Nick O’Mara is the guitarist in Raised By Eagles; he’s on the interchange for Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission and fronts his own band. Jac Tonks has done backing vocals for O’Mara, Raised by Eagles and Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission. Jac grew up surrounded by figures of the Melbourne Irish music scene, her mother and extended family all playing in the O’Dowd band. O’Mara and Tonks started writing songs together, and Amarillo was born.