8 Ball Aitken Launches 'HILLBILLY DISCO'

Launching 8 Ball Aitken's 'HILLBILLY DISCO' Click here to view on Youtube -- http://youtu.be/PiYQzWdxvnE 8 Ball Aitken has been touring for the last 5 weeks in Florida and Texas. This month he plays in Tennessee, and also on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. Parties out in the sticks have a way of snow-balling. At first, it’s just a close circle of friends, and then somebody invites all their cousins, and the good ol’ boys down the road turn up with a truck full of cold beer, and somebody texts the local rockabilly girls. Next thing you know, there’s generators humming, a circle of pick-up trucks (that’s ‘utes’ for the Aussies) are spotlighting the makeshift dance floor, and the farmer’s hay-barn has been turned into a full-on sound and light spectacular, right down to the mirror-ball. The cows don’t know WHAT to think (not that they ever think much). There is a technical term for this uniquely rural phenomenon – it’s a ‘Hillbilly Disco’. Nashville’s 8 Ball Aitken (a fine Australian export of skillfully-brewed country, blues, & roots) has captured the moment such parties take off in a song, and new video, of the same name. Filmed at a live and local honkin’ stompin’, backwoods free-for-all, ‘Hillbilly Disco’ captures the excitement of a bunch of country characters spontaneously hell-bent on having a good time. They might not be anywhere near a big-city cocktail bar, but they sure do know how to whoop it up, outback-style. 8 Ball’s new album release, ‘Southern Hemisphere’, was recorded in Nashville (USA) and Queensland (Australia), featuring a team of top musicians, including members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Little Big Town, and members of Emmylou Harris’, and Robert Plant’s bands – as well as a duet with Australian country music legend Troy Cassar-Daly. The album’s first single, ‘I’m Going To Jail’, held the #1 spot for 3 weeks in Australia’s national country music chart, and all eyes and ears are on ‘Hillbilly Disco’, in anticipation of similar (or better) success. The video for ‘Hillbilly Disco’ is being released to 8 Ball Aitken’s most loyal fans before distribution to the general public and mass media. “This is just one special way I like to thank my fans, who support and promote me so much throughout the year,” he comments. “I make music just for them!” OUR UPCOMING VIDEO EXTRAVAGANZA... Fully fan-funded, coming soon to a screen near you is our cartoon video for 'Destroying the World' -- the next release from Southern Hemisphere. Good things are always worth waiting for! Featuring the animated cartoon characters created for some of our favourite fans (including Angie Maxwell, Shayne Soall, and Harley Panagopoulos), the video clip takes you on a wild trip through a science fiction adventure saga (including a return performance by everybody's favourite outer-space crocodile) all the way from Tokyo to the back 40 of a Far North Queensland farm. We are starting preparations for our next cartoon. If you'd like to be an 8 Ball Aitken music video cartoon character, please contact us. 8 Ball Aitken is touring in North America and Australia throughout 2014. Follow him on Facebook -- www.facebook.com/8ballaitkenmusic NEW OUTBACK BOOTY CALL T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE (S, M, L, XL, 2XL)

I'M GOING TO JAIL Hits #1 Spot in Australian Top 20

8 Ball Aitken's current single, 'I'M GOING TO JAIL',  has just hit the #1 spot in the Australian Top 20 (98.9FM Radio Charts). This is 8 Ball's first number #1 radio chart hit. We genuinely appreciate all the requesting that his fans have done since the song's release -- and a big THANK YOU to all the radio stations who have been playing the track. (8 Ball's album 'SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE' is also number #4 in the Australian Blues & Roots Chart this month.) 'I'M GOING TO JAIL' is also number #7 in the national Country Tracks Top 30 -- we want to get this up to #1! You can make a genuine difference. If you want to help get him to a national #1 hit, please keep requesting 8 Ball on the radio. Please email us if you need the contact details for your local radio station. You can share this link with all your friends -- 'I'M GOING TO JAIL' -- http://youtu.be/C4g579-5nlo For full 8 Ball Aitken tour dates, please click here. To purchase a download Southern Hemisphere on iTunes, please click here. To order your personally signed CD, simply respond to this email. Best wishes! Rock on!! Cheers from Bird Jensen & 8 Ball Aitken www.8ballaitken.com www.facebook.com/8ballaitkenmusic

The Big Apple Welcomes Anni Piper, Australia's First Lady Of Blues, in Concert at Hill Country BBQ Market

The Big Apple welcomes Award-winning Australian vocalist-bassist Anni Piper as she brings her three-month Winter 2013/14 Canadian/U.S. tour locally to Hill Country BBQ Market in NYC on Sunday, February 9. Info: www.annipiper.com.

