Mix great songwriting, incredible guitar play, a warm
soulful voice and an irresistible live performance and
you’ll get Jaimi Faulkner, a young multi-talented
Australian who won’t stay unnoticed for long. With just
his guitar, a stompbox and his voice, he throws different
musical styles into a blender and creates a style that is
uniquely his own.
As a kid Jaimi was brought up on a diet rich in Blues,
Country, Soul and Folk music and learned to play the
slide guitar by listening to tapes of Muddy Waters and
other blues musicians with his next-door neighbor (a
famous Australian slide guitar player) when he was just
10 years old. In his teens, Jaimi started to write his own
songs and combined his interest in pop music with the
influences from his childhood.
At the age of 21 he released his first cd ‘Last Light’
which debuted at No. 5 on the Australian Rhythms
Magazine Charts where it held its position for four
months. Music agents in Australia noticed his talent and
gave him supports with well-known artists, amongst
them the late Chris Whitley in 2005.