WHEN the Wolfe Brothers first came to Tamworth a few years ago, they had a dream. With only $9 in pocket change between them, they split a pizza and looked down Tamworth's busy Peel St, hoping that one day they'd make it big.
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"We came to Tamworth with a different manager, no one knew who we were, we had an EP out but that was about it," guitarist Brodie Rainbird said.
"We got a pizza and ate it on the steps of the bank looking down to Peel St and we thought ‘one day, we're going to do shows and people will know who we are and sing the lyrics to our songs’."
Rainbird described the Tamworth experience as a mountain that every Australian country music artist has to climb.
"Here we are today, we're not at the top of the mountain, but a third of the way," he said.
"It's been a hard climb, but Tamworth is such an iconic festival for Australia, every country music artist puts a decent amount of effort in conquering the Tamworth mountain."
This year the Wolfe Brothers will headline an Australia Day eve concert, with their mate Shannon Noll by their side.
The gig has been hailed as one big party and will showcase the pub rock and country music roots of both acts.
"It''s something we're known for, the great party boys sort of vibe.
"It's Australia Day eve, it'll be one of the biggest pub rock party things we've ever done, it's gonna' be a ruckus."
