This is the quintessential Jack Derwin Collection spanning 3 decades of music. We start here with Volume 1 and the brand-new title track recorded in collaboration with long time cohort Geoff Jones on electric guitar. Included are previously unreleased, and remastered tracks that span from Jack's first album "With my eyes", to several others including "Covered all in blue", ''Rocking on a Calm Sea" and "Bent". which also include a few alternative track versions.

Jack is in solo mode, but also on a selection of tracks, is in fine company with some of the best musicians in the land, sculpting and weaving their own unique flavors on this eclectic and mostly original blues and roots collection.

Originality hits you in the face with no comparisons to others in this genre of blues and roots.


Jack’s story
Born and raised in the suburbs of Sydney, Jack honed his skills as a musician throughout his teenage years when he found himself unexpectedly moving to a small country town in north - west NSW, Australia.
Life was clearly a challenge in this harsh yet beautiful countryside as he struggled to be accepted as a "local”, but there was one thing that would transcend all differences; a universal language that could not be denied…music!
Turning to music and writing songs from the age of 14, Jack grabbed the attention of people as he displayed his musicality in a foreign landscape. He began his musical journey through the inspiration of his new awe-inspiring surroundings and heritage as he listened to the greats like Dylan, The Beatles and John Martyn. It wasn't too long though, before Jack began developing his own, unique style that carried him into a musical self- discovery, mainly influenced by this harsh but uniquely beautiful landscape.
Acoustically driven, Jack has toured as a solo artist through coastal and rural Australia, NZ, with gigs too in Germany, USA and Asia. He’s played with many different bands and combos over the years. His standard and open tunings on guitars embellish his percussive playing, with the simplicity of slide and finger style; and the haunting or raunchy harmonica entwined in the mix appealing to the country folk, sea dwellers and city folk alike.
His early album "With My Eyes" gained airplay in Sydney and rural NSW eventuating in the video clip for "Lonely Boy", which aired nationally on Television. Along with the exposure of his songs, Jack received his own Television experience playing with his earlier duo "Percusso" for the "International Year of Peace".
Jack Derwin's sound and music is constantly evolving, expanding and has no boundaries when it comes to exploring arrangements.
His compulsive need for song writing and recording at every opportunity keeps him searching and creating music that inspires.
In 2011 Jack released his album Covered all in blue reaching no 2 on the Australian blues and roots charts and remaining in the charts for most of the year. Subsequently, two more released albums over the next two years, (Rocking on a Calm Sea and Bent), gained the same success.
Here is one of the many reviews for “Covered all in Blue.”
"This collection of work takes me somewhere else. Full of atmosphere and ambience with Australian flavor in blues and roots mode. The music transports me to the outback, city life and seaside villages all in the space of one hour."
"With a healthy catalogue of recordings already under his belt, Jack's latest. Covered All in Blue is exactly that: an 18 track self-penned album that has managed to cover all genres of Blues, while enveloping us in a rollercoaster of sounds and emotions. From the highs of the rockier number, Room to Move, showcasing some great sax with a frenetic pace, to the laid-back ballads, Jack's uniquely deep timbered voice takes on a new approach with this album, teaming up on the ballads with Stephanie Jansen to produce a softer, almost smoky vocal style. This, combined with a very talented band, and you have one hell of a good album! Julie Fehlberg Sydney Blues Society