Claude Hay

CLAUDE HAY RELEASES NEW ALBUM 'ROLLER COASTER' AND HEADS OUT ON TOUR.

Celebrated independent blues rocker Claude Hay has announced plans to release his new long player ‘Roller Coaster’ on September 8th.

It’s never been in doubt that Claude Hay knows his way around a hook, and his 4th studio album Roller Coaster highlights Hay’s writing just as much as his unique guitar and vocal approach. From the stripped-back glam rock of the title track, gutter funk of Forget About Me and Bowie-meets-chain-gang eclecticism of a tune like Hold You Up - the Roller Coaster album is a tour-de-force from an artist at the peak of his craft, and one who’s not afraid to let his inner Hillbilly shine from time to time.

Finding time to write is always a challenge for Hay who spends most of his year on tour in Australia and Europe, says Claude:

“I’m never really happy with anything I create and end up doing 15 versions of things until someone convinces me it’s good enough - so Roller Coaster took a while to write and demo. It’s also the first album I’ve written to be performed by a band - my previous albums were written knowing that they were going to be performed solo using loops - so it was inspiring being able to write whatever I wanted and have things like chord progressions, and verses that were different to the choruses.”

Roller Coaster is available in stores and online from September 8th through Only Blues Music.

A special night at the Hut, this show brings The Rhythm Hut long time friend and drumming teacher Marcus Missio-Spiteri to playing a home show with Claude.

WIN A CLAUDE HAY HANDMADE GUITAR

Claude Hay is one of the world’s great DIY musicians and has built almost everything he uses for his art, including his studio (and the building it’s in), his pedals, his tour van and of course his guitars – which he names after women - real and imagined.

Every album and tour gets a new handmade guitar and the Roller Coaster Tour is no exception with ‘Jeri’ and ‘Jeri MK 2’ being created from jerry cans to supply the resonator-style tones found all over the album. Claude is running a competition to win the Jeri Mk 2 - all you have to do for your chance to win is to go along to www.claudehay.com.au/guitars to fill in an entry form.

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We're looking for a local band to support on the night. If you are interested please call or email Lou on 0420 682 258 or lou@therhythmhut.com.au, and send links, photos, bios. We'd love to hear from you!