musical career is his newly released "Man In The Hat" CD album. Comprising such under used standards as "Cottage In The Country", "Soldier's Last Letter" and "Leave Him in the Longyard", along side newer works, "The Names Of Our Heroes", "Your World is What You Make It", "Our Anniversary" and "Sri Lanka's Hereos", the album is gaining stacks of air play around Australia. Whatever happens in the future, this is a remarkable comeback for a great bloke.

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Man In The Hat

Gary Ellis

Cat No.GARE 001

CD - $20.00

Categories
Ballads (BD),  New Country (NC)
Original (OR), Traditional (TR), Contemporary (CT)

Track Titles

1.    Cottage In The Country (Isla Grant) (4.12) (CT, NC)
2.    Listen To The Children (Isla Grant) (2.24) (CT, NC)
3.    If I Win Tattslotto (Norm Burke/A&DHawking) (3.00) (CT, NC)
4.    God Please Forgive Me (Isla Grant) (3.49) (CT, NC)
5.    The Names of Our Heroes (Norm Burke) (3.06) (CT, NC)
6.   Solders Last Letter (E.Tubb/H.Stewart) (2.44) (TR)
7.    Leave Him In The Longyard (K&M Dixon/Slim Dusty) (3.03) (TR)
8.   Sweet Baby Mine (Isla Grant) (4.56) (CT, NC)
9.    Your World Is What You Make It (Norm Burke) (3.08) (TR)
10.  The Pearl of Them All (Will Ogilvie) (3.28) (TR)
11.  Stolen Moments (Sheman/Wayne) (2.24) (TR)
12.  Our Anniversary (Des Kelly) (3.07) (BD)
13.  My Dog and Me (R Merrill) (3.42) (TR)
14.  Sri Lankas Heroes (Norm Burke/Gary Ellis) (3.06) (NC,OR)

CREDITS
Rob Foenander - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocal Harmonies
Bruce Green - Pedal Steel, Dobro, Mouth Harp
Vernon Abeysekera - contents advisor

Studio Information
Musical arrangements - Craig Bryant
Recorded and Produced by Rob Foenander Productions

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