8 Ball Aitken

8 Ball Aitken (real name Eightball Aitken) was born 9 June 1981 in Brisbane, Queensland. He is an Australian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. 8 Ball plays blues, swamp-blues, swamp-rock, alternative country, and Americana music. He is notable for his fusion of Australian blues and country music.[1]

Aitken's albums 'Swamp Blues' & 'Swamp Blues 2' both reached #2 on the Australian Blues And Roots Airplay Chart. JJ Johnson from Tedeschi Trucks Band played drums on both albums. [2] Aitken's 2013 album release titled Southern Hemisphere produced a number one hit song in the Australian Country Music Radio Charts with song 'She's Going To Mexico, I'm Going To Jail'.[3]

8 Ball has released eleven albums through his own record label Red Rocker Records: 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), The New Normal (2015), self titled 8 Ball Aitken (2016), Swamp Blues (2018), and Swamp Blues 2 (2020). [4]

8 Ball's third album 'Rebel With A Cause' was produced by Garth Porter (songwriter from Australia pop band Sherbet).[5]

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.[6]

8 Ball Aitken was shortlisted for the 2019 APRA song of the Year Award for High Water, a song that he co-wrote with Guthrie Kennard. His song 'Cowboy Movie' was also nominated for the Australian Blues & Roots Song of the Year at the 2009 APRA Awards ten year earlier.[7]

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

8 Ball has been nominated three times at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, Golden Guitar Awards. [9][10]

8 Ball is also the founder of the Mt Coot-tha Songwriters Festival, originally funded as a special project by Brisbane's Lord Mayor Campbell Newman. The Mt Coot-tha Songwriters Festival has run for 15 years 2005 to 2019 in the Brisbane City Botanical Gardens, Mount Coot-tha.[11]

8 Ball has toured and performed at festivals and gigs across the Australia, United States, Canada, Japan and throughout Europe. In 2012 8 Ball Aitken moved to Nashville, Tennessee. [12]

Discography

AlbumReleaseNotes
Behind The 8 Ball2004Produced by 8 Ball Aitken, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Odd Ball In2006Produced by 8 Ball Aitken & Marly Luske, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Rebel With A Cause2009Produced by Garth Porter. Recorded at Rancom Street Studios, Botany Bay, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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 previous albums)
Southern Hemisphere2013Produced by Michael Flanders & 8 Ball Aitken - Recorded in Nashville, TN, USA
The New Normal2015Produced by Michael Flanders & 8 Ball Aitken - Recorded in Nashville, TN, USA
8 Ball Aitken2016Self titled 'best of' album released by Red Rocker Records.
Swamp Blues2018Produced by David Percefull & 8 Ball Aitken - Recorded at yellow DOG Studios, Wimberley, Texas, USA
Swamp Blues 22020Produced by David Percefull & 8 Ball Aitken - Recorded at yellow DOG Studios, Wimberley, Texas, USA

Music videos
  • "Sleepy"
  • "Cyclone Country"
  • "Hands On Top Of The Wheel"
  • "The Party"
  • "Destroying The World"
  • "Rogue Pony"
  • "Yellow Moon"
  • "Shut The Front Door"
  • "Girl In A Million"
  • "Seven Bucks An Hour In A Chicken Suit"
  • "Outback Booty Call"
  • "She's Going To Mexico, I'm Going To Jail"
  • "Lindy Loo"
  • "Six Stringer"
  • "High Water"
  • "Drop On By"
  • "Week Man"

References
  1. "8 Ball Music". 8 Ball Aitken. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. {{cite web|url=http://www.abarac.com.au/}
  3. "8 Ball Aitken: Bio". 8 Ball Aitken Homepage. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. "8 Ball Aitken". Waterfront Records. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  5. "8 Ball Music: Rebel With A Cause". Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  6. "Archive". Country Music Radio. Archived from the original on 17 October 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  7. "2009 APRA Music Awards: Nominees Announced". 27 May 2009. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  8. "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.
  9. Moulder, Anna (12 December 2008). "Golden Guitar Nominations for 2009". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  10. 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.
  11. "Grass Roots: Welcome". Grassrootsmusicfestival.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  12. "8 Ball Aitken op MySpace Music". Myspace.com. Retrieved 29 April 2010.

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  1. "8 Ball Music". 8 Ball Aitken. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. "Archive". Country Music Radio. Archived from the original on 17 October 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  3. {{cite web|url=http://www.abarac.com.au/}
  4. "8 Ball Aitken". Waterfront Records. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  5. "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.
  6. Moulder, Anna (12 December 2008). "Golden Guitar Nominations for 2009". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  7. 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.
  8. "Grass Roots: Welcome". Grassrootsmusicfestival.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  9. "8 Ball Aitken op MySpace Music". Myspace.com. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
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