Bernie Hayes is an Australian singer/songwriter who has released four albums as a solo artist and written songs for other Australian artists notably " You Made Me Hard" which was the third single from

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'' Love This City'' album. Hayes was born and raised in

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and was a member of a musical family (including brothers Pat Hayes of

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and formerly of the Falling Joys, Justin Hayes of Whopping Big Naughty and the late Anthony Hayes (aka Stevie Plunder) of

and The Plunderers fame). He began playing around the wine bars of Canberra at age 15, and among his first bands was Secret Seven. Hayes later relocated to Sydney along with a number of other Canberra musicians, including his brothers. He first came to public prominence when he joined Club Hoy in 1990. He played on that bands ''Thursday's Fortune'' album released in 1991 which enjoyed a positive critical response and minor chart success.

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produced the band's first single "Da Da Da Da/Green and Blue". Club Hoy later played on one of McLennan's solo albums. (1) After the break-up of Club Hoy, Hayes and Julia Richardson of Club Hoy formed a new group called the Troublemakers. However the Troublemakers failed to enjoy much success. (2) Hayes is perhaps best known among fans, however, as a member of The Shout Brothers (aka The Shouties) with brothers Anthony and Pat and drummer Pete Velzen. The band held a Sunday afternoon residency at the Sandringham Hotel in Newtown, Sydney through the 1980s until 1996, playing a mix of covers and original songs. They released two albums: ''Colossus'' and ''Indelible''. In 1996, Hayes' younger brother Anthony, of The Whitlams, committed suicide. Bernie Hayes played guitar on The Whitlams '' Eternal Nightcap'' released later in 1997. (3) Hayes released his first solo album, ''Every Tuesday, Sometimes Sunday,'' in late 1999. The album was acoustic-based and included material that he had written since the beginning of his musical career. (4) The album featured several singles, "Mission in Life", "Matchbox Cars and Marbles" and "Your Boyfriend's Back in Town", with "Mission in Life" receiving airplay on

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. (5) The Whitlams recorded a track from the album "You Made Me Hard" on their 1999 '' Love This City'' album. It was released as the third single from the album in 2001 with Hayes present in the studio for the recording of the single. (6)

later recorded a cover of "Your Boyfriend's Back in Town" as part of their 2024

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album, the debut album for The Whitlams Black Stump. After the release of his solo album, Hayes put together a band, the Bernie Hayes Quartet, featuring John Encarnacao, Bill Gibson and Jess Ciampa. He played with his band and solo on the ABC Television program '' Love Is a Four Letter Word'' in 2001. He released his second album, ''Domestic Departures'', in 2003 with the band. Genevieve Maynard and

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produced the album while

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, formerly of

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, produced the first single, "Your Green Light". (7) More recently, Hayes has worked with Bow Campbell of

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and Brendan Gallagher of Karma County as the Dead Marines. His third album, ''Homebody,'' was released in 2007 and was followed in 2015 by ''Slow Fix''. Bernie is a long time member of Australian band Dog Trumpet, headed by Reg and Peter of Doherty, founding members of the AIRA Hall of Fame band Mental as Anything.

Discography

* '' Every Tuesday Sometimes Sunday'' 1999 * '' Domestic Departures'' 2003 * ''Homebody'' 2007 * '' Lucky Dip (B Side Collection - iTunes)'' 2007 * '' Slow Fix'' 2015

References

* Allmusic.com Club Hoy article [] * Allmusic.com Club Hoy article * Allmusic.com Bernie Hayes article credits section []
Music Australia article on Hayes

Music Australia article on ''Every Tuesday Sometimes Sunday''

with

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of the Whitlams with Drum Media 9 May 2001 reprinted on the Whitlams website
Music Australia article on Hayes
The ''Love Is a Four Letter Word'' webpage contains details of his appearance.

External links

Berniehayes.com

Bernie Hayes' Myspace
* Allmusic.com Bernie Hayes profile
Music Australia Bernie Hayes article

The Whitlams website

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