Sit Tight (digital download)

The debut album, from Dom Turner and the Rural Blues Project, Sit Tight, is a collection of 13 powerfully brooding, menacing, upbeat 20th century rural blues songs by traditional artists such as Lead Belly, Fred McDowell and Robert Johnson, all hybridised and rearranged for 21st century audiences. Dom Turner (of Backsliders) and legendary drummer

The debut album, from Dom Turner and the Rural Blues Project, Sit Tight, is a collection of 13 powerfully brooding, menacing, upbeat 20th century rural blues songs by traditional artists such as Lead Belly, Fred McDowell and Robert Johnson, all hybridised and rearranged for 21st century audiences. Dom Turner (of Backsliders) and legendary drummer Rosscoe Clark are joined by guests George Washingmachine (violin) and Johnny Gauci (accordion, organ, piano). Sit Tight was recorded at Oceanic Studio by Jim Moginie, and mastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301. Quotes “Perhaps Australia’s truest of ‘true blue bluesmen’” Bluesfest 2022 “Turner is a phenomenal guitarist – slide and otherwise – and brilliant songwriter with trademark vocals” Rhythms Magazine “The man is a phenomenal blues player.” BWW Reviews