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The Bluesman from Downunder and his band are back by popular demand after being enthusiastically received at their Alive After Five debut last spring.

Last February, they won the 2007 Australian Blues Music Award for Best Band. Growing up in rural Australia, Geoff Achison developed a passion for American blues music and taught himself to play on his mother’s beat up acoustic guitar. Now a veteran entertainer on three continents, he started his world explorations in 1995 with a trip to the U. S., representing Melbourne at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. There he won the coveted Albert King Award for best guitarist and went on to score an endorsement deal with Gibson Guitars USA. Since 1998, he has been a regular guest guitar instructor at Jorma Kaukonen's (Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna) Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio. Kaukonen says "Geoff is one of the finest blues guitarists I know with a completely individual style."

Geoff Achison has developed a reputation as a guitarist’s guitarist, equally adept at acoustic and electric styles. He’s also a soulful vocalist with an engaging stage presence brimming with droll Australian humor. Mike Daly of The Age describes Achison's playing as "One of the sweetest sounds in the world today." The Times of London declared Achison as "One of the most gifted musicians to arrive on the scene. The man could be king."

Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers
Knoxville Museum of Art
1050 World’s Fair Park
5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday, April 27
$10 non-KMA members
$6 KMA members or with student ID
Free parking
Cash bar and concessions available