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2014 sees 8 Ball on the road again, touring a brand new record called -Southern Hemisphere.
Known for his exciting live shows, his fusion of country / blues / swamp-rock sound. His entertaining and humourous video clips like the recent single- She's going to Mexico and ‘I’m Going To Jail’ which powered to number 1 on the Australian Country Music charts. And 'The Hillbilly Disco'
After Tennesse and Texas he'll be back in Cairns with the new material October 9th 2014 at the Downunder Bar. Port Douglas, Kuranda and round Australia. visit .8 Ball Aitken.com.
8 Ball Aitkin is a Cairns favourite. We claim him as a local seeing he's a Tablelands lad and despite three years in Nashville. Last time I saw him they were on tour to Japan, so it was nice to run into Bird (of the Phoenix Movement) doing the rounds of the market stalls at Cairns first Blues Festival. -"We've been to Japan four times since then" laughs Bird.
"8 Ball Aitken is the redneck preacher at the shotgun wedding between country and blues. It doesn’t matter which part of the family you’re from -- what does matter is the funky foot-stomping hullaballoo at the all-night party afterwards. Hailing from Far North Queensland, he grew up as a teenager in a run-down tobacco shed, making a living picking tropical fruits by day and picking guitars by night. 8 Ball’s first break came when he was hired to play nightly at the infamous Johno’s Blues Bar in Cairns."
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