Rod McCormack

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Rod McCormack
Origin Central Coast (New South Wales), Australia [1]
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • keyboards
Years active1979–present
Formerly of The Wheel
Spouse(s) Gina Jeffreys (m. 2000)
Website www.rodmccormack.com

Rod McCormack (born 13 February 1963) is an Australian record producer, musician and songwriter.

Contents

Biography

Career

McCormack is responsible for many high selling and award-winning albums and was named Country Music Awards of Australia Producer of the Year in 2004, 2008 and again in 2010. [2] He has written over 30 number-one country hits and has produced albums for Gina Jeffreys, Paul Kelly, Troy Cassar-Daley, Adam Harvey, Beccy Cole amongst others. [3]

He was part of the band The Wheel between 1995 and 1999. In 2000, McCormack married Australian country singer-songwriter Gina Jeffreys. [4] In September 2019, McCormack released his first solo studio album, Fingerprints. [5]

Discography

TitleDetails
Fine Lines (with Jeff McCormack)
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Jam Records (JCWM 0029)
  • Format: LP
Hand Picked The Banjo & The Fiddle (with Mick Albeck)
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: ABC Music (4797632)
  • Format: CD
Fingerprints
  • Released: 20 September 2019 [6]
  • Label: Sonic Timber Records (ST006)
  • Format: CD, Digital download, streaming

Awards

CMAA Awards

These annual awards have been presented since 1973 and have been organised by Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) from 1993, [7] to "encourage, promote and recognise excellence in Australian country music recording". From that time the recipient's trophy has been a Golden Guitar. [8] [9]

YearNominee / workAwardResult (wins only)
1995"Little Rock Gettaway" (with Mick Albeck)Instrumental of the YearWon
1996"Cut to the Chase" (with Mick Albeck)Instrumental of the YearWon
2002Workin' Overtime by Adam Harvey (produced by Rod McCormack)Album of the YearWon
2008I'm Doin' Alright by Adam Harvey (produced by Rod McCormack)Album of the YearWon
2010 I Love This Place by Troy Cassar-Daley (co-produced by Rod McCormack)Album of the YearWon
2012Falling Into Place by Adam Harvey (produced by Rod McCormack)Album of the YearWon
2014Black Coffee by Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes (co-produced by Rod McCormack)Alternative Album of the YearWon
2020"Timeless Traveller"Instrumental of the YearWon

Tamworth Songwriters Awards

The Tamworth Songwriters Association (TSA) is an annual songwriting contest for original country songs, awarded in January at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. They commenced in 1986. [10] [11]

YearNominee / workAwardResult (wins only)
2002"Too Strong to Break" by Beccy Cole, Rod McCormack and Rick Price Contemporary Song of the YearWon

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References

  1. ↑ "Gina Jeffreys and Rod McCormack". This is the Central Coast. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Golden Guitar winners tally". History of Country Music. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Rod McCormack". Rod McCormack. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Gina Jeffreys' new album celebrates marriage". Newcastle Herald. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "One of Australia's finest guitarists, banjo player plus award winning producer and song writer, Rod McCormack finally releases his first solo album". ABC. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Fingerprints (CD)". JB HiFi . Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "About the CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia". Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA). Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
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