Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues

Billy Branch has recorded and/or performed with an incredible list of Blues legends including: Muddy Waters, Big Walter Horton, Son Seals, Lonnie Brooks, Koko Taylor, Johnny Winter, and Albert King. During his six years as harp player in Willie Dixon's Chicago Blues All-Stars, Billy formed the Sons Of Blues (S.O.B.s) featuring musicians who were the sons of famous blues artists. Today, this award-winning combo currently consists of some of the finest bluesmen in the world including Billy Branch (harmonica and vocals), Dan Coscarelly (guitar and vocals), Ariyo (piano and vocals), Nick Charles (bass and vocals), and Mose Rutues (drums and vocals). In 1990, Branch appeared with three harp legends: Carey Bell, Junior Wells, and James Cotton on the W.C Handy Award-winner, Harp Attack! His most recent recordings for the Polygram label are entitled The Blues Keep Following Me Around and Satisfy Me. Blues producer, Chicago Beau has written, "Billy Branch has become a beacon, and model for his times as an artist, and social/cultural activist...Billy Branch is a Bluesman Billy Branch is the Blues."

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