The Fargone Beauties

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Fargone Beauties is an Australian Country music band. Their single "Wild Thing" had national airplay and was on high rotation on many regional radio stations. The played a cover of "Stairway to Heaven" on The Money or the Gun and appeared on the Breaking Ground - New Directions in Country Music compilation which was nominated for a 1991 ARIA Award for Best Country Album. They were nominated for a Golden guitar in 1994 for their song "Single Drop". Wikipedia: The Fargone Beuties About Formed in 1989, The Fargone Beauties were the originators of thrashgrass, which is the performance of classic rock songs the way they were truly intended to be loud, electric and bluegrass style. The band released three albums, performed on countless TV shows, played all the pubs and clubs, and scared the life out of audiences at every major country music festival in Australia. History In July 1989 the great Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel was about to perform some solo shows and dates with his brother Phil in Sydney. He called a musician friend, John Spence, with a dilemma. “Spencey, I’ve just found out we’re onstage at 11.00 pm tomorrow night and we need a support act. We need someone to play between 8.30 and 10.30 & warm up the punters before we go on. Can you help?” No problem Tommy. John called his mate James Gillard, who had recently moved to Sydney from Melbourne where he’d been playing bass and singing with Mondo Rock and Broderick Smith’s Big Combo. John & James put a s

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The Fargone Beauties

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The Money Or The Gun - Stairways to Heaven

Stairways to Heaven

It's Hard When You're Ugly

Dark Side of the Moo

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A Load Of Old Bullocks (The Best Of The Fargone Beauties)

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The Money Or The Gun: Stairways to Heaven

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A Load Of Old Bollocks

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Stairways to Heaven / Stairways to Hell

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A Load Of Old Bullocks - The Best Of The Fargone Beauties

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Highway To Hell

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A Load Of Old Bullocks – The Best Of The Fargone Beauties

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