Jazz Articles about Craig Horton

Craig Horton: In My Spirit

by Todd S. Jenkins
September 1, 2001

Craig Horton is one of the great well-kept secrets of the modern blues. A Chicago-bred veteran of gigs with Little Walter, The Dells, Sam Myers & the Mississippi Delta Blues Band, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, The Inkspots and many other top acts, Horton has until now suffered from too little name recognition. He is an unacknowledged master of the electric blues, shoutin’ and twangin’ in the spirit of Freddie King and Luther Allison. This is Horton’s first solo effort, and ...