8 Ball Aitken Band Headline in Nambour on NOV 1st

Sunshine Coast swamp-blues, soul-rock favourites 8 Ball Aitken Band are performing at The Presynct in Nambour on Friday November 1^st.  This will be their first time at the venue and their final local show for the year. The gig is supported by Jessy Lynch Band & Craig Madden Band. Doors 7pm. Tickets 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.