Charlie Musselwhite: Biography

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• Little Charlie & the Nightcats
• Rod Piazza
• William Clarke
• Paul Butterfield
• Snooky Pryor

• Big Walter Horton
• Will Shade
• Furry Lewis
• Little Walter
• Carey Bell
• Sonny Boy Williamson
• Lazy Lester

• Felix Cabrera

• Freddie Roulette

• Willie Dixon
• Walter Jacobs
• Duke Pearson

• Eddie Hoh
• Michael Bloomfield
• Barry Goldberg
• John Lee Hooker
• Harvey Mandel
• John Hammond, Jr.

Born:

Jan 31, 1944 in Kosciusko, MS

Genres:

Blues Music, Chicago Blues Music, Electric Blues Music, Modern Electric Blues Music

Decades Active:

1960's|1970's|1980's|1990's|2000's

Artistic Quality

High

Cultural Impact

Medium

Popularity

High

Ratings Guide

Harmonica wizard Norton Buffalo can recollect a leaner time when his record collection had been whittled down to only the bare essentials: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Stand Back Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's South Side Band. Butterfield and Musselwhite will probably be forever linked as the two most interesting, arguably most important, products of the "White blues movement" of the mid-to-late '60s -- not only because they were near the forefront chronologically, but because they each stand out as being especially faithful to the style. Each certainly earned the respect of his legendary mentors. No less than the late Big Joe Williams said, "Charlie Musselwhite is one of the greatest living harp players of country blues. He is right up there with Sonny Boy Williams [I], and he's been my harp player ever since Sonny Boy got killed."

- Dan Forte, All Music Guide