Jaybees Entertainment

Chalkie White has been performing since he was a young boy. With his family heritage coloured with a musical background, music was a major focus in the lives of his entire family, so it was a given that Chalkie would follow in the family tradition into the music business.

From early days busking (before he was old enough to enter licensed premises) where he honed the talent of grabbing the attention of passers by, to the streets of Tamworth where Adam Brand later recalls he tried to imitate Chalkie because he was so good at busking.

Once Chalkie was of legal age, his career started to take shape with his experience in many different bands, duos and solo appearances where his training ground was “on the road” and his tutors were fellow musicians of all ages and backgrounds. His bandmates over the years reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of the music industry.

Talent Quests and Country Music Festivals were Chalkie’s specialty and he has awards from all areas of the east coast of Australia to his merit.

In 1999, Chalkie moved his then young family to Boyne Island in Queensland and put his performing career on hold for a while to try to settle down to family life. However the lure of the Gympie Muster Talent Search enticed him to have ‘one last crack at the major award’ and to Chalkie’s surprise – in 2001 he won!

This then led to Chalkie’s return to the stage and a return also to the South Coast of New South Wales where his roots were. The Gympie win catapulted hims to the CMAA College of Country Music (from which he graduated with flying colours) and a performance on the Main Stage at Gympie Muster 2002, plus an opportunity to compete at the Norfolk Island Country Music Trans Tasman Entertainer of the Year awards. Following the headiness of that win, Chalkie was a Grand-finalist in Tamworth Country Music Festival’s Starmaker 2002 competition.

Chalkie continued to work in the music business, but due to personal circumstances moved about a lot and became a part-time musician and a full-time day worker for some time.

Fast Forward to 2009 and Chalkie has had a re-awakening. His focus is strong and he has surrounded himself with some outstanding musicians (all hand-picked) for a multiple of projects to enable him to present a variety of different formats all featuring his unique talent and style.

Chalkie remains a unique talent – although it formed his early career, Chalkie is not strictly Country … his ability to entertain all ages and all musical tastes knows no bounds. Chalkie has matured to become one of the South Coast’s most popular entertainers. His voice strengthens with this maturity and his guitar prowess continues to surprise.

Songlist

• Mr Bojangles – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• Riverbed – Kernaghan
• Proud Mary – Creedeence
• Sister Goldenhair – America
• The Weight – The Band
• Jeans On – I
• Homespun Love – KU
• Forever Now – Cold Chisel
• This Dance – Chalkie
• Little Egypt – Elvis
• Ticket To Ryde – Beatles
• The River – KU
• Free Fallin – Tom Petty
• I’v Been Everywhere – Geoff Mack
• Look After Yourself – Stars
• Time of your Life – Greenday
• Best of My Love – Eagles
• The Letter – Joe Cocker
• Guess That’s Why They Call It The Bluz – Elton John
• Tequila Sunrise – Eagles
• Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Creedence
• Paul Kellys Blues – The Flood
• The Joker – Steve Miller Band
• I Hear You Knockin – Dave Edmunds
• Tip of My tongue – Diesel
• Losing my religion – REM
• 3am – Matchbox 20
• Take me back – Noisewors
• Mrs Robinson – S & G
• Better Man – Pearl Jam
• Stuck in the middle – Steelers Wheel
• Somebody like you – KU
• Castles in the air – Don Mclean
• Emily – Chalkie White
• Take it easy – Eagles
• Tear Stained eye – The Flood
• Cryin’ Shame – Diesel
• Burn for you – Farnham
• Wonderwall
• Brown eyed girl – Van M
• Sweet home Alabama – Lynrd Skynrd
• This Time – KU
• Raining on a Sunday – KU
• Blister in the sun
• Leeroy Brown – Jim Croce

Chalkie White is also a member of Carousel: A band for every occasion that can do anything from Country to Pop or Rock