1. Simon Hussey worked on further solo material by both Braithwaite and James Reyne.
23 Facts About Simon Hussey
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In 1991 Simon Hussey formed Company of Strangers with Braithwaite, Reyne and Jef Scott.
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Simon Hussey won the same category in 1993 for Braithwaite's "Nothing to Lose"; and Company of Strangers' three singles.
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Simon Hussey was nominated for five ARIA Music Awards for his production or engineering work.
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Simon Hussey has received two APRA Music Awards for his song writing.
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In 1985, Greig joined the Australian Crawl demo and recording sessions for their fourth studio album, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, and Simon Hussey co-wrote four of the album's tracks with lead singer, James Reyne.
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Simon Hussey joined the James Reyne Band and worked on Reyne's self-titled debut solo album, co-writing six tracks with the artist.
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Whitfield described how "[the] lyrics are not exactly brilliant and lack much of the depth which Reyne displayed in his Crawl days" nevertheless Simon Hussey made a "big contribution" to the album.
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Whilst in London, Simon Hussey received his first ARIA Award nomination, in the category of Producer of the Year, at the ARIA Music Awards of 1989 for Edge.
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Simon Hussey produced Braithwaite's next album, Rise, and provided a range of instrumentation: keyboards, electric piano, acoustic guitar, drum machine, synthesiser bass and Hammond organ.
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Simon Hussey wrote or co-wrote three tracks including "Higher Than Hope" which was issued as the album's third single in June 1991.
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In that year Simon Hussey co-produced an album, Hands Free, for actor-musician, Craig McLachlan.
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Simon Hussey co-wrote six of its tracks with McLachlan including the lead single, "On My Own".
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Late in 1991 Simon Hussey started a studio album project, Company of Strangers, with American Jef Scott, which developed into a group with Braithwaite and Reyne joining.
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Also in that year Simon Hussey produced Braithwaite's album, Taste the Salt, he provided keyboards and drum machine.
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In early 1996 Simon Hussey reunited with Reyne to write and record a new album.
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Simon Hussey used his purpose-built studio for the project, however it was abandoned due to Reyne's record company, RooArt, cancelling funding for all of its artists months into recording without warning.
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In 1998 Simon Hussey co-produced a debut single for a new artist and writer, Danielle Greenwood, "If I Am Cruel", which appears on her four-track EP of the same name.
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Simon Hussey had been reluctant to produce again but, after recording some demo tracks, he was encouraged to become involved.
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Simon Hussey acknowledged his anxiety over public appearances and absence from industry functions in published interviews during the height of his career.
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Simon Hussey made some TV appearances in interviews and performed as a keyboard player for James Reyne, Company of Strangers and Greenwood.
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Simon Hussey worked as a backing vocal producer with artists during his active years, including, Farnham and Scott on Braithwaite's Edge and Rise albums, Shirley Strachan, Margaret Urlich and Dale Ryder of Boom Crash Opera on Rise, and Renee Geyer on Electric Digger Dandy by James Reyne.
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Simon Hussey has won three ARIA Music Awards from five nominations.