Coming from a farming community in Far North Queensland, 8 Ball Aitken is the oldest son of an impoverished family of twelve children. 8 Ball spent his adolescence on a banana plantation, living in a rough tobacco shed with resident rats, bats, snakes, and spiders as his sleeping companions. He started work as a farm labourer aged fifteen, doing back-breakingly hard work on the mango and banana plantations of the Atherton Tablelands, a man's work for a boy's pay. He had to help support his family with these wages.
When 8 Ball was nineteen years old, a radical conversation altered his life path. "I used to work on a farm all week, then party all weekend," he explains. "An Aboriginal elder from Townsville was visiting my town, and we were talking on Sunday morning after he had been watching me play guitar all weekend. He sat me down and told me off sternly ˜I will be really disappointed if I visit next year and see you still here drinking and smoking, just wasting your talent and your life away," explains the ex-farm worker, recalling his labouring in the Atherton Tablelands fruit plantations as a young teenager. "This was a ˜time stands still', life-changing experience", adds 8 Ball. "From that point on, I have stayed true, and followed my dream of making music and taking it out to the people". He packed his bags, grabbed his guitar, and hitch-hiked south to the Big Smoke of Brisbane to seek his fortune.
The 27 year old former banana picker from Mareeba, Far North Queensland has created a uniquely Australian contemporary sound -- original roots music which reflects his origins in the steamy heat of the Far North Queensland tropics. This hot musical mix is striking the right note with audiences around the world.
When 8 Ball was nineteen years old, a radical conversation altered his life path. "I used to work on a farm all week, then party all weekend," he explains. "An Aboriginal elder from Townsville was visiting my town, and we were talking on Sunday morning after he had been watching me play guitar all weekend. He sat me down and told me off sternly ˜I will be really disappointed if I visit next year and see you still here drinking and smoking, just wasting your talent and your life away," explains the ex-farm worker, recalling his labouring in the Atherton Tablelands fruit plantations as a young teenager. "This was a ˜time stands still', life-changing experience", adds 8 Ball. "From that point on, I have stayed true, and followed my dream of making music and taking it out to the people". He packed his bags, grabbed his guitar, and hitch-hiked south to the Big Smoke of Brisbane to seek his fortune.
The 27 year old former banana picker from Mareeba, Far North Queensland has created a uniquely Australian contemporary sound -- original roots music which reflects his origins in the steamy heat of the Far North Queensland tropics. This hot musical mix is striking the right note with audiences around the world.
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 45:17
Size: 103.7 MB
Styles: Roots, Electric blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front
[3:05] 1. Refugee
[3:09] 2. All Alone
[3:20] 3. Yes, I'm Worried Baby
[2:41] 4. I'm A Man
[4:05] 5. Walls Have Ears
[3:07] 6. All The Money
[4:28] 7. Crossroad Child
[2:36] 8. Shoot You Down
[3:42] 9. Gypsy Man
[3:44] 10. Burning Up Inside
[4:29] 11. Sun Go Down
[3:27] 12. That Feeling
[3:19] 13. Cheetah
Behind The 8 Ball mc
Behind The 8 Ball zippy
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 38:43
Size: 88.6 MB
Styles: Roots, Electric blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front
[3:22] 1. Cowboy
[3:23] 2. Sagas & Dramas
[3:23] 3. Heaven Is In My Bed
[3:31] 4. By The Side Of The Road
[3:26] 5. I Believe You Can
[2:55] 6. You're Out Of The Game
[3:12] 7. Your Poison
[2:38] 8. Lucky Charms
[2:58] 9. Work Smarter
[3:41] 10. Young Girl
[2:34] 11. Are You Ashamed
[3:35] 12. Flamin' Thongs
Odd Ball In mc
Odd Ball In zippy
3 comments:
both are same link
mapleB
sorry 'bout that MB, link fixed.
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