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We are delighted to welcome 8 BALL AITKEN back to Bittern with his new album ‘SWAMP BLUES’
​This will be a very special, entirely acoustic, up close and personal experience with 8Ball... a rare opportunity.
​As always, AFTERNOON TEA is part of the deal, with gluten/dairy free well catered for.
​Numbers will be kept strictly limited for this special show, so book early to avoid disappointment.

MONSTER 10TH ALBUM UNLEASHED
Ex-pat singer-songwriter, 8 Ball Aitken, kicks off 2018 on tour in Australia with the launch of his 10th album, Swamp Blues, a monster of a release strongly influenced by his experiences immersed in the soul of America’s Deep South.
8 Ball says “As a resident of USA, much of my touring is traversing between Texas and Tennessee and travelling through Louisiana, home to the gritty, sub-genre sound I love the most (and birth place of one of my musical heroes, Tony Joe White).
Swamp Blues is a cathartic album, one which I have wanted to write for a long time. It’s my salute to the rhythms of the Deep South, lyrically inspired by southern themes and is my most stripped back recording to date. Of the 12 tracks, two were co-written with friend and 100% certified Texas Bluesman, Guthrie Kennard, and it was such a thrill to be creative partners on High Water and Mama’s Cookin’.
Recorded at Yellow Dog Studios in Wimberley, Texas’ Hill Country, the tracks were laid down through an analogue 70’s tape machine for the warm guitar tones and cool Hammond organ with studio musicians from legendary outfits including Tedeschi Trucks drummer JJ Johnson and former Bob Dylan bass player Glenn Fukunaga.”
Swamp Blues is out now on CD, iTunes, vinyl record, and cassette.
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