Charlie Collins (musician)

Charlie Collins (born Charlene Joyce Bailey, 1988, Tamworth) is an Australian singer and songwriter. For her solo debut album, Snowpine (June 2019), she was nominated for the 2019 ARIA Award for Best Country Album.[1]

Charlie Collins
Birth nameCharlene Joyce Bailey
Born (1988-01-27) 27 January 1988
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
GenresCountry
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsVocals, guitar
Associated acts
  • The Baileys/Chasing Bailey
  • Tigertown

Biography

Charlene Joyce Bailey was born in 1988 in Tamworth.[2][3] She grew up on a nearby farm with her older siblings, Kurt (born 1986) and Crystal (born 1985), who are also musicians.[2][4] The three siblings formed a group, the Baileys, in Tamworth in 2001 with Collins on lead vocals and guitar, Kurt on drums and Crystal on vocals and mandolin.[2] They were later joined by Daniel Conway on lead guitar and vocals and Lindsay Dallas on bass guitar to provide a sound, which "embraces country, pop, rock and white-eyed soul."[2]

By July 2008 they were renamed, Chasing Bailey, a "five-piece pop rock band."[5] In August of that year the group released their debut album, Long Story Short, through EMI.[2][4] Collins described their music, "We don’t want to pigeonhole ourselves at this point and it's not because we don't like country or don't like pop. We are just being true to ourselves and not changing for anybody else... The album has a bit of everything. It wasn't planned that way, but it just reflects our different influences. We didn't want to change how we write to suit a genre. This is who we are."[4]

From 2011 to 2018 Collins was a member of the Sydney pop band, Tigertown, with her husband, Chris Collins (ex-The View), on lead guitar and his siblings, Elodie on bass guitar and Alexi on keyboards.[6][7] Collins' siblings Crystal and Kurt were early members.[6][7] The band released six extended plays, starting with Tigertown in 2011 and ending with Warriors in 2017.[8] According to the staff writer for theMusic.com.au, "Their sound is a gorgeous wash of song and subtlety – quiet and layered... [Chris] Collins specifically avoids words such as 'folk'. One gets the feeling he doesn't want his band (or its members) to become some kind of product."[7]

In June 2019 Collins released her debut solo album, Snowpine. The album was recorded at the Snowpine Lodge in Dalgety. Also appearing on the album were Chris Collins (guitar) and George Georgiadis (drums).[9]

Discography

Albums
Chasing Bailey
  • Long Story Short (August 2008) – EMI
solo
  • Snowpine (June 2019)

Extended plays
Tigertown
  • Welcome to Tigertown (2011)
  • Wandering Eyes (6 August 2013) – independent (TTOWN004)
  • Lonely Cities (5 February 2016) – Neon Gold (GOLD063)
  • Warriors (2017)
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References
  1. Brandle, Lars (10 October 2019), "Tones And I Leads 2019 ARIA Awards Nominations", Billboard
  2. Dawson, Dave (8 September 2008). "Chasing Bailey". Dave's Diary. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. Woods, Cat (31 August 2019), "Music reviews", The Australian
  4. Coufos, Polly (23 August 2008). "Baileys chaser". Perth Now, STM.
  5. Dunn, Emily; Murray, Elicia (11 July 2008). "False alarm: everyone came except the baby. Chasing Charity". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  6. "Tigertown". Beat Magazine.
  7. staff writer (13 October 2012). "Out of Nowhere". theMusic.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. Newstead, Al (5 February 2018), "Sydney's Tigertown are calling it quits", Triple J
  9. McMillen, Andrew (30 May 2019), "Charlie still riding the highs and lows", The Australian
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