ANNI PIPER, AUSTRALIA'S AWARD-WINNING FIRST LADY OF BLUES  LAUNCHES THREE-MONTH WINTER 2013/14 CANADIAN/U.S. TOUR Performing in New York City: Hill Country BBQ Market Sunday, February 9   (NEW YORK CITY, NY) - Anni Piper, Australia's award-winning "First Lady of Blues" continues her three-month Winter 2013/14 Canadian/U.S. tour with a show locally at Hill Country BBQ Market, 30 W. 26th St., New York City, Sunday, February 9. 8:30 p.m. $10. advance, $15. door. Info: (212) 255-4544 or https://www.facebook.com/HillCountryBarbecueMarketNY.   Piper recently won "Best Blues Album" at the 2013 Canberra Roots & Blues Awards in Australia, for her collaborative effort with Nicole Hart on the critically-lauded Split Second (Blues Leaf Records). Anni is also nominated in the "Female Vocalist Of The Year" category for the 2014 Australian Blues Music Awards, it was just announced.              Anni Piper, Australia's award-winning First Lady of Blues.      Piper first started playing electric guitar at age twelve, but switched to bass at age fourteen.  In 2004 Anni released an album entitled "Jailbait" in her native Australia, for which she won "Best New Talent" at the 2005 Australian Blues Music Awards. Subsequent album releases include 2007's "Texas Hold 'Em," 2010's "Chasin' Tail" (released by Blues Leaf), and her newest, 2013's "Split Second." Blues Leaf also released "Two's Company,"  a compilation from her two Australian releases.  Throughout her burgeoning career, Piper's charismatic stage presence and sultry vocals have garnered her both great reviews and multiple music industry awards nominations.      Released earlier this year, Split Second continues receiving extensive international radio airplay (including charting on Living Blues) and was a recent "Pick to Click" on SiriusXM's popular Bluesville show while earning terrific reviews from music critics everywhere. Dr. Blues writes, "When two hot mama blues divas get it together, you can assure that fireworks are in store. Piper and Hart lead and follow, harmonize and highlight each other like sisters from another mother while the band provides all the heat needed to keep things at a boil." "If you enjoy award-winning talent with a splash of the wild side, sultry Australian performer Anni Piper won't even come close to disappointing you. And you don't have to travel Down Under!"                     NAPLES DAILY NEWS "Raw and racous, down and dirty, Down Under blues."    ILLINOIS TIMES                                      "A songwriter of distinction, her songs have a blues sensibility while still addressing the issues of today."                                                                                  EDMONTON JOURNAL Anni Piper Winter 2013-2014 Canadian/U.S. Tour Itinerary Dec. 16 (Mon.) Dec. 17 (Tues.) Dec. 18 (Wed.) Dec. 19 (Thur.) Dec. 20 (Fri.) Dec. 21 (Sat.) Dec. 22 (Sun.) Dec. 28 (Sat..) Jan. 4 (Sat.) Jan. 8 (Wed.) Jan. 9 (Thur.) Jan. 10 (Fri.) Jan. 11 (Sat.) Jan. 12 (Sun.) Jan. 13 (Mon.) Jan. 14 (Tues.) Jan. 15 (Wed.) Jan. 17 (Fri.) Jan. 18 (Sat.) Jan. 19 (Sun.) Jan. 21 (Tues.) Jan. 23 (Thur.) Jan. 24 (Fri.) Jan. 25 (Sat.) Jan. 28 (Tues.) Jan. 31 (Fri.) Feb. 1 (Sat.) Feb. 6 (Thur.) Feb. 7 (Fri.) Feb. 8 (Sat.) Feb. 9 (Sun.) Feb. 13 (Thurs.) Feb. 17 (Sun.) Feb. 19 (Tues.) Feb. 14 (Fri.) Feb. 22 (Sat.) Feb. 25 (Tues.) BLUES ON WHYTE BLUES ON WHYTE BLUES ON WHYTE BLUES ON WHYTE BLUES ON WHYTE BLUES ON WHYTE BLUES ON WHYTE TEDDY'S JUKE JOINT BRADFORDVILLE BLUES ROCKSTAR LOUNGE ACES LOUNGE ENGLEWOOD'S ON DEARBORN LITTLE BAR RESTAURANT BERT'S BAR & GRILL BERT'S BAR & GRILL GATORZ BAR & GRILL GATORZ BAR & GRILL CHRISSY'S COURTHOUSE   CHRISSY'S COURTHOUSE VERO BEACH INN VERO BEACH INN THE HURRICANE THE HURRICANE BAYSIDE GRILL VERO BEACH INN ZSHOWZ@HOLY SMOKE OM BAR & CHILL LOUNGE JONATHAN'S LANDING BETHANY BLUES Black Ryed Sally's HILL COUNTRY BBQ Market SLIPPERY NOODLE THE ALAMO MARTINIS ON THE ROCK THE CLUB STOOGES OZONE    Edmonton, AB    Edmonton, AB    Edmonton, AB    Edmonton, AB    Edmonton, AB    Edmonton, AB    Edmonton, AB    Zachary, LA    Tallahassee, FL    Lake City, FL    Bradenton, FL    Dearborn, FL    Goodland, FL    Matlacha, FL    Matlacha, FL    Port Charlotte, FL    Port Charlotte, FL    Naples, FL    Naples, FL    Vero Beach, FL    Vero Beach, FL    Marathon, FL    Marathon, FL    Key Largo, FL    Vero Beach, FL    Orlando, FL    New Smyrna Beach, FL    Magnolia, DE    Lewes, DE    Hartford, CT    New York, NY    Indianapolis, IN    Springfield, IL    Rock Island, IL    Quincy, IL    Jackson, MO    Omaha, NE

