Steve Forde

Steve Forde was born in the regional farming centre of Cowra, New South Wales in 1977. Steve spent most of his early childhood moving from town to town across NSW with his family. He is a singer, a songwriter and a touring country star. Although retired now, Steve was a successful bull rider and bareback bronc rider.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

At 18 years old, Ford joined his first band and tasted the life of a touring country musician. It was also during this time that Forde decided that he wanted to join the rodeo as a bull rider.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

When he left for the United States in 1998 he joined a country band in Texas and toured through Colorado, South Dakota and into Canada. When the gigs were lean he would work in bars, building fences or riding bareback broncos in Lubbock, Texas.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

Steve returned to Australia when his father needed help on the farm; he continued with the rodeos during weekends. He bought his farm, near Grenfell, New South Wales and set about getting it cleaned up, stocked up and productive while still helping at his father's farm; and finding time to continue riding broncos.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

In 2000, Steve started his band The Flange whose debut album Livin' Right was released in May 2002. At the 2003 Country Music Awards of Australia, the band were nominated in two categories. The single "What I’m talking about" spent twenty-six weeks in the CMC top twenty.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

The band's second album, Wild Ride was recorded in Nashville in December 2003 and released in 2004.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |title=APRA History |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) |access-date=25 April 2022 }}

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| 2010

| "I Ain't That Guy"

| Country Work of the Year

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| {{cite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/Nominations/CountryWorkoftheYear2010.aspx | title = Country Work of the Year – 2010 | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | accessdate = 27 May 2010 }}

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The Country Music Awards of Australia (CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973.{{cite web|url=https://www.country.com.au/awards/past-award-winners|title=Past Award Winners|accessdate=2 November 2020}}

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|rowspan="3"| 2008

|rowspan="3"| "Spirit of the Bush" (with Lee Kernaghan & Adam Brand)

| Vocal Collaboration of the Year

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| Video Clip of the Year

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| Single of the Year

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• [http://www.steveforde.com Steve Forde Home Page]
• [http://www.realcountrymix.com/Ben_Sorensens_REAL_Country/Podcast/Entries/2010/8/6_Ben_Sorensen_talks_to_STEVE_FORDE.html Ben Sorensen's REAL Country radio interview with Steve Forde on Hurricane - August 2010]

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Category:Australian country singers

Category:Australian male singers

Category:Living people

Category:People from Cowra

Category:R&J Records artists

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)