{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Kym Warner | image=Kym Warner Greencards.jpg | image_size= | caption=Kym Warner in 2007 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Kym Warner | instrument = Vocals, mandolin | genre = Bluegrass, Country music | occupation = Singer, songwriter, musician, record producer | years_active = 1990s–present | label = Sugar Hill | current_member_of = The Greencards | website = }} '''Kym Warner''' is an Australian musician and record producer, and a founding member of the American bluegrass band The Greencards. Warner was an aspiring bluegrass musician (which was unusual in Australia at the time) after inheriting the music from his father, an early Australian bluegrass pioneer.<ref name="Rolling Stone May 2005">{{cite news | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7350028/greencards_meet_bob_dylan | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070529081648/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7350028/greencards_meet_bob_dylan | url-status = dead | archive-date = 29 May 2007 | title = Greencards Meet Bob Dylan | first = Dan | last = Leroy | date = 24 May 2005 | work = Rolling Stone | accessdate = 1 June 2008}}</ref> ==Background== The winner of the Australian National Bluegrass Mandolin Championship for four consecutive years, Warner had toured with country music artists Gina Jeffreys, and with Young again in Kasey Chambers's band.<ref name="Sydney Morning Herald April 2007">{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/27/1177459962722.html | first = Bruce | last = Elder | title = Viridian | date = 28 April 2007 | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | accessdate = 8 June 2008}}</ref><ref name="OZtrax, ABC 2007">{{cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/oztrax/stories/s1870606.htm | title = Waiting on the Night | date = 21 April 2007 | work = OzTrax | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation | accessdate = 1 June 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080507164536/http://www.abc.net.au/oztrax/stories/s1870606.htm | archive-date = 7 May 2008 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Before the band formed, Carol Young and Warner both knew each other, and according to Warner had been drawn to bluegrass and American roots music through an appreciation of George Jones and Merle Haggard.<ref name="Desert News June 2007">{{cite news | url = http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,665193587,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070618125713/http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,665193587,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 18 June 2007 | title = Greencards drawn to American roots music | first = Scott | last = Iwasaki | date = 15 June 2007 | work = Deseret Morning News | accessdate = 1 June 2008}}</ref>
After meeting, Warner and Carol Young made the decision to emigrate to America, to pursue musical careers there. Later, Young and Warner were living together in Sydney and trying to find work in the moribund Australian bluegrass scene. After leaving Australia, they spent time in West Texas before relocating to Austin.<ref name="Rolling Stone May 2005" />
According to McLoughlin, Kym Warner's father, Trev, was instrumental in bringing bluegrass music to Australia.<ref name="WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth November 2007">{{cite web | url = http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/wfaa/stories/DN-greencards_1102gui.ART.State.Edition1.426cc06.html | title = The Greencards | first = Mario | last = Tarradell | date = 2 November 2007 | publisher = WFAA-TV (Dallas-Fort Worth) | accessdate = 1 June 2008 | archive-date = 5 June 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110605132252/http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/wfaa/stories/DN-greencards_1102gui.ART.State.Edition1.426cc06.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> It appears that he did play a significant part in the development of Australian Bluegrass music.<ref>Bluegrass Project - [https://australianbluegrass.com/project/trev-warner/ Trev Warner]</ref> He was also part of the trio, Trev, Rick and Dennis, and the duo Trev & Dennis who had a local hit in 1971 with "The Corroboree Song".<ref>Rate Your Music - [https://rateyourmusic.com/list/ss517/5ad-official-top-40-15-october-1971-adelaide-sa-australia/ 5AD Official Top 40 - 15 October 1971 - Adelaide SA Australia A list by ss517, 37 Trev & Dennis]</ref><ref>Australian Record Labels - [https://australianrecordlabels.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Indie-labels-2-1.pdf Page 53 NATIONWIDE / RAVEN / E.M.S]</ref>
thumb|left|250px|The Greencards in concert
