Biography
About
the Trio…
RUNAWAY DIXIE
(Short Bio)
When three of Australia’s
most versatile musicians/fulltime entertainers step on to a stage
together, you have to expect an exciting performance.
Such is the case with RUNAWAY DIXIE featuring VIRGINIA HERMEL (Coad),
LYNETTE COAD and JIM HERMEL.
The RUNAWAY DIXIE
band officially formed in early 2009 and their first album was released
in 2009.
All band members
were born in SA, and the trio is based in South Australia.
RUNAWAY DIXIE have
now released six albums, and were nominees in the 2016, 2017, 2018,
2019 GOLDEN GUITAR AWARDS OF AUSTRALIA.
2016 'Bluegrass Recording Of The Year' with their
original 'Lonesome & Blue' from the 'Bayou Queen' album.
2017 'Instrumental Of The Year' with their original
instrumental 'Roundabout' from the 'Poor Man's Gold' album.
2018 'Bluegrass Recording Of The Year' with their
original song 'Southbound Train' from the 'Poor Man's Gold' album.
2019 'Instrumental Of The Year with their original
instrumental, 'Tele Rambler' from the 'Face The Wind' album.
The group has also
achieved several TSA Songwriting Awards for their original material.
RUNAWAY DIXIE covers
a broad spectrum of music from traditional Bluegrass & Gospel,
to vibrant Country classics, along with their own original material.
In May 2017, RUNAWAY
DIXIE represented Australia at the Mississippi State Bi-Centennial
Celebrations as part of the Jimmie Rodgers Festival in Meridian, Mississippi
USA.
The combination
of Jim's driving vocals and Virginia and Lynette’s dynamic vocals
and harmonies, along with the trio’s multi-instrumental skills
make RUNAWAY DIXIE a dynamic “must see” act!
RUNAWAY
DIXIE
(Long Bio)
When three of Australia’s
most versatile musicians/fulltime entertainers step on to a stage
together, you have to expect an exciting performance.
Such is the case with RUNAWAY DIXIE featuring VIRGINIA HERMEL (Coad)
and LYNETTE COAD (>>
See More about Virginia & Lynette) and JIM HERMEL (>>>
See More about Jim Hermel)
The RUNAWAY DIXIE band officially formed in early 2009 and their first
album was released in 2009.
JIM HERMEL
JIM HERMEL is no
stranger to the Australian Country music world with a career
spanning 40 years, numerous
bands, and many overseas tours.
Highlights of his
overseas tours include performing with Jerry Lee Lewis at the Jerry
Lee Lewis Showroom, Nashville, Tenn. in 1980.
Along with his well known Country and Country Rock style as a dynamic
vocalist and lead guitarist,
Jim also plays banjo and has a deep love and appreciation for Bluegrass
and Gospel and the forming of the trio with Virginia and Lynette Coad
has given him the opportunity to explore this field with much success.
VIRGINIA
& LYNETTE COAD
Both fulltime entertainers
and successful artists in their own right, Virginia & Lynette
are no strangers to Australian Country Music.
Their appreciation for Gospel, Bluegrass, and Classic traditional
country music, along with being award winning songwriters, versatile
multi-instrumentalists, also being two of the most diverse and dynamic
lead and harmony vocalists in Australia today, completes the combination
with JIM HERMEL as one of the most dynamic Bluegrass/Gospel/ &
Country Music Trio entertainment packages in Australia.
Photo
by John Elliott
THEIR ACT
RUNAWAY DIXIE covers
a broad spectrum of music from traditional Bluegrass & Gospel,
to vibrant Country classics, and their own original material.
The combination of Jim's driving vocals and the girls dynamic vocals
and harmonies, along with their multi-instrumental skills make them
a dynamic “must see” act!
AUSTRALIAN
PERFORMANCES
Regular concert
tours throughout Vic., N.S.W., Qld, & S.A.
Festival appearances include:- Marilyn's Country
Muster - Smoky Bay SA,
Tamworth Country Music Festival (annual concert show), Boyup Brook
Festival WA,
Bunbury Country Music Festival WA, Leeton CMF NSW, Barooga CMF, Tooleybuc
CMF,
Camooweal Drovers Festival QLD, Nanango CMF, Corowa CMF Vic. Laura
CMF SA,
Lake Charlegrark Country Music Marathon and many more.
INTERNATIONAL
PERFORMANCES
RUNAWAY DIXIE represented
Australia in the USA in Meridian, Mississippi, as part of the Mississippi
State Bi-Centennial Celebrations, which were held in conjunction with
the
Jimmie Rodgers Festival in May 2017.
Appearances included major exposure via Mississippi Television, Radio
and Newspapers.
Performances at the event included appearing at the Peavey Auditorium,
Meridian, Mississippi.
2016, 2017, 2018 &
2019 GOLDEN GUITAR AWARDS OF AUSTRALIA
nominees:-
2016 'Bluegrass
Recording Of The Year' with an original 'Lonesome & Blue'
from their 'Bayou Queen' album.
2017 'Instrumental
Of The Year' with their original instrumental 'Roundabout'
from their 'Poor Man's Gold' album.
2018 'Bluegrass
Recording Of The Year' with their original song 'Southbound
Train' from their 'Poor Man's Gold' album.
2019 'Instrumental
Of The Year' with their original
instrumental 'Tele Rambler' from their 'Face
The Wind' album.
RUNAWAY
DIXIE
have released 6 albums.
'Golden Mile' (2009)
(Title track 'Golden Mile' winner of "TSA Gospel Song Of The
Year" 2010)
'Breakdown'
(2013)
(TSA Finalist tracks)
'Bayou
Queen' (2015)
('Golden Bridge' 2016 TSA "Gospel Song Of The Year" winner
)
(2016 Golden Guitar Awards - Bluegrass Recording of the Year Finalist
- 'Lonesome and Blue')
'Poor Man's
Gold (Late October 2016 on Digital release & Hard copy
November 2016)
(2017 Golden Guitar Awards - Instrumental Of The Year finalist - 'Roundabout'
& 2018 'Bluegrass Recording Of The Year' with their original song
'Southbound Train'.)
'Face The Wind' (mid December 2018)
Contains 2019 Golden Guitar finalist 'Instrumental Of The Year' track
- Tele Rambler
'Ticket
To Mars' (May 2021)
SINGLE
'Southern Rose'
Released Thursday 24th of September 2020 by Runaway
Dixie as a
digital download single via Runaway Dixie's Desert Records Digital
Download site.
SINGLE
'Coming
Home'
Released 20th of April 2021 via
https://desertrecordsproduct.com/runaway-dixie
RUNAWAY DIXIE -
FINALISTS & AWARDS
2010 TSA TSA GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR 'Golden Mile'
(V & J Hermel) >
2016 CMAA GOLDEN GUITAR FINALIST
2016 GMMA GROUP OF THE YEAR FINALIST
2016 TSA GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR
'Golden Bridge'
( Virginia
Hermel (Coad) >
2017 GMMA GROUP OF THE YEAR WINNER
2017 CMAA GOLDEN GUITAR FINALIST
2018 CMAA GOLDEN GUITAR FINALIST
2019 CMAA GOLDEN GUITAR FINALIST
Who plays what ?
JIM HERMEL
— Vocals/Banjo/Slide, Rhythm, & Electric Lead Guitar/Blues
Harmonica.
VIRGINIA COAD — Vocals/Harmonies/Lead Acoustic
and Rhythm
Guitar/’Fiddle’/Mandolin/Piano/Dobro/Lapsteel/Accordion.
LYNETTE COAD — Harmonies/Harmonica/Bass/Drums.
Runaway
Dixie (c)