Eric Bibb

Like Josh White, Jr. — boy of folksinger Josh White colored — vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Eric Bibb grew up within the folk custom, the boy of folksinger Leon Bibb. Bibb’s uncle was the world-famous jazz pianist and composer John Lewis, area of the Contemporary Jazz Quartet. Bibb grew up inside a music-filled home, and family close friends within the ’50s and ’60s included Pete Seeger, Odetta, Bob Dylan, as well as the past due Paul Robeson, who was simply called Eric’s godfather. Bibb got his initial steel electric guitar at age group seven, plus some information from Dylan that he hardly ever forgot: “maintain it simple, ignore all that extravagant stuff.” When he was 13, Bibb got into NY City’s SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL of Music and Artwork, where he examined dual bass, vocals, traditional electric guitar, and piano. When he was 16, his dad asked him to try out electric guitar inside your home music group for his Television talent show, Somebody New. In 1970, Bibb still left NEW YORK for Paris, where he fulfilled with guitarist Mickey Baker. There, he begun to concentrate on blues electric guitar, and after shifting to Stockholm, he became enamored with prewar blues. He continuing to create his own music and perform during this time period, and came back to NY in 1980 to pursue a profession being a folk and blues vocalist. He moved back again to Sweden five years afterwards and continued executing, but also trained music in college. His debut, Heart as well as the Blues, showcased the noises of bouzouki, mandolin, accordion, along with a gospel group, motivated by various other recordings that wedded bluesmen like Lead Tummy with gospel groupings just like the Golden Gate Quartet. He performed on the London Blues Celebration in 1996, where he distributed a collection with Corey Harris and Keb’ Mo’, and he quickly implemented up with 1997’s NUTRIENTS. His third record, Me for you, featured shows and collaborations with a few of his musical heroes, including Pops & Mavis Staples and Taj Mahal. He implemented up the achievement of the record with travels of the U.K., U.S., Canada, France, Germany, and Sweden. He documented and released House if you ask me in 1999, Roadworks in 2000, Painting Signals and EXACTLY LIKE Appreciate in 2001, and A FAMILY GROUP Affair in 2001, which highlighted duets and single music by Bibb and his dad. Bibb became a member of Robert Cray on two U.S. trips in 2001 and 2002, and opened up for Ray Charles in the summertime of 2002. Bibb was nominated to get a Grammy for “Shakin’ a Tailfeather,” and he continues to be nominated for most W.C. Convenient Awards in a number of classes. Ever the prolific songwriter, permanently brimming with fresh musical ideas along with a freshness of gratitude without dimming in his excitement for carrying out, Bibb has held up a frantic schedule of carrying out and documenting since Home if you ask me and A FAMILY GROUP Affair had been released in 2001. He documented DAY LIGHT for Earthbeat in 2003, Roadworks and Sisters and Brothers in 2004, and Close friends in 2004. His past due-2000s recordings add a Ship Called Like, Diamond Times, and Twelve Gates to the town in 2006, along with a collaboration along with his dad, Praising Peacefulness: A Tribute to Paul Robeson. He released a live recording in 2007, An Evening with Eric Bibb, for the Telarc Blues label. Released in 2008, Can get on Panel on Telarc Blues presented shows by Bonnie Raitt and Ruthie Foster. Bibb referred to the noises and songs within the recording greatest when he stated it had been “an additional exploration in to the place where blues matches gospel and spirit.” Troubadour Live, documented at a Dec 9, 2010 concert in Stockholm and offering visitor guitarist Staffan Astner, premiered in 2011. Jericho Street, which discovered Bibb working once more with longtime collaborator, manufacturer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist Glen Scott, made an appearance in 2013. Another amazing Scott-produced record, Blues People, appeared the following calendar year. In 2015, Bibb matched with harmonica participant Jean-Jacques Milteau for the Business lead Belly tribute record Lead Belly’s Silver. His next task was a cooperation with Finnish music artists Petri Hakala and Olli Haavisto and renowned British isles bassist Danny Thompson. Billed simply because Eric Bibb as well as the North Nation Considerably with Danny Thompson, they released The Happiest Man on earth in 2016.