Johnny B. Moore

Very few youthful Chicago bluesmen bring the depth and understanding of tradition to the table that Johnny B. Moore will. His sound is really a somewhat contemporized edition of what’s been heading down on the Western side for many years, emblazoned with Moore’s dazzling rhythmic lead acoustic guitar lines and growling vocals. Moore 1st met the famous Jimmy Reed in Clarksdale, when he was just eight yrs . old. By enough time he was 13 roughly, Moore was posting a bandstand or two with Reed up in Chicago. Letha Jones, widow of piano great Johnny Jones, required a pastime in Moore’s musical advancement, rotating stacks of blues polish for the budding guitarist. Moore became a member of Koko Taylor’s Blues Machine in 1975, touring and documenting using the Chicago blues queen (on her behalf 1978 LP for Alligator, The Earthshaker). He went by himself around the switch of the ’80s, waxing an excellent 1987 record for B.L.U.E.S. R&B, CRISIS, that impressively spotlighted his flexibility. After some tough spots, Moore is currently more visible than ever before for the Chicago circuit, with two brand-new albums (one for Austrian Wolf, another, Live at Blue Chicago, for Delmark). Furthermore to playing being a head, Moore will probably arrive on local levels being a sideman behind everyone from Mary Street and Karen Carroll to rock-solid bassist Willie Kent. If Johnny B. Moore is not a star within the making, there is no justice within the blues world.