Walkin' The Dog - Chris Wilson and Geoff Achison

Christopher John Wilson (born 1956) is an Australian blues musician who plays harmonica, saxophone, guitar and vocals. He has performed as part of the Sole Twisters, Harem Scarem and Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, and fronted his band Crown of Thorns. Wilson's solo albums are Landlocked (June 1992), The Long Weekend (March 1998), Spiderman (2000) and King for a Day (July 2002). In March 1996 Wilson collaborated with Johnny Diesel in a blues project, Wilson Diesel, which issued an album, Short Cool Ones, composed mostly of "soul and R&B standards". It peaked at No. 18 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Outside his music career Wilson has taught English in various secondary schools in Melbourne for about 20 years. Christopher John Wilson was born in 1956. He grew up in Alphington, an inner-Melbourne suburb.He completed his tertiary studies, and worked as an English teacher at various Melbourne secondary schools for "some 20 years". He joined Sole Twisters in 1984; the R&B band included Brian Horne, Barry Palmer, his brother Craig Palmer, Jeff Pickard, and Nigel Sweeney. His early influences were Australian blues groups, Chain and Carson. In September the following year Wilson, on harmonica and saxophone, and Barry Palmer, on lead guitar, joined a neo-Blues group, Harem Scarem, alongside Peter Jones on drums, Charles Marshall on guitar, Christopher Marshall on lead vocals and Glen Sheldon on bass guitar. This line-up recorded their debut studio album, Pilgrim's Progress for Au Go Go Records, which was released in December 1986. While a member of Harem Scarem, Wilson provided harmonica on Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls' debut album, Gossip (September 1986). By May 1987 Wilson had left Harem Scarem, he joined Kelly's 45-date tour of North America promoting Gossip. Wilson acknowledges Kelly for extending his repertoire beyond harmonica, "I was asked on as a sax player too and I didn't play all that much sax when [Kelly] asked. But he had that faith in me that I'd get my act together". During that year Wilson also guested on Hunters & Collectors album, What's a Few Men? (November 1987), on Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls' next album, Under the Sun (December), and he played with hard rockers, X. Wilson formed his own band, Crown of Thorns, with Barry Palmer, and Chris Rodgers on double bass, bass guitar and fiddle, in 1987. Stuart Coupe of The Canberra Times described the group's sound as "a diverse amalgam, recalling everything from Tim Buckley to Captain Bcefheart and American blues". While Wilson felt his group was not only a blues band as "there's elements of country and straight rock 'n' roll". Their debut release was a six-track extended play, Gnawing on the Bones of Elvis, which was produced by the band and appeared in April 1988. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, noted it was "sparsely recorded ... [which] mixed one side of electric blues including Willie Dixon's 'Bring It on Home', and one side of acoustic folk tunes". Crown of Thorns issued a studio album, Carnival (February 1989), using a line up of Wilson, Palmer, Rodgers, joined by Justin Brady on violin, Barbara Waters on guitar, vocals and mandolin (ex-Hollowmen), and former band mate, Jones on drums. The album was produced by Wilson and Waters with Chris Thompson. McFarlane described it as a "more fully realised work than the debut. [It] mixed blues, country and folk with a great deal of verve and authority". It contained Wilson's composition "The Ballad of Slim Boy Fat", which was a "highlight" of the album with its "spectacular blues/gospel" style. In 1990 the group released another studio album, Babylon, with Wilson, Rodgers, and Waters joined by Ashley Davies on drums (ex-White Cross). Late in 1990 he formed a briefly existing group, The Pub Dogs, with Wilson on harmonica and lead vocals, Barry Palmer on electric and acoustic guitars, Graham Lee on pedal steel guitar and backing vocals (ex-The Triffids); and Marko Halstead on acoustic guitar, mandolin and backing vocals (of The Blackeyed Susans). They issued a live EP, Scatter's Liver: Pub Dogs Live on the Wireless in the next year on Shock Records,which had been recorded at radio station Triple J's studios in Melbourne on 22 October 1990. In August 1991 Wilson provided lead vocals for Robin Casinader's debut solo album, All This Will Be Yours. During 1992 Wilson formed the Chris Wilson Band which released an EP, The Big One in May and a studio album, Landlocked in June. The line-up were Wilson and Rodgers with Jen Anderson on violin (The Black Sorrows), Rebecca Barnard on backing vocals (ex-Stephen Cummings Band), Peter Luscombe on drums (The Black Sorrows), and Shane O'Mara on guitars (Stephen Cummings Band). Los Angeles Times' reviewer, Mike Boehm, felt that on the album "he sometimes becomes bogged down with self-conscious attempts at poetic imagery, and that high-voltage vocal style can seem strident". During June Wilson and Crown of Thorns performed a combined tour promoting recent material. Laurie White caught their gig at Tilley's which "a privileged few will remember for an age (if only I'd taken a Walkman like one lucky bootlegger)" with Wilson