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The Mason Rack Band

About Me

Winners of the Q-Song Award for best Blues and Roots song''"Dust'', written with Steve Balbi, Pre Pro. recorded and receiving airplay on ''JJJ'', The Mason Rack Band have been touring, and with the awesome response from fans, the boys are hooked! A big thanks to all at our gigs, all our mates that help us, Cult Clothing, Bluesnite [Canada] Management. 2008 see's the boy's tour more, even to Canada in August.
Mason Rack [sponsored by ''CULT''] : energetic, talented, unique and captivating audiences everywhere, Mason Rack has just picked up two nominations in the Qsong Awards, with a song he co-wrote with ''legend'' Steve Balbi [Syd], after sparking interest from ''Warner Music ''. Mason has held out for the write reasons. Already, his talents have been discovered by a host of venues and festivals up and down the east coast, where Mason Rack is a familiar face and a major drawcard, playing to packed audiences and drawing an entourage of dedicated fans.They are touring regularly now. Mason Rack are sponsored by clothing giant''CULT INDUSTRIES''
Already Mason Rack has notched up a number of prestigious achievements and is causing music buffs, sponsors, recording studios and star catchers to sit up, take notice, and make notes.
Mason is no stanger to the world of entertainment. His heart and soul are in it, and he has been performing to charmed audiences since he was six. His energy and emotion pours forth with the same verve as his famous and similarly multi-talented Dad, Billy Rack, a renown jazz musician with a corresponding knack for enthrawlling audiences.
Mason Rack's exciting new Weissenborn lap slide guitar, the type used by Ben Harper and Xavier Rudd, becomes an extension of himself, as Mason pours out tunes influenced by blues, southern stomp swamp, classic rock and alternative music.
In his own words: "I just want to bring the best, meanest, horniest, rockin, swampy, smokey, blues music to my audiences.... Jamming alongside artist like Phil Emmanuel, Tex Perkins, Lisa Hunt, Renee Geyer and Xavier Rudd, accepting accolades from politicians, signing a recording deal with local label Bloodstock Records, scoring in the Top5 for Blues at the MusicOz Awards, being dubbed "the best new blues/roots act ever seen" at the Toyota National Gympie Music Muster, supporting Xavier Rudd and playing at the Quicksilver Pro in Coolangatta and also being supported by ''CULT INDUSTIES''all the signs are there in bold:
Mason Racks star is definitely on the rise.
DVD & CD available at www.masonrack.com
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/17/2006
Band Website: www.masonrack.com
Band Members: Mason Rack on vocals, slide guitar, lead guitar and mean growls

Matt Henry on bass guitar and backing vocals

We also on special occasions hire guest performers such as:

Glen Heffernen on lead guitar and slide guitar
Mykl Lozin on violin
and BILLY RACK in spirit...
Influences:
- Billy Rack
- Tom Waites
- Rolling Stones
- Cruel Sea
- Ben Harper
- Kings of Leon
- Violent Femmes
- Steppin Wolf
- Blood Sweat and Tears
- Pink Floyd
- Jeff Buckley etc...

Sounds Like: A collection of rock/blues/roots with flashes of Tom Waites and Hendrix, melting towards Ben Harper, but mainly, it sounds like you should by a ''cd''.Screaming slide, big bass, big drums, big show, wait for the all in drum deul, it's something you'll never forget..... xx
Record Label: humble zen '' indie''
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

2ND CANADIAN TOUR

HEY,JUST GIGGED THE ''REGINA'' BLUES FEST,FULL HOUSE...AND WE HAD A STANDING OVATION...WHICH WAS AWSOME..NOW WE HEAD OFF TO BANFF,3 SHOWS..AND SNOWBOARDING..WILL BE AWSOME...THEN FLYING TO TORONTO FOR...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:00:00 GMT

canadian tour going great.....

wow, this place is beautiful, the mountains, the lakes, the places,smells...and the people....''awsome''....we just had our first day off, my son turned one...''yay!!''= party''...then a ten hour driv...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:30:00 GMT

canadian TOUR

OK,THE FLIGHT WAS LOOOOOONG, BUT CANADA IS BEAUTIFUL....THE PEOPLE THE SIGHTS, AND THE GIGS ARE AWSOME...WE ARE ON VANCOUVER ISLAND, PINE FOREST MEETS THE WATER AND ITS KIND OF LIKE BYRON BAY....VERY ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:55:00 GMT

FAREWELL SHOW/TOURING CANADA..

HI ALL, SPECIAL SHOW JUNE 14TH @ COOLANGATTA HOTEL, ITS THE FAREWELL/FUNDRAISE FOR OUR TOUR TO CANADA... SELF FUNDED, YES ....WE SOLD OUR TOUR BUS TO HELP FUND THIS....NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GET THE...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 04:38:00 GMT

tours,thanks,new cd...

hi all, our 2nd nsw tour was awsome, thanks to all involved and all the fans who rocked out with us...2008 see's us touring again both north and south, then to canada in august...and yes a new cd is c...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:25:00 GMT

never give in or up.

hey all, just found this blog thing, but i gotta mention my thoughts on the music industry, its the hours/days /years/friends/equipment and money that goes into getting out there and playing gigs,then...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:03:00 GMT