Musicians
Troy Cassar-Daley
- Origin
- Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung; Grafton, NSW, Australia
- Genre/styles
- Country Explore more genres
- About Troy
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Singer-songwriter Troy Cassar-Daley is a multi-award winning artist whose mother is from the Bundjalung people.
His career has spans more than ten albums over a two-decade career. During this time he has been awarded numerous accolades including four ARIAs, 32 Golden Guitars, two APRA Country Song of the Year awards, nine Deadlys, four CMAA Entertainer of the Year awards and the 2008 Country Music Association of America Country Music Global Artist Award.
Troy Cassar-Daley is married to radio presenter and TV host, Laurel Edwards and they have two children, Clay and Jem.
Country music has played such an important and positive role in my life and I would encourage any Indigenous artist to follow their dreams, just like I did.
— Troy Cassar-Daley [1]
Discography
Album formats explained Explain formats
Album formats
- 10": 10 inch vinyl records were played at 45 or 33 1/3 rounds per minute (rpm). The former could hold 9, the latter 12 minutes of music per side.
- 7": 7 inch records (often referred to as 45s) were played at 45 rpm or 33 1/3 rpm, with about 4:30 or 6 minutes of music per side.
- LP: Long play, is a vinyl record played at 33 1⁄3 rpm with a 12 or 10-inch diameter.
- EP: Extended play, are vinyl records that allowed two or even three songs on each side.
Dream Out Loud
- Released
- 1994
- Tracks
- Dream Out Loud
- Notes
This is Troy Cassar-Daley’s debut EP.
Beyond the Dancing
- Released
- January 1995
- Tracks
- My Home Town
- Dream Out Loud
- End Of The Road
- Working In Blues
- Beyond The Dancing
- You Plant Your Fields
- Texas Swing
- Bitter Tears
- Six Stringer
- Send Me Down Your Love
- Greater Times
- No Regret (Album Version)
- Beyond The Dancing (Reprise)
True Believer
- Released
- February 1997
- Tracks
CD/side 1
- Good Woman's Love
- She Wants
- Little Things
- I Can Get Used To That
- True Believer
- Ladies In My Life
- Sweet Maryanne
- You Will Believe In Me
- The Wind Blows Over (The Lonely Of Heart)
- Lay Down And Dance
- Bar Room Roses
- Good Time Friday Night
- Back Blocks Of Home
CD/side 2
- The Biggest Disappointment
- You Can Take The Country Out Of The Boy
- You'll Never Know 'Til You Try
- Back Home Again
- Notes
CD2 is a bonus disc.
Big River
- Released
- August 1999
- Tracks
- They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore
- Big River Country
- I Wanna Go Back
- All Over Town
- The Other Side Of Lonely
- Trains
- It's Never Too Late
- Time To Say Good-Bye
- Under Your Spell Again
- I Want To Walk That Road With You
- V8 Town
- One Big Land
- When A Small Town Dies
- The Droving Days
Long Way Home
- Released
- May 2002
- Tracks
- River Road
- Rise And Shine
- Born To Survive
- Think About You
- 40 Miles
- Long Way Home
- My Dreaming Place
- Wish I Was A Train
- Night Blindness
- Sad Goodbye
- Everyday With You
- 8 Days
- Everything I Do
Borrowed and Blue
- Released
- April 2004
- Tracks
- Factory Man
- My Old Friend The Blues
- River Boy
- Yer So Bad
- Big City
- Dark End Of The Street
- Why Baby Why
- I Got A Name
- Till I Gain Control
- Losin' My Blues Tonight
- I Still Miss Someone
- My Buckets Got A Hole In It
- I'm An Old Man Tryin' To Live While I Can
- Still Can't Say Goodbye
Brighter Day
- Released
- October 2005
- Tracks
- Going Back Home
- Lonesome But Free
- Away From Here
- Time Is A Friend Of Mine
- Fisherman
- Getaway Car
- My Town
- Wanted Man
- Long As I Don't See You
- Family Farm
- Walking Away
- River Town
- Yellow Belly(Instrumental)
Almost Home
- Released
- January 2006
- Tracks
CD/side 1
- Almost Home
- Big River Country
- True Believer
- I Wanna Go Back
- Bitter Tears
- You Can't Take The Country Out Of The Boy
- Other Side Of Lonely
- Dream Out Loud
- Working In Blues
- V8 Town
- Six Stringer
- Bar Room Roses
- Wind Blows Over (The Lonely Of Heart)
- No Regrets
- Ramblin' Man
- Texas Swing
CD/side 2
- All Over Town
- Beyond The Dancing
- My Hometown
- It's Never Too Late
- Good Woman's Love
- Under Your Spell Again
- When A Small Town Dies
- Ladies In My Life
- Trains
- River Of Sorrow
- She Wants
- Little Things
- Good Time Friday Night
- They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore
- Original Australian Working Man
- Time To Say Goodbye
- Notes
This is a double-CD release.
