Australian Blues Musicians by Instrument - Australian Blues Guitarists, Kevin Borich, Fiona Boyes, Dave Hole, Rob Tognoni, Gerry Joe Weise (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Australian Blues Guitarists, Kevin Borich, Fiona Boyes, Dave Hole, Rob Tognoni, Gerry Joe Weise, Xavier Rudd, C. W. Stoneking, Jackie Orszaczky, Dom Turner, Mojo Webb, James Meston. Excerpt: C.W. Stoneking (born 1974) is an Australian blues singer/ songwriter, guitar/banjo player. He currently resides in Melbourne, Australia and performs across Australia and internationally as a solo artist and with his backing band, the Primitive Horn Orchestra.To Date C.W. Stoneking has released two full length albums of his original material, they are 'King Hokum' (first released in 2006 on Low Transit Industries Recordings, re-released on Stoneking's own 'King Hokum Records' label in March 2008), and Jungle Blues (released on King Hokum Records, October 2008).In 2006, Disc jockey Tim Ritchie picked Stoneking's King Hokum as his album of the year on Radio National's Breakfast program . Radio National also presented his February 2007 Australia-wide tour. King Hokum was nominated for the Best Blues/Roots album in the 2007 ARIA Awards, and won 'Best Independent Blues Release' in the 2007 AIR Awards (Australian Independent Record Industry Awards). In 2008 C.W. Stoneking released Jungle Blues, his second album of original compositions. Jungle Blues was nominated for 'Best Blues/Roots Album', 'Best Independent Release', 'Best Male Artist', and 'Best Album Cover Art' at the 2009 ARIA Awards . At the fourth annual AIR Awards held on 22 November 2009, C. W. Stoneking was nominated for 'Best Independent Album', 'Best Independent Blues/ Roots Album', and 'Independent Artist of the Year', with Jungle Blues winning the award for 'Best Independent Blues/ Roots Album'. Jungle Blues was also shortlisted in the 2008 Australian Music Prize .C.W. Stoneking at The Basement, Sydney, 2007. Photo by Craig Ben...