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Charles Douglas Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944) is an American blues harmonica player and bandleader, one who came to prominence, along with Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, and Elvin Bishop, as a pivotal figure in helping to revive the Chicago Blues movement of the 1960s.
18 de jun. de 2021 · The Well is an authentic slice of Charlie's deep blues roots with musical flavors from Mississippi to Chicago to California, including help on one song from legendary vocalist and friend Mavis Staples.
With musical flavors from Mississippi to Memphis to Chicago, The Well is steeped in the music of Charlie’s youth—country and city blues as well as rockabilly and gospel — the music that inspired his signature sound.
30 de jun. de 2022 · Inducted into The Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall of Fame in 2010, Charlie’s recordings include straight blues with elements of jazz, gospel, Tex-Mex, Cuban and more.
31 de ene. de 2012 · Harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite’s life reads like a classic blues song: born in Mississippi, raised in Memphis and schooled on the South Side of Chicago. A groundbreaking recording artist since the 1960s, Musselwhite continues to create trailblazing music while remaining firmly rooted in the blues.
30 de nov. de 2022 · Many were his drinking buddies. Of these larger-than-life blues masters, Charlie Musselwhite is the last man standing, a survivor of the blues life, an authentic voice of a great American musical tradition.
5 de oct. de 2022 · The sight of blues-harp legend Charlie Musselwhite holding a Harmony acoustic guitar on the cover of his 2022 album, Mississippi Son (Alligator), isn’t as incongruous as you might think.