Born To Survive (Best of)
- Released
- July 2007
- Tracks
- Born To Survive
- Lonesome But Free
- They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore
- True Believer
- Going Back Home
- Wish I was A Train
- Bird On A Wire
- Biggest Disappointment
- Little Things
- River Boy
- Last Mile Home
- Bar Room Roses
- Ladies In My Life
- Make The Most (of everyday with you)
- Dream Out Loud
- Ramblin' Man
- I Wanna Go Back
- Trains
- Walking Away
Big, Big Love (Single)
- Released
- 1 March 2009
- Tracks
- Big, Big Love
I Love This Place
- Released
- 2009-04l
- Tracks
- Sing About This Country
- Chasin’ Rodeo
- Big Big Love
- I Love This Place
- Down That Road Before
- Ain’t Gonna Change For You
- This Day is Mine
- This Town is Me
- Country Boy (Lost in The City)
- Bean Pickin Blues
- Fred Brophy’s in Town
- I Love You
- Won’t Let The Sun (Go Down On This Love)
Troy Cassar-Daley Live
- Released
- October 2010
- Tracks
- Sing About This Country
- They Don’t Make ‘em Like That Any More
- River Town
- Bar Room Roses
- Lonesome But Free
- I Love This Place
- Chasin’ Rodeo
- Make The Most (Of Everyday With You)
- Brighter Day
- River Boy
- Wish I Was A Train
- Bird On A Wire – With Jimmy Barnes
- Born To Survive
- Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
- Yesterdays Bed
- Bean Pickin Blues
- Biggest Disappointment – With Joy Mckean
- This Town Is Me
- Losin’ My Blues Tonight
- Little Things
- Trains
- People Get Ready
- Country Boy (Lost In The City)
- This Day Is Mine
- Dream Out Loud
- Big Big Love
- Notes
CD and DVD combo. DVD contains exclusive behind the scenes footage.
Greatest Hits (Live)
- Released
- 9 September 2011
- Tracks
- Born to Survive (Live)
- Little Things (Live)
- Trains (Live)
- They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore (Live)
- Big, Big Love (Live)
- Sing About This Country (Live)
- Lonesome But Free (Live)
- Ladies In My Life (Live)
- Bird On a Wire (feat. Jimmy Barnes) [Live]
- Dream Out Loud (Live)
The Essential
- Released
- 14 October 2011
- Tracks
CD/side 1
- They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore
- Dream Out Loud
- Good Woman's Love
- Ladies In My Life
- Trains
- I Wanna Go Back
- Six Stringer
- The Wind Blows Over (The Lonely Of Heart)
- It's Never Too Late
- When A Small Town Dies
- No Regrets
- The Other Side Of Lonely
- Under Your Spell Again
- The Droving Days
- Back Home Again
- Original Australian Working Man
- You Can't Take The Country Out Of The Boy
- Ramblin' Man (Feat. Tommy Emmanuel)
CD/side 2
- My Home Town
- Big River Country
- V8 Town
- Little Things
- Bar Room Roses
- True Believer
- The River Of Sorrow
- Almost Home
- Bitter Tears
- Sweet Maryanne
- Good Time Friday Night
- All Over Town
- Working In Blues
- She Wants
- Beyond The Dancing
- Texas Swing
- Tommy Emmanuel (feat. Troy Cassar-Daley) - Workin' Man Blues
- Time To Say Goodbye (feat. Gina Jeffreys)
Country Is (Single)
- Released
- 30 November 2011
- Tracks
- Country Is
Home
- Released
- 2 March 2012
- Tracks
- Country Is
- Live And Learn
- Good Things In Life
- Lonesome But Free
- Play
- Home
- A Simple Song
- The River Runs
- Tall Dark Ringer
- Good Man
- Beautiful Life
- This Country’s In My Soul
- Thinking ‘Bout Drinkin’
- Good Times Starting Over
- Notes
Includes bonus DVD: The Making of ‘Home’ documentary / Troy talks about all the songs / ‘Country Is’ video clip.
