He was close friends with the great Mississippi Sam Myers and shared a house with him in Dallas TX. Leary, Kim Wilson, Willie Willis, Al Dupree, Bobby Rush, Al Blake, Lee McBee, and many many other artists in the blues world. He’s performed and/or recorded with Barbara Lynn, Lazy Lester, Zuzu Bolin, Sam Myers, Duke Robillard, Milton Hopkins, Henry Qualls, Robert Ely, Ray Sharpe, Classie Ballou, U.P. Brian has played on 50+ blues recordings, as a sideman or featured artist. Seeing Muddy play was the “epiphany” that sparked a life long commitment to playing blues music. Which was the year he first saw the Muddy Waters band perform. Hash Brown is our house band leader and “guitar slave”. He’s been playing harmonica and guitar since 1972. Watson, Big Bill Morganfield, Ronnie Earl and many more…Ĭheryl performs in the James Cotten film, “They All Stood Up” along with many other notable harp players like Rick Estrin, Jerry Portnoy, Curtis Salgado, Annie Raines and more. Throughout her career, Cheryl has shared the stage with many well known blues artists such as RL Burnside, Louisianna Red, Honey Boy Edwards, Lazy Lester, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotten, Duke Robillard, Candye Kane, Johnny Clyde Copeland, Smokin Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Sonny Rhodes, Pinetop Perkins, Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson, Johnny Rawls, Kim Wilson, Big Jack Johnson, Kenny Neal, Jr. Kimboroughs juke joint in Holly Springs MS where she met and became friends with RL Burnside. Wells at The Checkerboard lounge and ended up in the documentary “Cheat You Fair, The Story Of Maxwell Street”. Searching for the origins of the Blues, propelled her & her band to tour all over the south…playing festivals like the King Biscuit in Helena, Arkansas, which lead her up the road a piece to Clarksdale, & The Shack Up Inn for Pinetop Perkins’ annual bday party and down to Jr. During the trip she got to sit in with blues legend Jr. In 1994 when she heard that the Maxwell Street Marketplace was about to be bulldozed down, she drove to Chicago to join the protests & play on Maxwell Street in an attempt to try to save the iconic place in Blues history where Little Walter first electrified the harmonica. She has played in musical combos ranging from duos to a 20 piece orchestra. Cheryl has spent her career heavily steeped in the blues since the mid 80’s, touring the U.S.
She’s coached harp enthusiasts since 2001 in workshops, private lessons & also teaches band ensembles at Morningside Studios in her home town of Arlington MA. In addition to our core team, we will be inviting various guest coaches to join us.Ĭheryl is a harmonicist, singer/songwriter & band leader, playing on numerous cds over the course of 30+ years.
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