==Career== In the US, Warner and Young met the other founding member of The Greencards, Eamon McLoughlin, at a recording session.<ref name="Desert News June 2007"/><ref name="Middletown Journal April 2007">{{cite news|url=http://www.middletownjournal.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/04/27/go042707greencards.html |title=Bluegrass chart toppers perform at Southgate House |first=Richard O |last=Jones |date=27 April 2007 |work=The Middletown Journal |accessdate=1 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716090656/http://www.middletownjournal.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/04/27/go042707greencards.html |archivedate=16 July 2011 }}</ref> Warner was producing an album for the recording artist Bill Atkins, and found they needed a fiddle player, which led to the recruitment of McLoughlin.<ref name="The Patriot Ledger February 2006">{{cite news |url=http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2006/02/24/life/life02.txtl |title=Trio is going places: The Greencards are headed for Club Passim |first=Jay N |last=Miller |date=24 February 2006 |work=The Patriot Ledger |accessdate=1 June 2008 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Initially the immigrants got to know one another through their mutual love of Monty Python, Benny Hill, and Fawlty Towers.<ref name="Rolling Stone May 2005"/> They began to have jam sessions afterwards, and according to Warner, there was evident chemistry between the trio, which led to their writing songs together.<ref name="Desert News June 2007" /> They named themselves The Greencards, for the fact that all three band members carried United States green cards.<ref name="Graham Weekly Album Review Viridian 2007">{{cite web | url = http://georgegraham.com/reviews/greencrd.html | title = The Greencards: Viridian | date = 7 February 2007 | publisher = The Graham Weekly Album Review | first = George | last = Graham | accessdate = 1 June 2008}}</ref> They eventually began to perform shows locally in Austin to finance the recording of what would become their debut album, 2003's ''Movin' On''.<ref name="Desert News June 2007" /> In the process, they became one of the most popular musical groups in Austin.<ref name="Middletown Journal April 2007" /> Representative of an emerging "newgrass" movement, The Greencards' acoustic sound was said to incorporate eclectic influences from Irish traditional, European gypsy, and Latin American sources.<ref name='Cybergrass 2008-09-05'>{{cite news|last=BMNN |title=The Greencards Sign With Sugar Hill – New Album Due Spring 2009 |date=5 September 2008 |publisher=Cybergrass |url=http://www.cybergrass.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5291 |accessdate=20 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708215037/http://www.cybergrass.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5291 |archivedate= 8 July 2011 }}</ref> <ref name="The Irish Times July 2007">{{cite news | url = http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2006/0707/1146660098050.html | title = Who the hell are? The Greencards. | first = Kevin | last = Courtney | year=2007 | work = The Irish Times | accessdate = 1 June 2008}}</ref>
Their first performance together as a band was at the Austin Irish pub, Mother Egan's. Given a noon to 3 pm time slot, they surprisingly began to fill the pub with patrons week after week, with fans there calling them the "Bluegrass Bunch". Several months later, The Greencards began performing an additional three to five times per week in Austin, in addition to their Mother Egan's Sunday show. Warner credited the frantic pace of their performance schedule during their Austin formation for their cohesion as a group and for driving them to create more new original music.<ref name="The Patriot Ledger February 2006" /> During their time performing locally in Austin, they toured with various local Texas musicians, including Robert Earl Keen.<ref name="Graham Weekly Album Review Viridian 2007" />
In 2005, Warner and The Greencards toured extensively with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. During the summer segment of the 2005 tour, Warner wanted to have the opportunity to pick Dylan's brain, but never had the chance. Warner did not get to spend much time with him, but Dylan told him at the end of the tour, "You’ll be fine from now on."<ref name="Glide Magazine May 2007">{{cite news | url = http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/52131/the-greencards.html | first = Jason | last = Gonulsen | title = The Greencards, The Lucas School House, St. Louis, Missouri | date = 30 May 2007 | work = Glide Magazine | accessdate = 8 June 2008}}</ref> In December 2007, it was announced that their song "Mucky the Duck" from ''Viridian'' was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance at the 50th Grammy Awards, but ultimately lost to Brad Paisley's "Throttleneck". Written by Warner, "Mucky the Duck" was inspired by one of the band's favourite Houston musical venues, The Mucky Duck.<ref name="Post and Courier February 2008">{{cite news|url=http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/feb/21/international_musicians_unite_greencards/ |title=International musicians unite with ‘Greencards' |first=Keith Ryan |last=Cartwright |date=21 February 2008 |work=The Post and Courier |accessdate=1 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306080944/http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/feb/21/international_musicians_unite_greencards/ |archivedate= 6 March 2008 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== {{commons|The Greencards}} *[http://www.thegreencards.com/ Official site, thegreencards.com] *[http://www.myspace.com/thegreencards Official MySpace for the Greencards] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20041012234009/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/greencards/artist.jhtml Country Music Television Profile] *[https://archive.org/details/TheGreencards The Greencards collection] at the Internet Archive's live music archive
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