Lights On the Hill (Single)
- Released
- 15 April 2013
- Tracks
- Lights On the Hill
The Great Country Songbook
- Released
- 14 June 2013
- Tracks
- Good Hearted Woman
- Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
- Crystal Chandeliers
- He Stopped Loving Her Today
- Lights On the Hill
- For the Good Times
- Coward of the County
- Luckenbach Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
- Indian Pacific
- Rhinestone Cowboy
- Mama Tried
- Behind Closed Doors
- I Walk the Line
- Hey Good Lookin'
- Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine
- Oh Lonesome Me
- You're My Best Friend
- Seven Spanish Angels
- That's the Way Love Goes
- Medley: Thank God I'm a Country Boy / Before the Next Teardrop Falls / On the Road Again
- Notes
Songs by Adam Harvey and Troy Cassar-Daley.
Freedom Ride (Deluxe version)
- Released
- 13 March 2015
- Tracks
- Take a Walk In My Country
- Since You Left This Town
- Something About Trains
- Tennessee Rain
- Another Australian Day
- Freedom Ride (feat. Paul Kelly)
- This Old Hat
- Two Weeks On, Two Weeks Off (feat. Jimmy Barnes)
- Drive It
- Black Mountain
- This Day
- Road Ready
- Like Rock & Roll Radio (Acoustic)
- Under Your Breath (feat. Clay Cassar-Daley) [Acoustic]
- Down To the River To Pray (feat. The Family) [Acoustic]
- Two Weeks On, Two Weeks Off (Acoustic)
- Freedom Ride (Acoustic)
- This Day (Acoustic)
- This Old Hat (Acoustic)
Things I Carry Around
- Released
- 26 August 2016
- Tracks
- Funny How Things Change
- Halfway Creek Timber Cutting Man
- Things I Carry Around
- Brighter Day
- When My Daddy Played
- Country Music’s Coming To Town
- On My Way Back Around
- My Gumbaynggirr Skies
- Smoked With Willie and Merle
- Down The Road
- If My Heart Was A Town
- Running
- My First Night Alone
- Certified Railway Man
- Blue Lights
- Notes
2016 Album of the Year, Tamworth Country Music Festival Awards.
Troy has also published a book with the same title.
The World Today
- Released
- 19 March 2021
- Tracks
- Back On Country
- My Heart Still Burns for You
- Parole
- Doin' Time
- Heart Like a Small Town
- Drive in the Dark (Be a Man)
- The World Today
- I Still Believe
- Rain Maker
- Too Big for This Town
- Broken Hearts Can Fly
- South (feat. Ian Moss)
- How You Fall
- I Hear My River
- Notes
After losing his father in 2019 and the COVID pandemic striking in 2020, Troy Cassar-Daley felt, in his own words, "like a rudderless ship". This feeling of dislocation, combined with his personal tragedy and his feelings around the Black Lives Matter movement, inspired The World Today.
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