8ball Aitken

The Aitken family, originally from Scotland, settled in the Atherton Tableland section of Queensland’s Deep North and felt no reason to keep for many generations. 8 Ball Aitken inherited the family’s exclusive shock of scarlet hair, however, not that desire in which to stay the main one place. At age 19 he quit his life selecting fruit and surviving in a cigarette shed, and hitchhiked south to the town of Brisbane along with his acoustic guitar to create it like a nation musician. At an early on gig inside a rowdy pub a battle broke out more than a pool desk as well as the 8 Ball was knocked onto the stage, leading the music group to provide him his nickname as well as the name of his first documenting, Behind the 8 Ball, released in 2004. Its acoustic mixture of nation, origins, and distinctively Australian subject material made Aitken the decision of Brisbane’s mayor to mind the inaugural Lawn Roots Music Event. Aitken also received a grant by means of among musician John Butler’s JB Seed products, which he utilized to go to Sydney and research pedal metal with legendary program guitarist Michel Rose. His second recording, Unusual Ball In, premiered in 2006, accompanied by Rebel having a Trigger in 2008.