described as "a huge writhing gospel cyber punk, [who] sings and plays harp with such venom and power it's impossible to ignore him against melancholy songs (reminiscent of Archie Roach at his most tearful). The change in gear is exhilarating if not frightening". Wilson followed with another EP, Alimony Blues, in October; it had a cover version of Booker T. Jones' "Born Under a Bad Sign", which McFarlane declared had Wilson's vocals "backed by [O'Mara's] blistering guitar work, [and] was one of the finest renditions ever committed to record". In March 1993 Wilson and fellow Australian singer-songwriters Barnard, Kelly, Archie Roach, Deborah Conway and David Bridie each performed a set at a Hollywood concert, The Melbourne Shuffle. Boehm described Wilson as "a big, denim-clad slab of a man with a shaven head and the look of a street tough or a stevedore. In contrast to such reserved performers as Kelly ... he had a taste for the monumental. His big, rangy, high-impact voice supported his flair for the dramatic flourish and the grand gesture". As a performer Wilson showed "a dry, laconic wit between songs, [he] was a fervent, let-it-all-out wailer when he began to sing". At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, held in April, Wilson was nominated for Best Male Artist and Breakthrough Artist - Album for Landlocked. In June that year Wilson, Charlie Owen, and three former members of The Triffids: David McComb, Robert McComb and Graham Lee guested on Acuff's Rose's debut studio album, Never Comin' Down. On 20 May 1994 Wilson's performance at the Continental Hotel in Prahran was recorded for Live at the Continental, which was released in October. The album provided Wilson with another nomination for Best Male Artist in October 1995. Wilson toured extensively and played at many festivals, both in Australia and overseas, and has shared stages with Bob Dylan, and with Johnny Diesel. He provided backing vocals on the Merril Bainbridge song "Under the Water" for her album The Garden (1995). In March 1996 Wilson Diesel issued a collaborative album, Short Cool Ones on Mushroom Records, with Wilson on lead vocals and harmonica, and Diesel on lead vocals and lead guitar. Short Cool Ones peaked at No. 18 on the ARIA Albums Chart. McFarlane described it as including "15 soul and R&B standards ... and a sole original, 'Other Man'". "Other Man" was written by Diesel (aka Mark Lizotte). Other performers were Dean Addison on bass guitar, Angus Diggs on drums, and Rob Woolf on keyboards and backing vocals. Paul Petran of Radio National's Live on Stage felt Short Cool Ones was "one of the most successful blues albums in Australian history". Wilson's next solo album, The Long Weekend, appeared in March 1998 as a 2× CD. McFarlane noted the album had "22 excellent tracks, [it] drew on blues, gospel and country elements". In May Wilson supported Kelly at the Metro in Melbourne where Wilson was "crashing through a slightly hollow mix with a bunch of the good stuff, picking the eyes out of his recent Long Weekend thing, and throwing in some older selections – the 'best done by Elvis' Mystery Train being a big blow, as is the pump action 'Shoot Out at Seven Eleven', while the big ballady 'Too Many Hearts' again is a glory and must be a single, surely". At the ARIA Awards that year he received another nomination as Best Male Artist, for The Long Weekend. In November he appeared at the Mushroom 25 Concert both as a solo artist and in Wilson Diesel. In January 1999 Wilson was a support act for Elvis Costello on an Australian tour. By 2000 he had formed Chris Wilson and the Spidermen with Rodgers, Shannon Bourne on guitar, and Dave Folley on drums. Wilson issued a solo album, Spiderman, which was recorded at Studio 335, Southbank with Wilson, O'Mara and Thompson co-producing; O'Mara also guested on two tracks. Rhythms Magazine's readers' poll rated Spiderman as the Best Australian Blues Album of 2000. Melbourne Blues Rock website's Tom Slingsby reviewed the album in September 2011 and noted it was "a mix of covers and originals. ... [The covers] are given a real personal touch one could easily think Wilson and gang had crafted the songs themselves". Slingsby felt the "production allows both the guitar and harmonica to stand out on tracks, trade off licks, and then fall back to accompany the other instruments. Overall the album has a strong dynamic range with slower, sultry songs inserted amongst the more lively tracks without dropping off in feel". During May 2002 Wilson recorded his next album, King for a Day (July 2002), at two studios in Melbourne with Kerryn Tolhurst producing. Along with Bourne, Folley and Rodgers; Wilson used Tollhurst on guitars, piano, mandolin and tipple, Cindy Boste (guest lead vocals), Sarah Carroll (guest lead vocals) and Skip Sail (guest banjo). In March 2003 Richard Sharman of I-94 Bar website reviewed Chris Wilson and The Spidermen's gig at the Bridge Hotel in Sydney, and found that Wilson's "voice was magnificent ranging from soft tenderness to a bellowing roar that raised shivers at the back of my neck. His voice sounded better than ever and his harp playing was superb – this boy can play!" On 26 October 2013 Wilson Diesel reunited to perform the entire Short Cool Ones album at the Sydney Blues & Roots Festival

