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Artist:8 Ball Aitken

Genres:
  • Indie
  • Rock
  • Roots
Brisbane, QLD

Tracks

About

For more than a decade, blues-rocker 8 Ball Aitken has toured the world - performing his swampy, slide guitar-driven songs at more than 200 gigs each year. His live shows have rocked music festivals across the US, Australia, Europe, Canada, and Asia. Since relocating to Nashville eight years ago from his native Australia, he has honed his songwriting, guitar playing and showmanship with some of the best in the business today. With his 11th album, Swamp Blues 2, 8 Ball delves deeper into the Delta. It’s a groove-heavy, funkier follow-up to the success of last year’s Swamp Blues album release that hit #2 in the Australian Blues Charts and produced the 2019 APRA Song of the Year Shortlisted “High Water.” Swamp Blues 2 features 13 tracks with all the energy of his live performances. 8 Ball co-produced the record at yellow DOG Studios in Wimberley, Texas, and it features the powerhouse rhythm section of legendary drummer JJ Johnson (Tedeschi Trucks Band/John Mayer) and Austin bass ...

Members

8 Ball Aitken - Vocals
guitar Dillion Aitken - Keyboard Nik Downing - Drums Zed Charles - Bass

Sounds Like

Tony Joe White, Seasick Steve, John Lee Hooker, R.L Burnside

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