Billy Branch

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Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues
General information
Genre (s) Blues chicago blues
founding Late 1970s
Website Billy Branch homepage
Current occupation
Billy Branch
Guitar vocals
 Dan Coscarelly
Piano singing
 Ariyo
Bass vocals
 Nick Charles
former members
Lurrie Bell , Freddie Dixon, Carlos Johnson, JW Williams, Carl Weathersby

Billy Branch , actually William Earl Branch, (born October 3, 1951 in Chicago ) is a harmonica player of the Chicago Blues .

Branch grew up in San Francisco and returned to his hometown in 1969, where he studied political science at the University of Illinois . There he joined a band from Lefty Dizz .
His professional career began when he won a harmonica competition in 1975, which led to Willie Dixon accepting him into his All Star Band . He toured Europe with his band Sons of Blues and performed at the Berlin Jazz Festivalon. The band name was no coincidence, among others Lurrie Bell, the son of Carey Bell and Freddie Dixon, the son of Willie Dixon played in the band. In 1984 Branch was able to record his first own album " Where's My Money ". As a studio musician, he has worked on more than fifty albums; He played with Muddy Waters , Big Walter Horton , Son Seals , Lonnie Brooks , Koko Taylor , Johnny Winter and Albert King, among others . The album Harp Attack! , which he recorded with his harmonica colleagues Carey Bell , Junior Wells and James Cotton , received the WC Handy Award .

Discography

  • 1984 Where's My Money
  • 1990 Harp Attack
  • 1992 Mississippi Flashback
  • 1994 Live 82
  • 1995 The Blues Keep Following Me Around
  • 1998 Chicago Blues Sessions - Vol 22, Hubert Sumlin & Billy Branch
  • 1999 Satisfy Me
  • 1999 Superharps (with James Cotton , Charlie Musselwhite , Sugar Ray Norcia )
  • 2001 Chicago's Young Blues Generation (with Lurrie Bell ) Reissue Original - 1982
  • 2004 Double Take with Kenny Neal
  • 2004 Don't Mess With the Bluesmen

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personal data
SURNAME Branch, Billy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Branch, William Earl (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago