Claude Hay - Kiss the Sky (2007)

Tracklist

01. Smile
02. Kiss the Sky
03. Gold
04. Commercial Fallout
05. Sun
06. Fade
07. $5.99 Toaster
08. Inside
09. Fly
10. Hope
11. Be Alright
12. Grow Up
13. Inside (Chilled)

One Man Band, Claude Hay's first album release of his rootsy-blues acoustic-ish sound. Hailing from the Blue Mountains near Sydney, award winning Australian solo artist Claude Hay blends slide guitar, bass and drums to create music that invokes the best of stomping traditional blues, hard rock and booty-shaking funk, all delivered with chops to burn and a vocal range to match. Claude is perhaps the world’s ultimate Do-It- Yourself musician – forging his live sound on the back of looping technology which allows him to create a band vibe without the band. This approach has seen this fiercely independent artist build an audience for his music globally with the release of three award-winning home-made albums. Taking DIY a step further than most, Claude has built all his own equipment: there’s ‘Betty’, his double-necked guitar which he made out of a kitchen bench top; there’s ‘Stella’, his new ‘Cigar Box’ guitar which started its life as a six dollar baking tin. He’s also built his own dome house and studio from the ground up, and pimped out his tour van with a shower and bar (a great move when you consider how much time he spends on the road).

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