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‘I’M GOING TO JAIL’ Enters Charts - ‘SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE’ Out Now

8 Ball Aitken’s New Single ‘I’M GOING TO JAIL’ Enters Charts… ‘SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE’ Album Released In Time For Christmas All I want for Christmas… is for my fans, stalkers, groupies, cousins (including everyone with red-hair from Australia), pets, intelligent indoor house-plants, and Santa Claus to request my new music video ‘I’M GOING TO JAIL’ on CMC (Country Music Channel Australia). Please spare me 30 seconds and do it now. I need your help and I appreciate your support. You need to log in to CMC online with this link… http://www.countrymusicchannel.com.au/request_single_search GOOD NEWS:  My new single ‘I’M GOING TO JAIL’ has entered the Australian Country Tracks Top 30 at number 28 this week. Whoo hoo! Thank you DJs. Please keep spinning it and boost it upwards. I need the bail money to get out of jail for Christmas! Otherwise I will have to climp up the chimney and break out. Ha ha!!! MORE GOOD NEWS:  8 Ball’s new album ‘SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE’ has been officially released. 8 Ball will be playing some special launch shows in Tamworth. There is still time to get a signed copy under your tree. If you want one, simply respond to this email, visit www.8ballaitken.com or for digital, follow the iTunes link https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/southern-hemisphere/id757690653 THANKS: We would like to especially thank all the folks who came to see 8 Ball Aitken playing live throughout 2013. Next year, we plan to do it all bigger, better and wilder. Thank you for joining us on this musical journey. May your Christmas be wonderful and 2014 be your best trip around the sun so far. ‘I’M GOING TO JAIL’ --  8 Ball Aitken is currently available for interviews. Please contact management (Bird Jensen – bird@phoenixmovement.com -- Phone: 0408 075 959). 8 Ball Aitken Australia Summer Tour Dates… December 20 – Tamworth Tennis Club, Tamworth, 8:00pm December 21 – Club House Hotel, Gunnedah, NSW, 8:00pm December 22 - Mudgee Brewery, Mudgee, NSW, 4:30pm December 27 – Lennox Point Hotel, Lennox Heads, NSW, 9:30pm December 28 – Pier Hotel, Coffs Harbour, NSW, 8:00pm December 29 – Park Beach Surf Club, NSW, 3:00pm December 30 – Woodford Festival, (Bluestown), 4:00pm December 31 – Woodford Festival, (Bluestown), 