| Since their formation in August 2010 The Alex Hamilton Band (formerly Lewis Hamilton1) have been booked for over 400 shows from Shetland to Poland, and have appeared at most of the UK’s biggest blues festivals, including Main Stage performances at Hebden Bridge and Maryport. As a guitarist Lewis pays tribute to some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, taking influence from people like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix and Rory Gallagher. He also incorporates playing styles from more modern blues-rock musicians such as, Joe Bonamassa, Derek Trucks and Matt Scofield. As a vocalist he has developed his own unique and powerful style of singing, while taking influence from the likes of Joe Cocker and Dave Mathews. His debut album Gambling Machine won the Scottish New Music Award for Scottish Jazz/Blues album of the year for 2012. Candlelight & Sympathy from Empty Roads will feature on the soundtrack of a new feature film ‘Scar Tissue’. His third album Ghost Train has had numerous top reviews and acclaim from magazines and websites worldwide, and airplay in over 15 countries. In addition to his previous nominations in the 2012 and 2013 British Blues Awards and receiving two preliminary nominations in their song-writing category, Lewis has been nominated yet again as BEST YOUNG ARTIST in 2014 Lewis has performed with such notable musicians as Aynsley Lister (for whom he filled in vocals at a live show), Ryan McGarvey, Henrik Freischlader, Alan Nimmo, Chantel McGregor, Carl Verheyen, Kink King and Ben Poole. He also has a considerable talent for recording, and runs his own studio in Auchterarder, Scotland, where all his music is written, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Lewis himself. Meer... |
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JOCK'S JUKE JOINT In the last year, Lewis Hamilton has released on his own label the critically acclaimed three volume series of Scottish Blues, Jock’s Juke Joint, featuring Lewis’ own tracks and those of another 50 Scottish blues artists. The series has also received a high level of coverage in the international blues scene with airplay from more than seventy radio shows across a dozen countries and prominent reviews in all the leading UK blues/roots publications, plus several others in North America and Europe. The second volume of the series was nominated as best album in the British Blues Awards 2013, while the third volume was selected as the first ever album of the month by the Independent Blues Broadcasters’ Association. THE BAND With father Nick Hamilton on bass and Ian Beestin on drums, the Alex Hamilton Band are a Blues/Rock trio of exceptional power and dynamics. Having packed hundreds of venues across the world, sold thousand of albums and built a phenomenal fan base, the Alex Hamilton Band is a musical force to be reckoned with. VIBROCASTER CO. As a side business to subsidise the music career and lack of gigs during the pandemic, Alex opened a small second hand, online guitar shop. Selling Fender & Gibson guitars, amps, parts and pedals, if you're purchasing some thing from him, you can take comfort in the knowledge that you are buying form a professional musician with a long standing reputation. 1 Lewis is zijn 2e naam Alexander (Alex) gaan gebruiken om woordspelingen met de formule 1 te voorkomen, maar vooral ook om gevonden te worden met google. |