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Bryn Haworth

Lancashire born, acclaimed slide guitarist, Bryn Haworth, is also a singer songwriter and a top performer who has been delighting audiences with his own unique brand of rock, country and gospel blues for over 30 years.

Bryn came to London from Lancashire in the late sixties and joined "Les Fleur de Lys" a motown/soul band which became house band for Atlantic Records in England. He left the band in '69 and travelled to California; from there he toured extensively in the US in various American bands and was a founder member of Wolfgang...

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Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt, (born November 8, 1949) is an American blues and R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. Raitt began playing guitar at an early age, something not a lot of her high school girlfriends did. "I had played a little at school and at camp," she later recalled in a July 2002 interview. "My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby—nothing more...I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist.

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Sonny Landreth

Sonny Landreth released his Newest CD: "From the Reach"!“From the Reach,” Sonny Landreth’s ninth album, is the first to be released on his own Landfall label. On it, the Louisiana-based slide guitar wizard does something unprecedented in his body of work, as he collaborates with five of the greatest guitar players on the planet – Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson and Vince Gill – for some jaw-dropping performances.

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Junior Victor

Let me tell you a little about Junior Victor…
"Imagine Gary Wilmot wrestling a bear on the top
of a Lidl for a rare Faberge Egg that looks strikingly like Jagger"
– This is how the band like to describe their music.
Although a more accurate description would be an
IndiePunkRockRollPowerPop extravaganza.
The band consists of four members,
a Guitarist and singer {Paul Orwell}, a Lead Guitarist/Keys {John Baker},
a Bassist {Joe Lattimer}.

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Eric Sardinas

Eric Sardinas, is an American blues-rock guitarist born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1970. He's noted for his use of the electric resonator guitar and his powerful live performances. Sardinas first picked up the guitar at age six and leaned toward vintage recordings by such Delta bluesmen as Charlie Patton, Bukka White, Big Bill Broonzy, Elmore James and Muddy Waters. Although he was a born lefty, he eventually started to play right handed and his impressive style may be due to this fact. "The rawest, most emotional music is what sparked my excitement for the blues," Eric says.

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Drew Nelson

There are at least two artists on last.fm by the name Drew Nelson: 1. Drew Nelson (Canada):
The leader of an award-winning Canadian blues band, the guitarist, singer/songwriter Drew Nelson has left his mark on the Canadian music scene. In his early teens he developed a passion for the country blues of the Mississippi Delta and the hard electric blues sounds from Chicago as played by the masters, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Little Walter, et al.

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Kent DuChaine

The Man, The Legend that is kent Duchaine. Now onto his 15th tour of the uk (or there abouts)
Playing Delta Blues for us all to enjoy.
One of the nicest guys you will ever meet and has more soul than a shoe factory.

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Robert Randolph & The Family Band

Robert Randolph & The Family Band is a multicultural American blues and funk band composed of Robert Randolph, Marcus Randolph (drums), Danyel Morgan (bass), and Jason Crosby (organ). Frontman Robert Randolph was trained as a pedal steel guitarist in the House of God Church, Keith Dominion, in Nashville, TN and makes prominent use of the instrument in the band's music. The group's sound is inspired by successful 1970s funk bands such as Earth, Wind & Fire and Sly & the Family Stone, another multicultural band comprised of former members of the Church of God in Christ.

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