8 Ball Aitken

8 Ball Aitken (born 8 June 1981) is an Australian singer, songwriter and slide guitarist. 8 Ball plays country, blues, swamp & Americana music and he is notable for his fusion of country music with the genres of Australian blues and roots music.[1]

8 Ball Aitken has released eight albums: Behind The 8 Ball (2004), Odd Ball In (2006), Rebel With A Cause (2008), The Tamworth Tapes (2011), Alive In Tamworth (2012), A Bluer Shade Of Blue (2013), Southern Hemisphere (2013) and The New Normal (2015).[2]

8 Ball Aitken's 2013 album release titled Southern Hemisphere produced a number one hit song in the Australian Country Music Radio Charts with song 'I'm Going To Jail'.[3]

8 Ball Aitken's third album 'Rebel With A Cause' was produced by Garth Porter. 'Rebel With A Cause' was released in Australia by Phoenix Movement Records and MGM Distribution (Australia).[4]

The album Rebel With A Cause has produced two top 10 hits, 'Cyclone Country' & 'Hands On Top Of The Wheel' in the Australian Country Tracks Top 30.[5]

8 Ball Aitken has won several awards for songs from his album 'Rebel With A Cause'. His song 'Cowboy Movie' was nominated for the Australian Blues & Roots Song of the Year at the 2009 APRA Awards [6]

8 Ball Aitken has won two Q Song Awards. His song 'Yellow Moon', from album 'Rebel With A Cause' won the 2008 EMI Q Song Blues & Roots Award.[7] Another song, 'Outback Booty Call' also from album 'Rebel With A Cause', won the 2009 Q Song Country Award.

8 Ball Aitken was also nominated twice at the Golden Guitar Award in the New Talent category at the 2009 Tamworth Country Music Festival and in the instrumental categorie for a collaboration with Troy Cassar Daley[8][9]

8 Ball Aitken achieved Grand Finalist status in Toyota Star Maker Quest at the 2008, 2009, & 2011 Tamworth Country Music Festival.[10]

8 Ball Aitken won the 'Rising Star Male Award' at the 2008 Southern Star Awards which are held in Mildura each year (also called the Australian Independent Country Music Awards).[11]

Aitken is also the founder of the Grass Roots Music Festival, funded as a special project by Brisbane's Lord Mayor Campbell Newman. The Grass Roots Music Festival has run for ten years 2005 to 2014 in the Brisbane City Botanical Gardens, Mount Coot-tha.[12]

8 Ball Aitken has toured and performed at festivals and gigs across Australia, Canada, Japan and throughout Europe.[13]

Discography

AlbumReleaseNotes
Behind The 8 Ball2004Produced by 8 Ball Aitken
Odd Ball In2006Produced by 8 Ball Aitken, Bird Jensen & Marly Luske
Rebel With A Cause2009Produced by Garth Porter. Musicians include 8 Ball Aitken - electric & acoustic guitars, vocals, harmonica, mandolin, banjo; Tony Mitchell - bass; John Watson; drums, Garth Porter - organ, backing vocals, James Gillard - backing vocals; Michel Rose; pedal steel.
The Tamworth Tapes20118 Ball Aitken - vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, banjo, bass, drums, percussion and harmonica. Produced by 8 Ball Aitken, engineered by Steve Newton.
Alive In Tamworth20128 Ball Aitken - vocals, electric & resonator guitars, stomp and foot percussion, and harmonica
A Bluer Shade of Blue20138 Ball Aitken - (Best of blues tracks from all albums)
Southern Hemisphere20138 Ball Aitken - vocals, Guitars (electric, slide and resonator), harmonica; Micheal Flanders - pedal stell, mandolin; Micheal Flanders - bass & acoustic guitar; Andy Hubbard - drums and percussion; Peter Keys - keys, hammond B3, wurlitzer; Chris Tuttle - hammond B3, piano, accordion; Tammy Rogers King: fiddle; George Jackson - banjo. Recorded in Nashville, TN, USA
The New Normal 2015 8 Ball Aitken - Recorded in Nashville, TN, USA

References
  1. "8 Ball Music". 8 Ball Aitken. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. "8 Ball Aitken". Waterfront Records. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  3. "8 Ball Aitken: Bio". 8 Ball Aitken Homepage. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. "8 Ball Music: Rebel With A Cause". Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  5. "Archive". Country Music Radio. Archived from the original on 17 October 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  6. "2009 APRA Music Awards: Nominees Announced". 27 May 2009. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  7. "Q Song 2008 award winners announced on". Fasterlouder.com.au. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  8. Moulder, Anna (12 December 2008). "Golden Guitar Nominations for 2009". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  9. Country Music Association of Australia, Country Music Association of Australia (12 December 2008). "Golden Guitar Nominations for 2009". Abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  10. "Country Music Association of Australia". Country.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  11. "Australian Independent Country Music Awards: Previous Winners".
  12. "Grass Roots: Welcome". Grassrootsmusicfestival.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  13. "8 Ball Aitken op MySpace Music". Myspace.com. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
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