5:30pm January 2014 January 1 – Woodford Festival, (Joyluck), 10:30am January 1 – Woodford Festival, (Bluestown), 9:30pm January 2 – Mustang Bar, Perth, WA, 9:30pm (supported by Jason Ayers) January 3 – Clancy’s Fish Pub, Fremantle, WA, 9:00pm January 4 – Southerly’s Bar, Dongara, WA, 8:00pm January 5 – Rock Inne Tavern, Karragullen, WA, 5:30pm January 7 – Charles Hotel, North Perth, WA, 9:00pm January 8 – Mojos, Fremantle, WA, 8:00pm January 9 – Indie Bar, Scarborough, WA, 8:30pm (Supported by Timothy Nelson & Jordan McRobbie) January 10 – Ravenswood Hotel, Ravenswood, WA, 8:00pm January 11 – Beerwah Hotel, Beerwah, QLD, 8:00pm January 12 – Tyalgum Hotel, Tyalgum, NSW, 2:00pm Tamworth Country Music Festival January 17 – Courthouse Hotel (front bar), 2:30pm – 5:15pm January 17 – Joe Maguire’s, 7:30pm – 10:30pm January 18 – Wests (Legends Lounge), 2:00pm – 5:00pm January 18 – Kootingal Hotel, 8:00pm – midnight January 19 – Tamworth City Plaza, 1:00pm – 2:00pm January 19 – Joe Maguire’s, 3:30pm – 6:30pm January 19 - Tudor Hotel, 9:00pm – 12:00am January 20 – Tamworth Proud Concert, Bicentennial Park, 7:00pm January 20 - Wests (Legends Lounge), 8:00pm – 11:00pm January 21 – Services Club, Writers In The Round, 8:30am – 11:30am January 21 – Fanzone, 5:30pm January 22 – Wests (Blazes), Fender Showcase, 11:00am – 1:00pm January 22 – West Tamworth Pool Party, 4:00pm – 7:00pm January 23 – Wests (Blazes), Maton Showcase, 10:30am – 12:30pm January 23 - Joe Maguire’s, 5:00pm – 8:00pm January 24 – Post Office Hotel, 7:00pm – 10:00pm January 25 – Wests Diggers (Courtyard), 4:00pm – 7:00pm January 26 – Joe Maguire’s, 3:30pm – 6:30pm January 27 - Wests Diggers (Courtyard), 7:30pm - 10:30pm January 31 - Dubbo RSL Club Resort, 7:30pm February February 1 – Old Bank Restaurant, Dubbo, NSW, 8:00pm New Zealand Tour February 6 – Bristol Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand, 8:30pm February 7 – Bent Horseshoe Cafe, Tokomaru, New Zealand, 7:30pm February 8 – Detour Bar, Whakatane, New Zealand, 7:30pm February 14 – Digggers Bar, Hamilton, New Zealand, 10:00pm February 15 - Mangawhai Tavern, Mangawhai, 9:00pm February 16 – The Riverhead Hotel, Aukland, New Zealand, 2:00pm February 22 – The Hay Shed, Western Australia March 1 – Agnes Water Blues Festival, QLD March 2 – House Concert in Hervey Bay, QLD (For tickets call – 0419 667 269) Watch the new 8 Ball Aitken music video -- I'M GOING TO JAIL -- http://youtu.be/C4g579-5nlo

