The Lonely Horse Band was an idea conceived at the 2006 Tamworth Country Music Festival by Andrew Hull, Tonchi McIntosh and Mick Daley. They quickly formed a loose collaboration intent on producing more original music relevant to the ‘One Horse Towns’ of Western NSW. A few beers later and the Lonely Horse Band was formed.

All three artists had a lot of goodwill invested in the Bi-Annual Nymagee outback Music Festival. This community then became the focus for the ‘Living Memory’ project which, after securing some funding from the CASP program, conducted three days of interviews and songwriting workshops in the village, resulting in the ‘Pomegranates and Peppercorn trees Album’

Through their extensive networks they were able to engage ABC radio to produce a 7 part radio documentary on the project which went to air leading up to the festival where the album was released, and the band featured.

The trio conducted another tour through remote communities of Western NSW in March 2007 entitled ‘Saddle Sores’ which saw them visit drought ravaged farming communities such as Culgoa (near Brewarrina), Hermidale, Nevertire and Gulargambone.

In 2008, with the assistance of the NSW Regional Arts Fund, the group travelled to WhiteCliffs for another residency. Based on the Nymagee project, the band have written a series of songs about the community. The double album Underground - A Living Memory of White Cliffs has a disc of all songs and poems as well as a disc of the radio documentaries.

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