Ashleigh Dallas

Music has been a way of life for singer/songwriter musician Ashleigh Dallas.  Hailing from Tamworth NSW, she grew up on a healthy diet of Hank Williams, Slim Dusty and Johnny Cash.  Some of Ash’s earliest memories are of her grandfather and profile country music singer/songwriter Rex Dallas. “We used to go to Pop’s gigs all the time.  My Dad played guitar in his band along with my three uncles.”  It’s no surprise that Ashleigh followed the family into music and asked to learn the fiddle at the age of 2!  Older brother Lindsay plays bass and was part of Tamworth family band The Baileys for 8 years.  Playing regular gigs around Tamworth with her Dad and brother, Ash scored her first big break, when Kasey Chambers saw her perform and asked her to join her band for the ‘Little Bird Tour’ as fiddle & mandolin player and singing harmonies. Embarking on her first major tour, it wasn’t long before Ashleigh began opening up the show alongside Bill Chambers in venues all over Australia.  Citing music luminaries such as Alison Krauss, Buddy & Julie Miller and Steve Earle as some of her biggest influences, Ash is in the midst of recording her first solo album due to be released sometime in 2012.