Happy 72nd Birthday to Elvin Bishop (October 21, 1942) American blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist. Bishop was born in Glendale, California, and grew up on a farm near Elliott, Iowa. His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when Bishop was ten. In 1963, he met harmonica player Paul Butterfield in the neighborhood of Hyde Park and joined Butterfields blues band, with whom he remained for five years. In 1968 he went solo and formed the Elvin Bishop Group, also performing with Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper on their album titled The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper. In 2008, Bishop released The Blues Roles On, on September 23, 2008, supported by Tommy Castro, James Cotton, Warren Haynes, B.B. King, Derek Trucks, George Thorogood, Kim Wilson, John Németh and Angela Strehli. The album was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. Bishop was inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame in 1998. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Elvin Bishops album, CANT EVEN DO WRONG RIGHT, at Hog Heaven Studios. Guest appearances by Mickey Thomas and Charlie Musselwhite.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:52:36 +0000
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