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Kōrero: Folk, country and blues music

Hammond Gamble, Ninety mile days, 2008

Hammond Gamble began his career in the 1980s with the blues and rock group Street Talk, before becoming a solo blues artist. His 2008 album Ninety mile days consists of original songs, including the title song inspired by Gamble's time living at Ninety Mile Beach in the far north. This reflects the fact that New Zealand blues artists have grafted local experiences onto what was originally an American musical form. Listen to part of Gamble's song 'I'll look over my shoulder', from Ninety mile days.

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Hammond Gamble

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Chris Bourke, Folk, country and blues music – The blues, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/music/43467/hammond-gamble-ninety-mile-days-2008 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Chris Bourke, i tāngia i te 2 December 2013.

Comments

Rod Macdiarmid
22 August 2022
This article suggest that Hammond began his career with Street Talk in the 1980's - but I used to watch him and his band at the Windsor Castle Hotel in Parnell Rd in the mid 70s - I was flatting just around the corner in 1975 - a great blues band!