Camille Trail & Brad Butcher

Written by Shane Nicholson with Matt Benbrook (Dido, Lana Del Ray) and Amy Lawton on a writing trip to London in 2019, 'Holding Pattern' brings two gifted Queenslanders together for the first time.

22 year old Camille Trail's sultry melting pot of country, folk, blues and gospel has earned accolades far and wide, as well as three Top 30 singles in The Music Network Country Hot 50 airplay charts.  Her single 'Devil's Drink' peaked at #19 on the chart and its follow up 'Little History' featured on Spotify's Country Chill and Apple Music's Southern Craft playlists with over 110k streams to date. A highly regarded Australian troubadour, Brad Butcher is a dual Golden Guitar winner – Best New Talent in 2018 and Alt Country Album of the Year in 2020 for his seminal album Travelling Salesman.

Camille and Brad both live near Rockhampton and share a love of roots music. They'd been toying with the idea of touring together for a while, and when Camille heard Shane Nicholson's demo of 'Holding Pattern' she immediately knew who she wanted to sing it with.

"I first met Brad in about 2018 when I was at Uni in Brisbane" recalls Camille.  "We wrote a song together and I subsequently grew to love his music. We've come to know each other more now that I'm working in the music industry and we don't live far from each other. I was completely stoked when he agreed to sing Holding Pattern with me".

There was never any doubt that the extraordinary Shane Nicholson would produce the track, having been on board as producer of Camille's three singles to date, as well as her forthcoming album.  He's a friend and admirer of Brad and is himself a Queenslander.

"Holding Pattern is a song I wrote in London with Matty Benbrook and Amy Lawton (pre-Covid)" says Nicholson. "I had no real plans for the song, so when Camille asked to record it as a duet with Brad Butcher I was stoked! Especially because they both sing like bloody angels, and they ultimately sold the story of the song perfectly." 

The video for 'Holding Pattern' was directed by Levi Appleton who worked last year with Brad on his 'I Walk the Line Revisited'. It's a simple performance video shot at 45 On East, a café and music venue in Rockhampton.

Camille will be hitting the road in August supporting ARIA and Golden Guitar winner Shane Nicholson and will also open select shows for Golden Guitar nominee Michael Waugh.  Plans are also afoot for dates with Brad.
With an upcoming performance at Savannah in the Round, the last word goes to yet another Queenslander and early champion of Camille's.  Say's Savannah in The Round Festival Director James Dein on hearing her for the first time in 2020 "Wow what a talent...on repeat at home with a whiskey right now. Hints of Patsy Cline, Norah Jones…wow!"