Radio National also presented his February 2007 Australia-wide tour. In 2006, radio presenter Tim Ritchie picked Stoneking's King Hokum as his album of the year on Radio National'sBreakfast program. The current line-up is James Clark (tuba, double bass), Stephen Grant (cornet), Stu Barker (trombone), and Johnny Machin (drums). In 2006, Stoneking formed his backing band, the Primitive Horn Orchestra with whom he still performs. The album was received with great critical acclaim in the Australian media after its release in 2006. In 2005 Stoneking recorded an album of original blues compositions titled King Hokum. Stoneking was born in Katherine, Northern Territory, on March 15, 1974, the son of Billy Marshall Stoneking. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009 Jungle Blues won Best Blues and Roots Album he was also nominated for Best Male Artist, Breakthrough Artist – Album, Best Independent Release and Best Cover Art. He has released three studio albums, King Hokum (March 2005), Jungle Blues (28 August 2008) and Gon' Boogaloo (17 October 2014), on his own King Hokum Records label. Stoneking and the Primitive Horn OrchestraĬhristopher William ' C.W.' Stoneking (born 1974) is an Australian bluessinger-songwriter, guitarist and banjo player. Low Transit, King Hokum, Voodoo Rhythm, Hillgrass Bluebilly Stonekingīlues, country blues, vaudeville blues, calypso, Hokum, Rock and Roll, Lo-fi