Billy Branch
Billy Branch (October 3, 1951), born William Earl Branch, is a Chicago blues and harmonica blues blues harp player and singer born in Great Lakes, Illinois and raised in Los Angeles, California. In 1969 he moved to Chicago, Illinois where he attended the University of Illinois. He soon took the place of legendary harmonica player Carey Bell in a band led by Willie Dixon called the Chicago Blues All-Stars.
In the 1970s he founded his own group, the Sons of the Blues, along with Lurrie Bell on guitar and Freddie Dixon on bass guitar. Both were the sons of Carey Bell and Willie Dixon, and they recorded for Alligator Records and under new personnel for Red Beans Records. The new band consisted of Carlos Johnson on guitar and J.W. Williams on vocals and bass guitar. He has also recorded for Verve Records and Evidence Records.[1] [2]
References
- ^ Dahl, Bill. "Billy Branch Biography". All Music Guide. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Herzhaft, Gérard (1997). Encyclopedia of the Blues. University of Arkansas
Press. pp. p. 38. ISBN 1557284520.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); line feed character in|publisher=at position 23 (help)
 | This Chicago-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
   | This article about an American musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |