Jazz Articles about Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials

Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials: The Big Sound of Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials

by Jim Trageser
October 8, 2016

For more than 25 years, Lil' Ed Williams and his three-piece Blues Imperials have been as rock-steady in their roster makeup as they have musically. Since the late 1980s, singer-guitarist Williams has been backed by Michael Garrett (second guitar), James “Pookie" Young (bass) and Kelly Littleton (drums). That kind of longevity in a band can lead in two directions: heightened understanding and interplay, or stagnation. On their new Alligator release, The Big Sound of Lil' Ed ...