8 Ball Aitken Band, The Groove Cartel & Dillion James Hit The Presynct, Nambour
Soul-blues-rockers 8 Ball Aitken Band are performing at The Presynct in Nambour on Saturday February 1st. This will be their second headline show at the venue. The evening of soulful music is supported by The Groove Cartel featuring Mataya (Sydney), Dean Grey and New Orleans Keyboard wizard Dillion James. Doors 7pm. Tickets $35 from Oztix and 8ballaitken.com.
8 Ball Aitken has toured the world for more than a decade performing his music across twenty countries to date. He’s earned a loyal fanbase from his live shows and internet videos, while paying his dues as a singer, songwriter, slide-guitarist, and producer.
8 Ball moved to Nashville, Tennessee, USA in 2012 and worked for nine years with many of the best in the blues business today. He won second place in the 2021 International New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival before moving back to Australia.
8 Ball’s current blues rock album ‘ICE CREAM MAN 2’ hit #1 in the Australian Blues & Roots Charts in June 2023 and had 4 number #1 AMRAP Chart hits. It’s the highly anticipated follow up to the first ‘ICE CREAM MAN’ album that also hit #1 on the Australian Blues & Roots Charts two years earlier.
8 Ball Aitken produced ‘ICE CREAM MAN 2’ himself from his studio in the Glass House Mountains. The cast of musicians include Grammy winning drummer Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy), saxophone legend Buddy Leach (George Thorogood & The Destroyers), Sydney soul singer Taya Chani and 8 Ball’s younger brother Dillion James Aitken on Hammond organ and piano.
