Doon boy strums up cowboy success

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">DEHRA DUN: Who''s Bal Kishore Das Loiwal? After June 26, you won''t be asking the question again. <br /></div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="32.1%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" white=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/751796.cms" alt="/photo/751796.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal">From a small-time singer at Delhi restaurants to overnight singing sensation in Australia: our very own Doon Valley cowboy, Loiwal aka Bobby Cash is finally on way to being discovered by the world.And perhaps, India. Howdy dude?<br /><br />His debut album <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Cowboy at Heart</span> has catapulted to the top of the charts in Australia, and will be released in India shortly. <br /><br />Cash, who became an instant rage at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in Australia, has also become inspiration for a movie: Discovery will telecast a film on his meteoric rise on June 26. He''s the second Indian to have a documentary on his success story on the channel.<br /><br /><br /><a href="C:/articleshow/msid-751789,curpg-2.cms">Bobby sang the Indian anthem in Australia</a><br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal">Producer-director Colin Bromley was the one who "discovered" Cash: he heard Bobby crooning <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Killing Me Softly</span> one evening at a five-star hotel in Delhi and was impressed. <br /><br />He invited him to Tamworth, one of the biggest music festivals in Australia.<br /><br />For Cash, who has become the first Indian to enter the top ten in the Australian Country Music charts, Down Under has been like a second home. Earlier this January, he sang India''s national anthem before the commencement of the fourth cricket match at Sydney.<br /><br />One of Cash''s career highs was singing with Smokey Dawson and Tania Kernaghan, leading figures of Australian country music, and legendary pianist Laurie Muhoberac, famous for his association with Elvis Presley.<br /><a href="/articleshow/msid-751789,curpg-3.cms">Bobby heads for America</a><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section3"><div class="Normal">Bromley is impressed by the homegrown country singer. "We set out to make a documentary about music being the common bond that can unite people of all races and religions. But Bobby''s talent surpassed that and it ended up being a story of achieving stardom as well. <br /><br />"The film shows that it doesn''t matter what country you belong to. He has hit new ground. Now the next stop for Bobby is America. And I know he is bound to become a huge hit there as well."<br /><br />Says producer Gerry O''Leary, "It''s great to see Bobby get the recognition he deserves in India."<</div> </div>