Brian Cadd

In the early Seventies Brian Cadd established himself as one of Australia's first "album artists” performing with a number of outfits including; Beale Street Jazz Club, The Castaways, The Jackson Kings. The Groop (with who he began songwriting), Axiom and The Bootleg Family.

He has worked and performed with some of the legends of Australian and international music including Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones, Russell Morris, The Bee Gees and Glenn Shorrock. As a songwriter he has had notable success including the soundtrack to the film 'Alvin Purple' he has written hit songs for Johnny Farnham , Joe Cocker The Pointer Sisters, Ringo Starr, Bonnie Tyler and Charlie Daniels and in 1991 he was invited to join The Flying Burrito Bros who he toured with for a number of years.

After extensive travel Brian is now based in Sydney, he issued the album Live at Crown in 1998. In 2004 came the stunning acoustic set "Cleanskin" recorded as the last performance at the legendary Capers in Melbourne. In 2005 he released his first new studio album in almost 20 years titled “Quietly Rusting”, and in 2007 he was inducted into The ARIA Hall of Fame.

Now celebrating more than 40 years on the road, this giant of the Australian Music Industry continues to write, tour and perform with no signs of slowing down.