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8 Ball Aitken

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

Albums

2004 Behind the 8 Ball
2006 Odd Ball In
2008 Rebel With a Cause
2011 The Tamworth Tapes
2013 Southern Hemisphere
2015 The New Normal
2018 Swamp Blues
2020 Swamp Blues 2
2021 Ice Cream Man
2022 Heart & Soul
2023 Ice Cream Man 2
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