Backsliders Promotional Information

‘The Backsliders, Dom Turner's over-driven steel guitar and Rob Hirst's hyper-bombastic drumming wield a blues that is much louder, much more raucous, than blues-inspired rock acts like The White Stripes and The Black Keys‘FasterLouder.com.au December 2008.

‘From Turner's resonator came menacing voodoo-blues sounds that conjured images of a bad moon rising over a fog-laden bayou; while Hirst provided the sound of your heart drumming as you feared what lurked beneath‘ FasterLouder.com.au December 2008.

‘Dom Turner is my all-time favourite guitar player‘Bill Hauritz, Founder and Director Woodford Folk Festival - 8th May 2007

‘An ocean of beats and blues’ – Pacific Longboarder

‘this is the best acoustic blues band in the country’ – Doug Mulray, 2003

‘move over Jon Spencer, Dom Turner’s blues explosion has come of age’ – Drum Media 2002

‘taking the sounds and smells of the delta blues and giving it an Australian taste’ ..‘contemporary roots music at its best’ – Drum Media 2002

‘…Australia’s top blues act….” – Rhythms Magazine

‘…acoustic blues with punch…refreshingly energetic’ – Rhythms Magazine.

‘without a dispute the best blues band in Australia. Their material is impeccable and their musicianship is a wonder to behold’ – Sydney Morning Herald

‘the Backsliders are the rarest of blues bands’ – Sydney Morning Herald

‘..so steeped in rural blues they can write their own variations.’ – Sydney Morning Herald