Over the years he has matured his performance and now accompanies his guitar with harmonica, stomp box, tambourine, high hat, cymbal, kick and snare drum.
[5] In January 2010, Kirk launched his debut album, 'Cruisin', and shortly after embarked on his first national tour of Australia playing at many of the country's regional pubs, cafes and festivals.
The album debuted at #1 on the Australian Blues iTunes Charts[1] and included 3 singles - 'Stitches', 'Give to the Needy' and 'Two Hands on the Wheel' (feat Halfway to Forth) which all received strong airplay across Australia and internationally.
[8] Since the birth of his career Kirk has received consistent airplay on national Australian Triple J radio and ABC Radio National, as well as on ABC Local across Australia;[5] consistently toured throughout Australia and abroad selling out headline shows, as well as opening for artists including Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart, Allen Stone, JJ Grey & Mofro, Diesel, Ash Grunwald, Mia Dyson and Matt Andersen.
After witnessing Shaun's shows at the 2011 Woodford Folk Festival - Director of Bluesfest Byron Bay Peter Noble blogged about his performances calling him "a truly hot new artist on the blues scene".