Blues and roots duo Busby Marou bring their real world down-to-earth music to Laurieton

by Vickii Byram

​The slogan that sells Queensland is very familiar and now, so is the duo Busby Marou, who feature in the state's tourism ads.

Tom Busby and Jeremy Marou were chosen for the ads because the powers that be wanted to really try to connect with people to show Queenslanders as being genuine.

​"We found out through the agency they were looking for "normal Queenslanders" to be in the ads. We were getting known, and our song Sound of Summer was a good fit to feature in the ads," Busby says.

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