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Check out the new Honky Tonk Shoes video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RahB4MrVQnQ With his band, The Tailgaters, Texas ex-pat singer/songwriter, Doug Bruce, has been converting non-believers to the misunderstood genre of country music. It ain’t all what your Grand-daddy listens to! Since moving from the USA, and from back of stage as a drummer to try his hand at lead vocals, Doug has taken out multiple song writing, vocal and album awards for both of his self-produced albums - All I Need (2008) and, A Good Place (2010). Chart success has also been accumulating, both locally and overseas. Doug was awarded 2009 Best Male Vocalist in the well regarded Tamworth Independent Artists Recognition Awards (TIARAs). Doug also took out Best Contemporary Song (for I Know About Lonesome) in the Professional section of the Tamworth Songwriters’ Association (TSA) National Songwriting Competition. Doug was also a finalist in all six of his nominated categories of the prestigious Victorian &