{{Distinguish|Don Turner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dom Turner | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Dominic Turner | alias = Sid Chrome (Angry Tradesmen) | origin = Australia | instrument = Guitar<br />Resonator Guitar<br />various Asian folk instruments | genre = Blues and Roots | occupation = | years_active = | label = | website = www.backsliders.com.au }}
'''Dominic Turner''' is an Australian blues guitarist, vocalist and key songwriter for the Australian blues band ''The Backsliders''. Dom also has a number of solo projects including 'Dom Turner and Supro' and 'Dom Turner and the Nationals'. In 2002, Dom along with Rob Hirst, formed the band Angry Tradesman.
He specialises in "bottle neck" slide guitar using resonator guitars as well as 6 and 12 string acoustic and electric guitars.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Backsliders | url=http://www.backsliders.com.au/biography.html | accessdate=11 July 2009}}</ref> Dom's session guitar work can be heard on a variety of Australian albums, such as Rob Hirst's (from Midnight Oil and also the drummer in The Backsliders) ''Ghostwriters'' Second Skin album.<ref>{{cite web | title=Dom Turner and Supro | url=http://www.backsliders.com.au/domturner/suprobio.html | accessdate=11 July 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106175044/http://www.backsliders.com.au/domturner/suprobio.html | archive-date=6 January 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Dom's influences are many and varied – a blend of delta blues, piedmont blues, rock, dub and sounds of Asia.<ref>{{cite web | title=Gilet Guitars | url=http://www.giletguitars.com.au/player_detail.php?player=7 | accessdate=11 July 2009}}</ref>
He is a highly regarded speaker on blues and roots music and has guested on ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio programs and presented music workshops at festivals and in universities (both nationally and internationally). He has also contributed songs for the ABC's television show Sea Change.<ref>{{cite web | title=Dom Turner and Supro | url=http://www.backsliders.com.au/domturner/suprobio.html | accessdate=11 July 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106175044/http://www.backsliders.com.au/domturner/suprobio.html | archive-date=6 January 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2004, Dom was voted Songwriter of the Year at the Australian Blues Awards in Goulburn, NSW and has a sculpture in recognition of this honour at the Goulburn Visitors Centre.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Backsliders | url=http://www.backsliders.com.au/domturner/suprobio.html | accessdate=3 March 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703063459/http://www.backsliders.com.au/domturner/suprobio.html | archive-date=3 July 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=ABC: Dom Turner and Supro | website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/liveos/stories/s693518.htm | accessdate= 3 March 2007}}</ref>
==Albums== ''The Backsliders'' *2016 - Heathen Songbook *2014 - Dark Side *2011 - Starvation Box *2009 - Throwbacks *2007 - Left Field Holler *2005 - Live *2003 - Live at the Basement (DVD) *2002 - Hanoi *1999 - Poverty Deluxe *1998 - Downtime (A Ten Year Collection Of Backsliders Music) *1995 - Wide Open *1993 - Live at the Royal *1991 - Hellhound *1989 - Sitting on a Million *1988 - Preaching Blues
''Dom Turner and Supro'' *2000 - Electro Vee
''Kim Sinh and Dom Turner'' *2012 - Two Days in Hanoi
''Dom Turner and Ian Collard'' *2012 - Mama Says We're Crazy Too
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