CHRIS WILSON, GEOFF ACHISON - FURTHER ON UP THE RD

CHRIS WILSON has been an essential part of blues and rock music scene in Australia since taking the stage with the Sole Twisters over twenty years ago. Stints with Harum Scarum and Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls followed, and by the end of the 80s Chris was renowned as one of our finest vocalists, harmonica players and songwriters, fronting the superb Crown of Thorns. Chris has appeared at every major Australian festival and his performances, filled as they are with his own brand of sensuality and the dynamic power that leaves his audiences so satisfied, are always a highlight. Chris' stage presence, voice and talent are all as big as the country he lives in. Chris Wilson is a master of his craft.  

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Anni Piper, Australia's Award-Winning First Lady of Blues, Kicks Off Canadian/U.S. Tour, 7 Big Shows At Blues On Whyte

Award-winning Australian vocalist-bassist Anni Piper kicks off her three-month Winter 2013 Canadian/U.S. tour at the same place she concluded last Summer's tour: Blues On Whyte in Edmonton, with seven nights of show starting December 16 and running through December 22. Info: www.annipiper.com.   ANNI PIPER, AUSTRALIA'S AWARD-WINNING FIRST LADY OF BLUES  LAUNCHES THREE-MONTH WINTER 2013 CANADIAN/U.S. TOUR  Performs Locally: Blues On Whyte - Mon. Dec. 16 thru Sunday, Dec. 22                                                          (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) - Anni Piper, Australia's award-winning First Lady of Blues, kicks off her three-month Winter 2013 Canadian/U.S. tour with seven consecutive nights of shows at the same venue she concluded her Summer 2013 tour: Blues On Whyte, 10329 82 Ave., Edmonton, Monday, December 16 through Sunday, December 22. Monday-Wednesday, 9pm-1am; Thursday-Saturday, 10 pm -2 am; Saturday, Matinee Jam; Sunday, 7 pm-11 pm. Admission $4. (Friday and Saturday only; all other nights, no cover). Info: (780) 439-3981 or https://www.facebook.com/blues.whyte.    Piper recently won "Best Blues Album" at the 2013 Canberra Roots & Blues Awards in Australia, for her collaborative effort with Nicole Hart on the critically-lauded Split Second (Blues Leaf Records).                     Anni Piper, Australia's award-winning First Lady of Blues.     Piper first started playing electric guitar at age twelve, but switched to bass at age fourteen.  In 2004 Anni released an album entitled "Jailbait" in her native Australia, for which she won "Best New Talent" at the 2005 Australian Blues Music Awards. Subsequent album releases include 2007's "Texas Hold 'Em," 2010's "Chasin' Tail" (released by Blues Leaf), and her newest, 2013's "Split Second." Blues Leaf also released "Two's Company,"  a compilation from her two Australian releases.  Throughout her burgeoning career, Piper's charismatic stage presence and sultry vocals have garnered her both great reviews and multiple music industry awards nominations.   Released earlier this year, Split Second continues receiving extensive international radio airplay (including charting on Living Blues) and was a recent "Pick to Click" on SiriusXM's popular Bluesville show while earning terrific reviews from music critics everywhere. Dr. Blues writes, "When two hot mama blues divas get it together, you can assure that fireworks are in store. Piper and Hart lead and follow, harmonize and highlight each other like sisters from another mother while the band provides all the heat needed to keep things at a boil."                          "If you enjoy award-winning talent with a splash of the wild side, sultry Australian performer Anni Piper won't even come close to disappointing you. And you don't have to travel Down Under!"                                              NAPLES DAILY NEWS    Anni Piper performing her song "Jailbait" live at the Bundeberg Blues Festival:

