8 Ball Aitken

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8 Ball Aitken
BornBrisbane Queensland, Australia
Occupation(s)Songwriter, singer
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2004–present
LabelsPhoenix Movement Records, Red Rocker Records
Website www.8ballaitken.com

8 Ball Aitken (born 9 June 1981) 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]

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Aitken is the founder of the Mt Coot-tha Songwriters Festival. [2]

History

At the 2008 Q Song Awards, Aitken won Blues and Roots Song of the Year for "Yellow Moon". At the same awards in 2009, "Outback Booty Call" won Country Song of the Year. [3]

Aitken's song "Cowboy Movie" was nominated for the Australian Blues & Roots Song of the Year at the APRA Music Awards of 2009. [4]

Aitken third studio album Rebel with a Cause was produced by Garth Porter. [5] The album produced two top 10 country hits, "Cyclone Country" & "Hands on Top of the Wheel". [6]

In 2013, Aitken had a one song in the Australian Country Music Radio Charts with song "She's Going to Mexico, I'm Going to Jail". [7]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Behind the 8 Ball
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: Phoenix Movement Records (8BALL002)
  • Formats: CD, DD
Odd Ball In
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: Phoenix Movement Records (Odd Ball In)
  • Formats: CD, DD
Rebel with a Cause
  • Release date: 2009
  • Label: Red Rocker Records, MGM (9324690029488)
  • Formats: CD, DD
The Tamworth Tapes
  • Release date: 2011
  • Label: Red Rocker Records (8BALL004)
  • Formats: CD, DD
Alive in Tamworth
  • Release date: 2012
  • Label: Red Rocker Records (8BALL005)
  • Formats: CD, DD
Southern Hemisphere
  • Release date: 2013
  • Label: Red Rocker Records (8BALL008)
  • Formats: CD, DD
The New Normal
  • Release date: January 2015
  • Label: Red Rocker Records (8BALL009)
  • Formats: CD, DD
Swamp Blues
  • Release date: February 2018
  • Label: Red Rocker Records (8BALL010)
  • Formats: CD, DD, LP, streaming
Swamp Blues 2
  • Release date: April 2020
  • Label: Red Rocker Records (8BALL011)
  • Formats: CD, DD, LP, streaming
Ice Cream Man
  • Release date: 23 April 2021 [8]
  • Label: Red Rocker Records
  • Formats: DD, streaming

Compilations albums

TitleDetails
A Bluer Shade of Blue
  • Release date: 2013
  • Label: Red Rocker Records
  • Formats: CD, DD
8 Ball Aitken
  • Release date: 2016
  • Label: Red Rocker Records
  • Formats: CD, DD, LP, streaming

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually. Aitken has been nominated for one award.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2009 "Cowboy Movie"Australian Blues & Roots Song of the YearNominated
2019 "High Water" (8 Ball Aitken / Guthrie Kennard)Song of the YearShortlisted [9]

Q Song Awards

The Queensland Music Awards (previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating Queensland, Australia's brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006. [10]

YearNominee / workAwardResult (wins only)
2008 [11] "Yellow Moon"Blues and Roots Song of the YearWon
2009 [12] "Outback Booty Call"Country Song of the YearWon

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