The Howie Brothers

Identical twins Graeme and John Howie, performing together as The Howie Bros, have, for more than thirty years, been bringing their close vocal harmonies to a legion of music lovers, initially as members of the award winning band, 1901. The Howie brothers have thirty albums to their credit and are three time Golden Guitar winners at the Australian Country Music Awards in Tamworth. They are the only Australians to have won the coveted International Harmony Award presented annually in Nashvile, Tennessee. The Howie brothers have been special guests on the world famous cruise ship QE2, on the leg from Tahiti to Auckland and are the only Australian Country Music act to be honoured in this way. The twins were recently presented with the Victorian Entertainer of the Year award. The Howie brothers, while Melbourne based, tour constantly throughout Australia. John has a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Melbourne, where he studied classical music and music education. John taught music in secondary schools for over 20 years.

Graeme Howie gained first class honours when he studied classical piano at Melbourne University and subsequently became a secondary school music teacher responsible for many major seconday school music programs over a period spanning nearly 30 years. He has been, and still is, a prolific songwriter and many of his songs are featured on the Howie Bros albums. He and his wife Dianne have also had great success in recording and marketing through his company Glenample Records a series of Howie Bros albums.

John Howie is an Australian musician who lives in Melbourne. He and his identical twin brother, Graeme, perform together as The Howie Brothers, a well-known country/easy listening vocal harmony recording act. John and Graeme were previously members of country band 1901, which won three Golden Guitar awards at Tamworth (Australia), including Group of the Year on two occasions. The Howie Brothers has released approximately 20 albums. John plays various instruments, including piano, drums, accordion & guitar. John is a keen songwriter and is currently writing a book on songwriting.

In the early 1990s John came up with the idea of running Music Tours - group sightseeing tours with a focus on music in the evenings. He ran his first tour, to Ireland, in 1995. He has now organised and led 11 annual tours to Ireland, as well as tours to Scotland, America, New Zealand, Tahiti and the Australian Outback. John finds running music tours very satisfying–he has a passion for music and travel and he thoroughly enjoys getting to know the people who go on his tours.

John Howie plays various instruments, including piano, drums, accordion & guitar. John is a keen songwriter and is currently writing a book on songwriting. John has a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Melbourne, where he studied classical music and music education. John taught music in secondary schools for over 20 years. He also runs successful music tours (sightseeing by day and music venues at night) and includes tours to inland Australia and selected areas, New Zealand, England, Ireland and Scotland, Europe and USA.