Eagle (AUS) P o r t r a i t

Eagle is pop / rock / acoustic band from Cairns / Port Douglas / Queensland / Australia . In 2007 Eagle has been the pick for sports events from centre stages at the NBL at the Cairns convention Centre, the Oxford Tavern for the Bathurst 1000, to the private function for the Holden national team, the grand final after parties for the AFL Cairns Saints to the Port Douglas NRL.

Singer songwriter released his debut album in 2007 with MGM selling through major record stores in Queensland including Sanity and HMV in Cairns, Townsville and surrounding areas. After 7 years of playing live as a solo artist in Cairns and Port Douglas, audiences have been raving about his dynamic rock band featuring Giles Smith on Bass, Will Kepa on drums and Jov Santarossa on lead. He has at numerous venues including the Bombay rock in Townsville, Chasers and the Esplanade Hotel in Melbourne supporting acts such as Dallas Crane, Coloured Stone and Def Rhyme.

He performed live on national TV (Australia and New Zealand) on the Channel 9 today show in the mornings and plays to crowds at festivals around Australia. Some of the festivals played at include the Laura Dance Festival, Yungaburra Folk Festival, the Victorian Peace Expo and the Port Douglas Carnivale longest lunch headline band for four years in a row.

Commercial radio 4CA FM Cairns and SEA FM Rock Station in Townsville have picked up the song “Everything is okay” where Eagle often performs live during radio breakfast shows, including resident entertainer for September 2007. The track is on high rotation on B-Rock and 2BS in Bathurst. He is also getting regular radio airplay on a number of other radio stations including, ABC Far North, ABC Radio Australia, and Port FM.

Prior to this, Eagle has supported acts such as Def Rhyme, Goanna, Colin Hayes, Mark Seymour, Weddings Parties Anything and Colored Stone. He also was guitar playing singer songwriter in the bands Engine Room and Freakshow who had an extensive live following in Melbourne.

He enhanced his song writing skills working with Greg Macainsh from the Skyhooks and Beeb Burtle from LRB. He went to the Melba Conservatorium of Music and to Jaanz for singing classes and sang in the Victorian Swing Choir supporting Jon English live on TV.

Some future band shows include: Saturday November 17th 3pm Cairns Esplanade Outdoor Stage Forgarty Park Sunday November 25th 5pm Esplanade Hotel St Kilda Melbourne Title: "Better Late Than Never". Artist: Eagle MGM / Green Media Catalogue: EAG001, in store at Sanity And HMC Cairns, Townsville and more... Order Online: www.waterfrontrecords.com or i-Tunes.

Eagle - Jov Santarossa (Vocals /Guitar Lead ); Giles Smith (Bass); Will Kepa (Drums).

For more information, please, contact: theeagle.com.au www.myspace.com/theeaglemusic

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