www.earwigmusic.com

David Honeyboy Edwards

2008 Grammy winner for Best Traditional Blues Album "Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen -Live In Dallas"

"Honeyboy Edwards is among the last authentic performers in the blues idiom that developed in central Mississippi during the second and third decades of [the 20th] century....Through him, an entire body of great American music lives on." - Robert Palmer, author of Deep Blues and former pop music critic of The New York Times

www.davidhoneyboyedwards.com
myspace.com/honeyboyedwardsblueslegend

Photo by David Sheridan

Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater

“Joyous rave-ups...Clearwater testifies with stunning soul fervor and a powerful guitar. One of the blues’ finest songwriters” –Blues Revue

“With his powerful left-handed guitar playing, unique hybrid of West Side blues, relentless rockabilly and high energy performances, Eddy “The Chief” is Chicago’s premier blues showman” –Chicago Tribune

“Clearwater is equally adept at Chuck Berry-style guitar as he is at deeper blues style. He’s a fine singer who puts on a wild, exciting show...the sort of exuberant entertainer who can turn a concert into a party” –New York Times

www.eddyclearwater.com

Barrelhouse Chuck

One of the few Chicago blues pianists to have studied under Sunnyland Slim, Pinetop Perkins, Lafayette Leake and Little Brother Montgomery, Barrelhouse Chuck draws on this distinguished lineage to create a blues, boogie-woogie and barrelhouse piano style that places him at the forefront of this celebrated tradition.

www.barrelhousechuck.com

Dave Specter

Blues guitarist, bandleader and producer Dave Specter has earned an international reputation as one of the premier young talents on the Chicago blues scene. Since 1985 Specter has performed regularly at top Chicago and U.S. nightclubs, festivals and concert halls in addition to international appearances in Brazil, Israel, Spain, England, Holland, Norway, Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Mexico and Canada.

www.davespecter.org
www.myspace.com/davespecter

Katherine Davis

Vocalist Extraordinaire and songwriter specializing in blues, gospel and jazz. Katherine Davis is her own woman! Singer, songwriter, actress, and teacher, her life is imbued with music. Whether she is portraying Bessie Smith or Ma Rainey on stage, appearing with piano accompaniment at a nightclub, fronting a large band, or singing for the Lord, Katherine steers her own course. Her command of various musical styles is saturated in blue.

http://www.katherinedavis.com/