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BILLY GIBSON

Harp virtuoso and talented vocalist from Memphis, called “The Prince of Beale Street”,
2009 Winner of the Blues Music Award Instrumentalist Of The Year - Harmonica
(very prestigious distinction for bluesmen, former W.C. Handy Award)

Billy Gibson first picked up the harmonica at a very young age. “It was cheap and I could easily make sounds with it.” After high school, Gibson’s desire for learning and improving as a musician took him to Clarksdale, Mississippi, where he played with blues guitarist Johnnie Billington and drummer Bobby Little in Billington’s group The Midnighters.

Like many before him, Gibson eventually left Mississippi for Memphis. “Beale Street was my university of blues,” recalls Gibson, referring to the lessons learned as a Beale Street performer.
“For a young musician, all you have to do is look and listen and you can learn so much.”

Billy Gibson was the member of bluesrock band Junkyardmen. He has made guest appearances on a few artists’ CDs including Deborah Coleman’s Soft Place To Fall (Blind Pig 2000) and Michael Burks’ I Smell Smoke (Alligator 2003). Around the same time, Gibson received a BA in music from the University of Memphis. He is the author of six CDs (two of them show his jazz fascinations) and one DVD.
Gibson’s career has been a constant progression and immersion into many genres of music, with blues being the foundation and primary inspiration of his artistic endeavours. Gibson’s talent and commitment have not gone unrecognized. In 1999 he received an endorsement from Hohner, his harmonica of choice. In 2005 he got the title of the Beale Street Entertainer of the Year.
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  • irqo

    Magda Piskorczyk feat. Billy Gibson - "Afro Groove" [2011] - doble CD album presenting over 80 minutes of the concert of Magda and her guest Billy Gibson recorded in September 2010 in Tarnobrzeg at the Satyrblues Festival. The first part are spirited harmonica-fueled blues pieces, while the latter part contains sizzling West African-inspired material. More info about CD, mp3, video etc.: www.magdapiskorczyk.com/afrogroove/eng

    January 2012
  • irqo

    Magda Piskorczyk feat. Billy Gibson - "Afro Groove" [2011] - podwójny album zawierający ponad 80 minut koncertu Magdy i jej gościa zarejestrowanego we wrześniu 2010 roku w Tarnobrzegu, na festiwalu Satyrblues. Więcej informacji o płycie: www.magdapiskorczyk.com/afrogroove

    January 2012
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