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| | Australian blues singer and songwriter, who plays electric guitar, banjo, and dobro.
Born in Katherine, in Australia’s remote Northern Territory, C.W. is the son of an American school teacher with a passion for music. He is influenced by , , and , gospel blues, Chicago blues, ragtime, Hokum blues, calypso, early rock ’n’ roll, ’60s girl groups, and late-’50s R’n’B, among many others. CW taught himself the banjo and electric guitar, but his prized possession is a 1931 National Duolian dobro. He has recorded three complete albums of wholly original material: [m=379668], [m=379666] and, his latest, [m=797228]. Stoneking paid tribute to some of his musical influences on his semi-official bootleg album, [r=5744166], a limited edition release that was only available at his gigs, which features songs by , and sitting alongside obscurities by , , , and . |
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