Jean Stafford...won her third Golden Guitar Award for "That Glory Bound Train,

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1. Early life and career[edit]
   Stafford was born in Latrobe, Tasmania in 1950 and grew up at small town called Meander in a one-room shack along with her mother, stepfather and six cousins. In 1962, at the age of 12, Stafford made her first public appearance on a program called "ShowTime," a popular series from TNT-9 Launceston during that time. After leaving school, Stafford worked at a hotel as a kitchen hand in a nearby town of Deloraine for five dollars a week. While performing at local dances on weekends, she began to learn her craft as a professional singer.
   Initially Stafford's recording career began in 1965 at the age of 15, singing a duet with Dusty Rankin called "Promised to John" produced by Eric Scott for Hadley Recording Company. In 1973, winning first prize in a "country music talent quest" in Launceston, Tasmania, she received a five-album deal with Hadley Records that put her on the road to stardom. Stafford's debut album "Flowers for Mama" recorded in Tamworth was released in 1974 and gained her Australia-wide recognition winning her first Golden Guitar Award in 1975 at Tamworth for Female Vocalist Of the year. Her second Golden Guitar came in 1980 with Hello Love.
   In 1981, Stafford won her third Golden Guitar Award for "That Glory Bound Train," a song from her final album with Hadley Records entitled "Born Again". Shortly after her contract ended that same year, Stafford moved from Tasmania to Sydney and signed a contract with EMI Music Australia releasing her first commercial album on a major record label "The Way I Feel Inside". Stafford was asked by her band members to write some songs for them; after hearing what she had written they advised her to record the songs herself. She took the songs to EMI and in 1982 the release of "Someday I’ll Take Home The Roses" became her most popular written song to this date. Early life and career[edit]
   Stafford was born in Latrobe, Tasmania in 1950 and grew up at a small town called Meander in a one-room shack along with her mother, stepfather and six cousins. In 1962, at the age of 12, Stafford made her first public appearance on a program called "ShowTime," a popular series from TNT-9 Launceston during that time. After leaving school, Stafford worked at a hotel as a kitchen hand in a nearby town of Deloraine for five dollars a week. While performing at a lo