Elvin Bishop

Biography

21 October 1942, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Bishop moved to Chicago in his teens to study at university. An aspiring guitarist, he became one of several young white musicians to frequent the city’s blues clubs and in 1965 he joined the house band at one such establishment, Big John’s. This group subsequently became known as the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and although initially overshadowed by guitarist Michael Bloomfield, it was here that Bishop evolved a distinctive, if composite,... Read more

Genres

Blues Blues Country & Bluegrass Music Videos & Concerts Musicals & The Arts Pop / Rock

Tags

blues

blues rock

classic rock

rock

southern rock

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