Andrew Scott Pendlebury ( born 1952 ) is an Australian guitarist-songwriter . From 1977 to 1981 was a member of The Sports ( with Stephen Cummings ) and from 1986 to 1988 he joined Slaughtermen ( with Ian Stephen ) . He has undertaken other projects and issued four solo albums . At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 , Pendlebury 's solo work , '' Do n't Hold Back That Feeling '' , won Best Adult Contemporary Album . In 1999 Australian rock music historian , Ian McFarlane , described Pendlebury as having " pursued a career that garnered him much critical acclaim , but little in the way of mainstream success . Although occasionally compared with Tommy Emmanuel , Pendlebury has preferred to follow a more low-key , highly specialised path away from the limelight " . From 2003 he has been a member of The Mercurials
ARIA Music Awards of 1993
ARIA Music Awards of 1993
Andrew Pendlebury