Hey Guys

well another year has past and wow what a Finnish to a great year

me and Nellie have finally pick up and test run our new 5th Wheeler and Iveco truck and we love it our plan was to head to Qld to Nellie family farm and spend Chrissy with them but……………… it didn’t fit any where on the farm or on Neil farm so we had to park it at Kenilworth showgrounds which was great until we got swamped by tourist and the Chrissy rush….. who would think that Kenilworth would be as big as that for Christmas anyway we got to try out the the home…..

Christmas was fantastic spending it with Nellie family was a really country fair with all the trimmings got to love that we ended up then staying for New years and having cook off with Nellie brother Neil as we got a Webber for Christmas so I had to cook pizza (My Famous Chocolate and Marshmallow Pizza)for New years eve Dinner and Neil made Pizza from his home made Pizza oven it was a funny night as we drank and as we cook a feast of home made Pizza and everyone won as it was a great feed and a awesome way to bring in the New Year

Over the Holiday we got booked to play at a venue Called the Noosa North Shore Resort and i must say wow what a venue with great accom and beach fronts and the venue is such a well designed family venue we had such a great time we ended up staying for a few more days thanks to Derk and Annie For all there hospitality

  anyways again sorry for the delay in getting this update out but now were on the road alot it should be a bit easier anyway look forward to updating you with Tamworth festival news

stay safe

Col Finley

The Finley Chronicles # 5  latest blog from Col Finley wishes us a very merry Christmas

Well Howdy All

All i can say its been a hell of a few months just gone so im gonna combine a couple of months together to catch up

Well October was pretty much a home stay event with Me and Nellie packing up our home in Tamworth NSW to get ready for our new family adventure and project “The Red Dirt Diaries” which will take us on a 2/3 year adventure around Australia

So we painted and cleaned and got everything ready for my folks to move in, Scary Part is that we still haven’t got our truck our trailer yet so we will be homeless for awhile but we will servive

October also brought in some great gigs and memories and a fair few mile as well with us traveling from Brisbane to Canberra back to Qld

Grass Root Festival Brisbane…. Is a great little festival that a good friend 8 Ball Atkins put on every year at the botanical Gardens in Brisbane it and all original show case of Australian Songwriter and should be a not to be missed show next year for all of you

Street Swags “Its Christmas Time” a song Me and Joel Black from Tommirock wrote for the charity Street Swag  a company that help the homeless we got to shoot the video for that in the most amazing house in upper brookefield Brisbanet hanks to Tim Madden for his time video and editing the video clip

check it out www.youtube.com/colfinley

Going Back Home!! Well it been a hell of a long time since i took back my show to Canberra and performed but all it took was for a great fan and friend to get together with her friend and pull of one hell of a party it was a great time to look back on all the gigs i did in the area before i moved to Grafton we would love to come back real soon and do another show… we will keep you posted

Yaa we finally got our truck our brand New Iveco 60c18 a big hooha of a rig so it now starting to take shape and looks like we finally getting to see our hard work pay off

Now November is one of those months that just fly by and this year it seem to be the fastest yet with us doing more miles then the Marathon runner on speed

Mud Bulls and Music is our first stop for the month and wow what a weekend with us starting on the thursday with a show in the xxxx Bar it was and early one which we arnt to used to but hell we always have fun then i hosted the wine bar again for anther year which i love as i get to catch up with some great act and friends

Saturday Night Main Stage performance was awesome again i would love to have the chance to peroform to a later time but we had a great gig and who were there love what we did so again we look forward to my 11year next year and see everyone back

Street swag Concert we luanch the the new album at brookfield showground saw me and Luke Oshea setting up tables and seating and sweating our butts off before we had to then get ready for a great day with Luke Oshea, Rob Black Tamara Stewart and Myself headlining a big day of entertainment thanks for having us apart of the day

well the month rolled really quickly with gig again in Tamworth and Central Coast and then off we go down to Ballarat to finally see (Brought it unseen) get our new home on wheels and were so amazed it called a Jazz 5th Wheeler with Music Notes on the side and it massive with everything we need 32foot of mobile home yew were excited and look awesome and im writing this blog form the kitchen table right now so were a nearly fully operational a couple more weeks and then our first stop until chrissy in sunny Qld

so until then we hope to see you on the road and a safe and wonderful Holidays and as always

Keeping it Country in Paradise

Col Finley

Howdy Gang!!

          Damn these months seem to be rolling pretty quick and wow what a month jam pack full of fun, friends and family commitment. August is always one of those months were you hang on for dear life and hope you get to the end and yipp ya we did 

Sadly August was the end of the Paradise Tours in Australia with awesome shows at Riverstone Schofield Memorial Club and a new venue “The Vault” (SEE PHOTO’S) at Windsor in Sydney which I have to say go and enjoy some of the best entertainment and food in Sydney west has to offer

again we hit the coast at one of My favorite Venues “The Lakes Hotel” Best Beer On The Coast Situated at the Entrance were once again we had awesome crowd and Wardy and the crew look after us like kings

Well as the month rolled threw we sadly lost a good friend and Muso Jeff Dallas Lost his battle with Moto nuroams disease he will be sadly missed but is in a better place jamming with some of the best god speed Mate!!

Now to bring August to a close we headed up into the Barrington Tops to a little place called Monkerai were once year it come alive with some of the best characters you’ll ever meet in Australia i must say wow what a weekend of entertainment as i hosted some of the best artist Australia has to offer (SEE PHOTO’S)

thanks to everyone who made August a great Month and now it time for Me and Nellie to take a well earned Holiday as we set sail across the south Pacific to Vanuatu, Fiji, New Caledonia, Suva on a 12 day cruise to finalize the last few show for my Paradise tour…

See you all in October somewhere some place in some sort of State!!!!

Keeping it Country in Paradise

Col Finley

Monkerai Springer Utes Boots and Ball 2011 it was a great weekend love catching up with some great mates and was a honor to work with some of Australia finest artist

2012 is going to be huge!!!

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Col Finley new Single coming soon!!