Canadians Score Australian No. 1

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Winnipeg songwriting tandem earns #1 country song and video in Australia

(August 2, 2011 – Winnipeg, MB) –Winnipeg songwriters Chris Burke-Gaffney and Keith Macpherson have scored their first #1 hit in Australia. The duo collaborated with Australia’s Jetty Road’s on the song “Serves You Right.” The single officially topped the Aussie country chart: www.countrymusicradio.com.au/CT30/chart.cfm

In addition to topping the radio chart, “Serves You Right” also reached the #1 spot in June on Country Music Channel of Australia’s Top 30 video chart. You can watch the video below. 

In North America, the single for “Serves You Right” was also broadcast this summer in medium rotation on CMT Canada and has been featured on CMT USA’s website. Furthermore, the single has been added or featured on dozens of radio stations across North America.

The collaboration between Australia’s 2010 Country Group of The Year (Country Music Awards of Australia), Chris Burke-Gaffney and Keith Macpherson took place last summer in Winnipeg at Burke-Gaffney’s studio. “We originally thought it wasn’t going to work with six songwriters in one room,” remembers Burke-Gaffney. “However, as a quartet, they’re a talented, focused group and the song came together pretty quickly.”

“Who needs Nashville when you can have Winnipeg,” quips Jetty Road’s Lee Bowman. “Chris and Keith are amazing songwriters and I can see them becoming in real big demand in country circles for quality songs. They’re top-notch talent.”

No strangers to writing great country songs, Chris Burke-Gaffney co-writes and manages The Keats from Nova Scotia; and Keith Macpherson is one half of the up-and-coming dynamic country crossover duo, Keith and Renée. Furthermore, Burke-Gaffney and Macpherson co-wrote “Possibility” with Sierra Noble. The song received considerable radio and video airplay which led to a US record deal with Decca Records for Noble.

“Manitoba has a great country music history with world class songwriters” says Dennis Sincock, President of Manitoba Country Music Association. “Chris and Keith are just a couple in a long line of successful Manitoba country songwriters achieving success at home and around the world.”

“Serves You Right” is the second single from the band’s debut album Far Away Places with Nashville’s On Ramp Records. The album was released in June. It is available everywhere and www.musicmax.ca.

For more Jetty Road information: www.jettyroad.com