John Hammond's blues career has spanned the better
part of the last five decades. From coffeehouses to concert halls, to
festivals and beyond, Hammond emerged the ever-consummate blues man out
of the great blues renaissance of the '60s. And while the 60's
renaissance was largely an electric affair, Hammond has managed to keep
vital the embodiment of the quintessential acoustic blues troubadour
with brilliant acoustic guitar and rack harmonica playing and an
impassioned voice. A Grammy Award winner and four-time nominee, Hammond
is also a multiple W.C. Handy Award winner and has shared the stage
and/or recorded with many of the masters, including Muddy Waters, Willie
Dixon, John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf.
