“Phil Coyne & The Wayward Aces take a potent blend of Little Walter-inspired Chicago blues harp and garage band attitude, throwing in a soupçon of psychobilly to sterling effect.” - David Osler
Awards
Docs Blues Awards 2025 (UK) - nomination for Top 10 Live Blues Albums of The Year • Vic/Tas Blues Awards – Band of the Year Finalist (2023)
Notable Festivals
St Kilda Blues Festival (2025, 2026) • Echuca Winter Blues Festival (2025, 2026) • Mitchell Creek Rock ’n’ Blues (2023)
Notable Venues
Beneath Driver Lane (Melbourne) • Union Hotel Brunswick • Woodlands Hotel Coburg • The Rainbow Hotel Fitzroy • The Legendary Blues Train
Phil Coyne I Email: phillcoyne@gmail.com I Mobile: 0408486060
Release Date: 25 September 2026
Recording engineer: Paulie Bignel, Mastering engineer: Robert Dillon
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”From three-piece punch to four-piece firepower — White Knuckle Time captures Phil Coyne and The Wayward Aces shifting into another gear. White Knuckle Time captures Phil Coyne & The Wayward Aces at a crossroads moment. Expanding into a four-piece, the band retains its harp-driven Chicago blues foundation while embracing a deeper pulse, swing and momentum. Dale Lindrea's authoritative bass and Will Harris's insistent drums propel the feel, while Morgan Klose's guitar chimes, twangs and prowls beneath Phil Coyne's brassy harmonica and expressive vocals. White Knuckle Time is 12 songs exploring crossroads moments, relationships, enduring connections and misplaced certainty. Warm, observant and not too serious, White Knuckle Time explores the humour, humanity and movement in life's imperfect journeys.