       Anni Piper Winter 2013 Canadian/U.S. Tour Itinerary

Dec. 16 (Mon.) Dec. 17 (Tues.) Dec. 18 (Wed.) Dec. 19 (Thur.) Dec. 20 (Fri.) Dec. 21 (Sat.) Dec. 22 (Sun.) Dec. 28 (Sat..) Jan. 4 (Sat.) Jan. 10 (Fri.) Jan. 11 (Sat.) Jan. 12 (Sun.) Jan. 13 (Mon.) Jan. 17 (Fri.) Jan. 18 (Sat.) Jan. 19 (Sun.) Jan. 21 (Tues.) Jan. 22 (Wed.) Jan. 25 (Sat.) Jan. 31 (Fri.) Feb. 6 (Thur.) Feb. 21 (Fri.) BLUES ON WHYTE BLUES ON WHYTE BLUES ON WHYTE BLUES ON WHYTE BLUES ON WHYTE BLUES ON WHYTE BLUES ON WHYTE TEDDY'S JUKE JOINT BRADFORDVILLE BLUES ENGLEWOOD'S ON DEARBORN LITTLE BAR RESTAURANT BERT'S BAR & GRILL BERT'S BAR & GRILL CHRISSY'S COURTHOUSE   CHRISSY'S COURTHOUSE ACES LOUNGE GATORZ BAR & GRILL GATORZ BAR & GRILL BAYSIDE GRILL ZSHOWZ@HOLY SMOKE JONATHAN'S LANDING  THE CLUB    Edmonton, AB    Edmonton, AB    Edmonton, AB    Edmonton, AB    Edmonton, AB    Edmonton, AB    Edmonton, AB    Zachary, LA    Tallahassee, FL    Dearborn, FL    Goodland, FL    Matlacha, FL    Matlacha, FL    Naples, FL    Naples, FL    Bradenton, FL    Port Charlotte, FL    Port Charlotte, FL    Key Largo, FL    Orlando, FL    Magnolia, DE    Quincy, IL

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Hat fitz & Cara Robinson

Hat Fitz is a "veteran" wild man of the blues scene in Australia. He has a record 18 straight appearances at Byron's East Coast Blues and Roots Festival, a record that is not likely to ever be broken, and one which bears testimony to his amazing live performances and popularity with festival goers. Hat Fitz has, over the last few years, increased his European touring dates from what was originally a two week "look about" in Ireland to a yearly full-tilt 4 month multi-country extravaganza. His "take-no-prisoners" reputation of years gone by may have mellowed ever so slightly, but audience reaction worldwide is always the same, no matter if it's an intimate room or a major festival, they drift off into the early mornings, covered in smiles and drenched with sweat. A few years back, Hat Fitz was performing at Ireland’s Castlebar Blues Festival and it was suggested that he might like to check out a wonderful singer by the name of Cara Robinson, who was performing at the festival that night. He was duly knocked out by the gorgeous Irish singer, and proceeded later that night to quite literally knock Cara out as well. They were dancing together, and the rambunctious Australian twirled and lifted the lovely Irish lass – straight into a column. It was the beginning of a beautiful relationship, both professionally and personally. 6 months after that fateful night and after many a late night phone call, Cara found herself in Australia for a holiday to visit ‘Fitzy’. Fitzy pulled out all stops – taking his Irish sweetheart to see some of our finest; the Barrier Reef, the Blue Mountains, the city of Sydney by night, the Central Coast and way out west to the outback. It worked a treat; Cara was smitten by both Fitzy and Australia. The combination with Cara Robinson has been described as a match made in heaven and after witnessing a live performance and listening to their music it's impossible to dispute that description. The wildness of Hat Fitz’s performance is still there, but is now tempered by the bewitching Cara. Cara draws on her soul background (she’s toured Europe and the United States with singers such as Jamiroquai and the hugely popular Corrine Bailey-Rae), and although blessed with a sensational voice she was not content to be labelled as ‘just a singer’. She has taken to drumming duties as well as washboards, flute and tin whistle, sometimes all at once. Over the past few years, the now husband & wife duo have slightly changed their musical direction. They have been writing more original material together and honing a sound that is growing from strength to strength and moving into new genres. But their music is still blessed with that “old timey” feel and flavour, as shown on their latest release “Wiley Ways” which was produced by Australian blues legend Jeff Lang.

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