We headed down to the Hunter Valley for our annual trip to "CMC Rocks the Hunter".
The lineup wasn't as good this year for us, but overall it was a still great event.
As with last year we thought we would make a road trip out of it.
We headed down to Armidale on Wednesday then headed to the Hunter on Thursday.
Friday 15th March
The highlight today for us included 8 Ball Aitken, Amber Lawrence, Jack Ingram and Adam Brand. It was shame the weather was not kind - cold and wet.
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| Amber Lawrence |
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| Adam Brand |
Saturday 16th March
What a difference a day make, today was hot and Sunny and a lot of people got sun burnt today. It is also the longest day of the event at around 12.5 hrs.
Highlights of the day for me include Travis Collins, Morgan Evans, McAlister Kemp and Chris Young.
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| Travis Colins |
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| Chris Young |
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| McAlister Kemp |
The headliner today was Big & Rich which were good but they do not really play my style of country.
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| Big & Rich |
Sunday 17th March
The weather was still with us and to avoid even more sun burn we headed into the Songwriter Show in the winery, and boy were we glad we did. The Songwriter Show is basically a 2 hour set of 5 artists playing acoustic version of their songs and giving a brief back story of their songs. This was the highlight of the event for me.
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| Hope Estate - Songwriters Session |
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| David Lee Murphy, Stephen Barker Liles, Corb Lund, Morgan Evans, Chris Young |
Other highlights were David Lee Murphy, Corb Lund, and The Band Perry. The headliner was Rascall Flatts which again we good but they are a little bit too "Boy Band-ish" for me when they perform.
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| Corb Lund |
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| The Band Perry |
Monday
We made a quick visit to my Aunt down in Gosford before the long drive to our accommodation in Coffs Harbour, before heading back to Brisbane on Tuesday.
