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Saturday, 22 October 2016

Grant & Forsyth KEEP IT COUNTRY on BBC Breakfast

Grant & Forsyth’s new album KEEP IT COUNTRY drops

Former Guys ‘N’ Dolls band members & lovely retro British Country Duo

appear on BBC Breakfast
Julie Forsyth featured in Daily Mail Weekend Magazine

Saturday October 22, 2016

Following on from the release of their title cut single ‘Keep It Country’ on October 14, 2016 (Amazon UK | UK iTunes) Grant & Forsyth’s album (LS Records) dropped on Friday 21st October (Amazon UK & UK iTunes )

Tweet:

ALBUM PROMO: On our way to Manchester as we're on BBC Breakfast in the morning! Only trouble is… https://t.co/2BLIkMSIj6
— GrantandForsyth (@GrantandForsyth) 21 October 2016

Promoting both new products they were invited and appeared on BBC Breakfast for exactly 4 minutes (09:57-10:01) joining presenters Jon Kay (BBC Profile PAGE) and Sally Nugent (BBC Profile PAGE) on the Breakfast sofa in the Manchester studio

Setting things up…

Sally Nugent: Dominic Grant & Julie Forsyth found fame in the POP Group Guys ‘N’ Dolls and spent the 1970s hanging out with Johnny Cash and appearing on stage with Frank Sinatra

Jon Kay: As you do, BUT they soon found their true calling was COUNTRY MUSIC and they're back making the music they love. Here's the new single (showed first 40 secs clip):

Sally Nugent: That's quite a video, the roll call of stars in that was unbelievable

Julie: THANK YOU, they were all on time to turn up like that

Dominic Grant & Julie Forsyth join BBC Breakfast
presenters Jon Kay & Sally Nugent

Jon Kay: Keep It Country. When did you get into country because you weren't country to start with?

Dominic: Early 90s we were in Guys 'n' Dolls years ago in the 70s

Julie: So thirty years ago we started country and we were told NOT to do it. It's just coming out over here now so

Sally Nugent: It's HUGE over here now

Julie: It’s taken a while

Dominic: We thought we'd have a go again, release this album and single, it's all going great

Julie: At this grand old age!

Jon Kay: And how does it go down when you go to Nashville and The States and performing as BRIT but Country Music, what do they make of it?

Dominic: Coals To Newcastle

Jon Kay: Laughs..

Julie: Everybody loved it

Dominic: They're quite proud of it. We did a show and met Johnny Cash a few (?) years ago and it was amazing him thanking us for bringing Country Music to Europe.

Julie: No we've got it out here and the album is just coming out now. We're very excited, we're like a couple of teenagers actually, we're very excited about it

Dominic: It's the songwriting, the craft you know

Sally Nugent: And who is this album for? Who would you hope would buy it?

Dominic: Housewives, I think. Anyone over 45 probably

Julie: Yeah, and if you liked Guys 'n' Dolls and bought our albums years ago you'll love this. It's an old fashioned album with old fashioned great songs on it

Jon Kay: It's a different sound to other bands around, bands like The Shires who are making HUGE... Brits doing Country

Julie: And those lovely girls Ward Thomas

Sally Nugent: We've had them in (the show)

Dominic: Brilliant lovely girls

Julie: It's great to see it coming over

Sally Nugent: They are actually bringing a whole new generation, introducing country. So maybe your market is bigger than you realise?

Julie: We'll see

Dominic: We sold quite a few abroad

Julie: A few MILLION in Europe

Sally Nugent: What about the live performing where are you up to with that?

Dominic: We'll see, we love theatre tours

Julie: We'd love to do concerts here but we'll see, play it by ear, I'm liking the beard Jon

Dominic: It's very country (the beard)

Jon Kay: How's your Dad Julie, how’s Bruce Forsyth?

Julie: Oh he's great thank you. He's had a very hard year but he's getting there and he sends all his love. Thank you to all the well wishers who send him cards and things but he's good

Jon Kay: Great stuff! Does he like a bit of country?

Julie: He doesn't really like country music but he likes this single

Dominic: He may be a bit biased

Jon Kay: Thank you both for coming in, good luck with it all.

CHART REACTION

UK iTunes

After the show from nowhere Grant & Forsyth’s KEEP IT COUNTRY Album (iTunes) rocketed from nowhere and landed at #7 on UK iTunes Country Top Albums (#224 overall albums) with the single (iTunes) making a bow at #52 on UK iTunes Country Top Songs.