Quinn Sullivan
Quinn Sullivan (born March 26, 1999 in New Bedford , Massachusetts ) is an American blues musician .
Career
Quinn Sullivan started playing guitar when he was three years old. He came into contact with the Beatles and the blues early on, as his father Terry owned an extensive DVD and record collection. At the age of five, Quinn played in the regional children's band Toejam Band . At this time, local television became aware of him, and the Boston television station WB 56 produced a report about the talented child. On the channel Fox 25 Sullivan played with his father's band, the song A Day in the Life Sing Dance and Clap Your Hands and The Thrill is Gone by BB King . At the age of six, Quinn appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with the Beatles song Twist and Shout and was awarded a Gibson ES-335, a guitar that Eric Clapton also plays.
On April 14, 2007, he met Buddy Guy , who was performing that day in Quinn's hometown of New Bedford . Quinn's father Terry Sullivan had previously arranged a backstage appointment with Buddy Guy for his eight-year-old son so that he would sign the child's black and white Squier Stratocaster . At the meeting, Guy asked the second grader if he could play guitar too. Quinn played something and Buddy Guy was so excited that he brought Quinn on stage and played the song Sweet Home Chicago with him . Then Buddy Guy gave riffs by Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix at the concert, while Quinn played everything cleanly. Buddy Guy then decided to take on the talent and promote it. Four years later, Buddy Guy said in an interview on the occasion of a concert with Quinn at BB King's Club in New York: "He is the greatest talent of the last 30-40 years."
Buddy Guy has been taking Quinn on his tour since 2007. Quinn's parents paid close attention to his school perspectives and Buddy Guy, who never graduated from high school, saw his personal and academic progress as a core element for further development.
On Buddy Guy's 2008 album "Skin Deep", Sullivan played the solo part on "Who's Gonna Fill Those Shoes".
Sullivan is the youngest musician to ever appear at the Montreux Jazz Festival. In 2013, the then 14-year-old Quinn played with Buddy Guy and Robert Randolph at the Crossroads Guitar Festival organized by Eric Clapton in front of a sold out house in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Web links
- "8-year-old guitarist jams with Buddy Guy at 'Z'" . (South Coast Today)
- Jerry Lee Lewis knocks' em dead at the 'Z' . (South Coast Today)
- Local guitar prodigy ready to rock Oprah
- Appearance with Buddy Guy 2007 YouTube
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sullivan, Quinn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American blues musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1999 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Bedford , Massachusetts, United States |