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About Eddy Clearwater

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During the 1950s, Chicago's West Side was a breeding ground for some of the world's greatest bluesmen. Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Freddie King and others ruled the clubs. With his fierce guitar playing, soulful and emotive vocals and wild stage shows, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater easily belongs on this list. A Chicago legend, Clearwater is an intense, flamboyant blues-rocking showman. He's equally comfortable playing the deepest, most heartfelt blues or rocking, good-time party music. Between his slashing left-handed guitar work, his room-filling vocals, his self-defined "rock-a-blues" style (a forceful mix of blues, rock, rockabilly, country and gospel), his boundless energy and even his signature Indian headdress, Clearwater is among the very finest practitioners of the West Side blues working today. Born Edward Harrington on January 10, 1935 in Macon, Mississippi, Eddy and his family moved to Birmingham, Alabama in 1948

About Charlie Christian

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Charlie Christian

Born: July 29, 1916

As the man who popularized the guitar in a jazz setting, his legacy lives on. Charlie Christian was born on July 29, 1916 in Bonham, Texas but was raised in Oklahoma City from the time he was two years old. Charlie's immediate family were all musically talented - his mother played the piano; his father sang and played the trumpet and guitar; his brother, Clarence, played the violin and the mandolin; and his oldest brother, Edward, played the string bass. His parents made a living writing accompaniments for silent movies. At the age of twelve, Charlie was playing on a guitar that he had made from a cigar box in a manual training class

About Tommy Castro

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Tommy Castro

Born: 1955

Tommy Castro has been quietly earning his reputation as a blazing contemporary blues guitarist for some time now, and is finally coming into his own. He has been recognized for several years now by the Blues Music Awards, and his Alligator Records release “Hard Believer,” has been received with much approval. Joining Alligator Records is a new high point in Castro’s career. “I feel that in signing with Alligator I’m making a major step forward. I’m excited about the new release and grateful for the opportunity to record for a label with such a rich history in blues and American roots music. Born in San Jose, California in 1955, Castro first picked up a guitar at age 10

About Hiram Bullock

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Hiram Bullock

Born: September 11, 1955

Over the course of his career, from his mid ‘70s run with The Brecker Brothers to his various stints as a “hired gun” for everyone from Gil Evans and David Sanborn to Billy Joel and James Brown, Hiram Bullock earned his reputation as a bona fide guitar hero. But all along, Hiram has also been developing his skills as a singer/songwriter and charismatic live performer. His style is not easily categorized, since his playing is a creative blend of rock, funk, blues, and jazz. It is easy to say, however, that his music is fun ! Hiram Bullock was born in Osaka, Japan and came to America at the age of 2

About Mel Brown

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Mel Brown

Born: October 7, 1939

One of the last of the great Mississippi guitar players, Mel Brown has remained rooted in the tradition. Son of the Jackson, Miss. Blues singer and guitarist, John Henry “Bubba” Brown, Mel started on the guitar at age 14, and by 19 he headed for Los Angeles to make it as a session man. His guitar playing appeared on a string of albums for the ABC-Bluesway, and Impulse! labels in the ‘60s and ‘70’s. During the 1980's Mel was a member of the house band at Antone's night club, in Austin, Texas, and toured with The Silent Partners. The Silent partners recorded one album, which is available from Antones Records. Mel Brown and the Homewreckers released their first album, “Live at Wally's” in the fall of 1998 which was recently re-released on the Electro-Fi label in 2002. In 2001, Mel Brown and the Homewreckers released "Neck Bones & Caviar" which was awarded the W.C. Handy Award for the "Best Comeback Album of the Year" and was also nominated for a Juno award for "Best Blues Album of the Year" in Canada. In addition to the work with the Homewreckers, Mel Brown has released a number of albums with Snooky Pryor including "Double Shot," "Snooky Pryor and the Mississippi Wrecking Crew," and most recently, the Snooky Pryor Live album, "Mojo Ramble" featuring Mel Brown and the Homewreckers. In January of 2004, Mel Brown was awarded the Maple Blues "Blues with a Feeling" (Toronto Blues Society Lifetime Acheivement) Award. Mel Brown released another solo album ”Homewreckin’ Done Live,” and in 2006 he released “Blues - A Beautiful Thing.” A DVD “Mel Brown The Blues, ” generated a lot of buzz, as well as an album with vocalist Miss Angel

About Lonnie Brooks

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Lonnie Brooks

Born: December 18, 1933

Even after 40 years away from his Louisiana home, Lonnie Brooks' music is still instilled with the funky, swampy bayou rhythms of Opelousas and Lafayette, and his lyrics often speak of black cat bones and mojo hands. But along the road from Louisiana to Chicago, he's combined the swing of Texas, the soul of Memphis and the pure power of Chicago blues into a musical gumbo that is all his own. Lee Baker, Jr. was just a young laborer in Port Arthur when Clifton Chenier spotted him playing guitar on his porch and drafted him into the Red Hot Louisiana Band. Soon after, under the name "Guitar Junior", he burst onto the scene as a rock 'n' roll star, cutting a string of Gulf Coast hits like "Family Rules" , "The Crawl", and "Roll, Roll, Roll" for the famed Goldband label. In 1959 he befriended the Legendary Sam Cooke on a caravan tour of the south, wrote a couple of tunes together, then hitched a ride with him back to Chicago to live with Sam’s mom and brother

About Joshua Breakstone

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Joshua Breakstone

Born: July 22, 1955

"Fire in velvet. A fitting description of Joshua Breakstone'sjazz guitar," wrote Paul Weidman in The Sante Fe NewMexican. "His flowing lines on up-tempo cookers areimpeccably clean and fiery, bearing the mark of a first-rateimproviser, while his chordal work on heartbreaker ballads isthe final word in finesse," has raved Guitar Player magazine.Japan's Jazz Hihyo (aka Jazz Critique) recognizes that "Thestyle in which Joshua develops his fluid single-note solosused to be thought of as the Grant Green school, but now thisman leads the school." Downbeat also has written that "Thereis no shortage of young, knock-out jazz guitarists about usthese days. And Joshua Breakstone is among the best ofthem."

About Juke Boy Bonner

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Juke Boy Bonner

Born: March 22, 1932

Coming out of Bellville, Texas, Weldon “Juke Boy” Bonner recorded some tough raw blues accompanying himself on guitar and harmonica. Bonner was schooled in the sounds of Lightnin' Hopkins and Jimmy Reedn and played a rack harp and often performed as a one-man band adding cymbals and/or drums to his act. Like many rural blues singers, Bonner’s first musical experiences were in singing spirituals as a child. He took up the guitar when he was about 13 years old and began to build up his experience following a move to Houston a few years later where he won a talent contest that led to a radio gig and local exposure

About Mike Bloomfield

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Mike Bloomfield

Born: July 28, 1943

By the time Michael Bloomfield joined the Butterfield Blues Band in 1965 and thus played his way into blues and rock history, he was already an accomplished guitarist in the mold of his heroes Jimmie Rodgers, B.B.King, T-Bone Walker,etc. and could hold his own in the Southside Chicago clubs where he made his bones. He introduced the blues to a whole new generation, and opened the doors for the acknowledged masters to gain respect and recognition for their music. He always gave the original bluesmen their due and though he has slipped into the cracks of musical history, his contribution to the popularity and acceptance blues guitar is immense. Michael Bernard Bloomfield was born July 28, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois

About Elvin Bishop

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Elvin Bishop

Born: October 21, 1942

Elvin Bishop’s 2007 release Booty Bumpin’, captures the blues legend at home in front of a live audience, doing what he does best; stirring up a party with a bluesy stew of slide guitar and groovin’ rhythms. With a set featuring both old favorites and recent triumphs, the album exemplifies why Elvin has become one of the most respected and beloved artists to come out of the 60’s blues-rock explosion. Growing up in the 1940s on a farm in Iowa with a loving but non-musical family, Elvin seldom heard music as a kid. “This was before TV,” Elvin says, “and on the radio you got a lot of Frank Sinatra and ‘How Much Is That Doggie In the Window’ type of stuff.” The family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when Elvin was 10, in 1952