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Dominic Turner

Dom Turner is best known as guitarist/ vocalist, founding member of the iconic Australian blues group, Backsliders. He has toured the Australian festival circuit since the 1980s and regularly appears at most major blues related music festivals including Bluesfest, Woodford Folk Festival and Blues on Broadbeach to name but a few. Dom’s influences are many and varied – a blend of delta blues, Piedmont blues, rock, dub and sounds of Asia. He is a highly regarded speaker on blues music and has guested on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) radio programs (including a weekly series on ABC Gold Coast entitled 'Blues Tuesdays' and guest presenting Radio National’s ‘Music Deli’) and presented music workshops at festivals and in universities (both nationally and internationally). Dom’s other side projects, include ‘Supro’, a mix of ‘dub’ and blues and features original and reconstructed songs as well as The Angry Tradesmen, a grunge-rock project with fellow Backslider, Rob Hirst.