Welcome to BARROSS COUNTRY

Featuring our concert dates, CD's, our Guestbook, Photo Gallery and much more... 

Look out for any latest news... and please don't forget to sign our Guest Book.. Thanks Barb & Ross

Concert Dates

For Booking Enquiries please contact us on:  (03) 310 0355  or by Email:  barross@paradise.net.nz

Guest Book

We hope you enjoyed visiting our website... have been to one of our concerts ?

We would love to hear from you ... please sign our guest book.

Thanks Barb & Ross

CD Catalogue

All CD's are available for $20 + $5 p&p

For CD orders please contact us on:  (+64) 03 - 3100 - 355 or by Email:  barross@paradise.net.nz

If you are attending a concert and would like us to bring a copy along please contact us.

Barross Country CD 3 (Released 2007) "OUR HEARTS ARE HOLDING HANDS"
	This CD contains the following 24 tracks: 1.   Our Hearts Are Holding Hands 2.   Autumn Leaves 3.   Blue Side Of Lonesome 4.   I Overlooked An Orchid 5.   Keys In The Mailbox 6.   Single Yellow Rose 7.   Medley: Scotland The Brave 8.   Going After Whitebait 9.   We'll Sweep Out The Ashes 10. Crazy Arms 11. Tennessee Waltz 12. Medley: Rock Around The Clock	13. The Little Green Valley 14. Where Am I 15. One Smokey Rose 16. Here In The Real World 17. Medley: Hundred Pipers 18. Jones On The Juke Box 19. Working On The Chain 20. Art's Song 21. Best Part Of The Day Is At Night 22. There Goes My Everything 23. We Didn't Stop Dancing 24. Medley: Springtime In The Rockies

Barross Country CD 2 (Released 2000) "WE'LL NEVER CHANGE"
	This CD contains the following 18 tracks: 1.   I Chased You Till You Caught Me 2.   Charlies Shoes 3.   California 4.   Thin Grey Line 5.   Medley: Yellow Rose Of Texas & Gypsy Woman 6.   Take Me To Heaven (Before You Leave) 7.   Barbie 8.   Crazy Dreams 9.   Medley: Tom Dooley & Look What You've Done 10. Nobodys Darling	11. Odd Couple 12. Movan Blues 13. Medley: Oh Susanna & Camptown Races 14. Don't Call Me From A Honky Tonk 15. We'll Never Change 16. Medley: Red River Valley       & Deep In The Heart Of Texas       & Coming Round The Mountain 17. Lake Cooroibah 18. The Dark Isle

Barross Country CD 1 (Released 1997) "FROM THEN, TILL NOW"
	This CD contains the following 22 tracks: 1.   Are You Mine 2.   On The Rebound 3.   Someone I Used To Know 4.   Medley: Silver Threads Among The Gold       & Wooden Heart 5.   Grand Ole Opry 6.   Dust In The Arena 7.   Nashville 8.   Living Together 9.   Highway Hobo 10. Medley: Are You Mine & The Saints 11. Medley: Marching Thro Georgia, My Bonnie       & Maggie	12. Cactus In Bloom 13. Smokey Places 14. Till Each Tear Becomes A Rose 15. Solid As A Rock 16. Out Of Our Minds 17. Medley: Achy Breaky Heart & I Saw The Light 18. Medley: Rolling Wagons & Small World 19. Your Side Of The Story 20. Just In Case 21. Blue Denim 22. Amazing Grace

Photo Gallery

	Burham Festival 2010		Barb's 60th Birthday
	St Patrick Day - Ashburton 2007		Barbara & Ross's 27th Wedding Anniversary
	New Years Eve - 2007

Please click on the Blue Arrow to view the photo gallery

Biography

This biography is here so that those who haven't met us or may have just visited our website for the first time can get to know a little about how we got to this point. Those who have supported us over the years may already be aware of most of the information on this page.

Barb & Ross

Well here goes...

Barb & Ross started off in the early 1980s and entered many talent quests and festivals winning solos, duo's and instrumentals.      

Ross had been playing the bagpipes from when he was 11 years old. In 1978 Ross become tutor of the Canterbury Caledonian Ladies Pipe Band, later renamed Canterbury Caledonian Royal Stewarts Pipe Band. After a few years of them being together, Barb decided that if you can't beat them join them and spent 5 years playing the pipes in the Band until their Country music got so busy they reluctantly had to retire from pipe banding.  

In 1987 they were on holiday in the North Island and when buying a Martin Guitar, Barb spied a banjo on the wall and said to the salesman "If Ross buys that guitar will you throw the banjo in for nothing". Which to their amazement he did.

Back in Christchurch a month later they entered a contest playing the Bagpipes and Banjo together. Which they won. The unusual combination of the two instruments has made them unique.

After 10 years they decided to release their first tape "Are You Mine" and so became professionals. A couple of years later they released their second tape "Solid As A Rock". Then decided to make a compilation of the two tapes into a CD "From Then Til Now". They have now released two more CDs, "We'll Never Change" and their latest CD "Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" recorded and mastered at Arnie van Bussel's "NIGHTSHIFT STUDIOS".

In August 1989 they had a trip for 6 weeks to America. Visiting San Francisco, Los Angles, New York,  Las Vegas where Barb was lucky enough to win $1400 after a couple of pushes on the pokie machine. First money spent from her winnings was on a pair of snakeskin cowboy boots for Ross, which he's worn at least every weekend since then! (they have been resoled several times of course). After doing all the things that one does in Vegas gambling, gazing at the wonderful lights, flying through the Grand Canyon etc, they then went onto Church Street Station in Orlando , Florida followed by Memphis and Nashville.                                                                                                       

Nashville was the highlight of our trip. Three shows at the Grand Ole Opry, sitting in the front row seats, being able to talk to the some of the artists, Hank Snow, Porter Wagner, Billie Walker to name a few.  Every night after the shows they'd go to downtown Nashville to Tootsies, Wanda And Louis and Rhinestone Cowboy's Bars where they sang and played.  That was certainly a trip of life time.

They have had many trips to Brisbane Australia , entertaining at many venues with Ilona Desree Crawford. Two trips to Barham, on the border of New South Wales and Victoria , where a nine day festival was held.  Ross and Barb were very busy going to three venues all day and night doing half hour spots at a time performing in front of 700 plus seated people. There was continuous music from 10am til midnight for free. Their travelling party of 10 Kiwis had a great time.

They have been busy playing around the Workingmens Clubs and  R.S.A's, Music Festivals and Charity events for over 20 years throughout New Zealand and always have good crowds in attendance.

As well as playing their music, they have day time jobs, and also breeding Miniature Schnauzers.

2010 will be another busy year and we look forward to catching up with you all in person.

Barb & Ross