Tonight in Montreal - Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory
The Cosmic American Love Child Of Howlin Wolf and Link Wray!!! Known as a "musician's musician", his praises have been sung by everyone from Ben Harper to Brit guitar gods Eric Clapton & Mick Taylor.
Since his 1996 debut recording, the all-acoustic BIG MAMA'S DOOR, Alvin Youngblood Hart has carried his musical message the world over. A devout follower of the "no barriers" approach laid by veteran performers like Gatemouth Brown and the late great Doug Sahm, Alvin continues to defy the so- called purists. After receiving the 1997 W.C Handy Award for Best New Artist, as well as 2 Living Blues Awards, Hart’s 1998 release, TERRITORY, a rousing tribute to all forms of American music, received the Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll Award for Best Blues Album (and it wasn’t even a Blues album). In the summer of '99 Hart teamed up with producer Jim Dickinson to begin recording START WITH THE SOUL.
This record would be hailed as a new breed Southern Rock classic & Alvin’s return to the "sacred garage" where many a guitar player's life began. "SOUL", Alvin's best selling record to date, was chosen in the New York Times top 10 releases of 2000 as well as the BBC's Blues record of the year. He also shared Living Blues Magazine's best guitarist honors with fellow road dog Big Jack Johnson in 2001. 2003 was a busy year. Not only was there a GRAMMY nomination, Hart also toured the world as a member of Job Cain, a hard rocking side project he put together with Cry Of Love/Black Crowes guitarist Audley Freed.
In August of '03 Alvin was invited to fill in for Taj Mahal for five nights in Tokyo as a member of Kip Hanrahan's Conjure, the worlds longest running jazz poetry ensemble. Assembled to lend musical support to the words of Bay Area poet Ishmael Reed, Conjure featured the talents of tenor sax giant David Murray and also Meters guitarist Leo Nocentelli. Hart continues to tour the globe as a solo artist and with his Mighty Muscle Theory band.
FUN FACTS: A true "blues traveler", Alvin grew up moving all over the United States. As he puts it,"3 high schools in 3 time zones". This was surely a contributing factor to his wide musical tastes. Hart has taken the stage at some of the world's great venues. He's appeared at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
In the summer of 2000 he wowed 'em at the Hollywood Bowl closing his set with a sizzling duet with Bonnie Raitt. Alvin is a veteran of the US Coast Guard. He spent 3 ½ years as a grunt seaman on a buoy tender on the Lower Mississippi River and 3 ½ years as an electronics technician at a radio transmitter station on the west coast. He now puts his electronics training to use fixing guitar amps in his wife's Memphis guitar repair shop.
Many of the amps he uses on stage were once patients When not on the road Alvin spends much of his time in the Central Mississippi hill country where he enjoys, horseback riding, hunting, fishing and hanging out with his extended family. Alvin Youngblood Hart has commenced touring again with an electric band. Select solo dates are available as well.
Since his 1996 debut recording, the all-acoustic BIG MAMA'S DOOR, Alvin Youngblood Hart has carried his musical message the world over. A devout follower of the "no barriers" approach laid by veteran performers like Gatemouth Brown and the late great Doug Sahm, Alvin continues to defy the so- called purists. After receiving the 1997 W.C Handy Award for Best New Artist, as well as 2 Living Blues Awards, Hart’s 1998 release, TERRITORY, a rousing tribute to all forms of American music, received the Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll Award for Best Blues Album (and it wasn’t even a Blues album). In the summer of '99 Hart teamed up with producer Jim Dickinson to begin recording START WITH THE SOUL.
This record would be hailed as a new breed Southern Rock classic & Alvin’s return to the "sacred garage" where many a guitar player's life began. "SOUL", Alvin's best selling record to date, was chosen in the New York Times top 10 releases of 2000 as well as the BBC's Blues record of the year. He also shared Living Blues Magazine's best guitarist honors with fellow road dog Big Jack Johnson in 2001. 2003 was a busy year. Not only was there a GRAMMY nomination, Hart also toured the world as a member of Job Cain, a hard rocking side project he put together with Cry Of Love/Black Crowes guitarist Audley Freed.
In August of '03 Alvin was invited to fill in for Taj Mahal for five nights in Tokyo as a member of Kip Hanrahan's Conjure, the worlds longest running jazz poetry ensemble. Assembled to lend musical support to the words of Bay Area poet Ishmael Reed, Conjure featured the talents of tenor sax giant David Murray and also Meters guitarist Leo Nocentelli. Hart continues to tour the globe as a solo artist and with his Mighty Muscle Theory band.
FUN FACTS: A true "blues traveler", Alvin grew up moving all over the United States. As he puts it,"3 high schools in 3 time zones". This was surely a contributing factor to his wide musical tastes. Hart has taken the stage at some of the world's great venues. He's appeared at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
In the summer of 2000 he wowed 'em at the Hollywood Bowl closing his set with a sizzling duet with Bonnie Raitt. Alvin is a veteran of the US Coast Guard. He spent 3 ½ years as a grunt seaman on a buoy tender on the Lower Mississippi River and 3 ½ years as an electronics technician at a radio transmitter station on the west coast. He now puts his electronics training to use fixing guitar amps in his wife's Memphis guitar repair shop.
Many of the amps he uses on stage were once patients When not on the road Alvin spends much of his time in the Central Mississippi hill country where he enjoys, horseback riding, hunting, fishing and hanging out with his extended family. Alvin Youngblood Hart has commenced touring again with an electric band. Select solo dates are available as well.
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