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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 Bob Dylan 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 two 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 1999 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 and Alvin's return to the "sacred
garage". START WITH THE SOUL was chosen by the New York Times
as one of the 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. Alvin is still a member of the
revolving cast and recorded with them on the BAD MOUTH CD.
In 2004 Mr. Hart received a Grammy for his contribution to BEAUTIFUL
DREAMER :THE SONGS OF STEPHEN FOSTER. In the Summer of 2005 he
released the self produced MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, a rock guitar free-for-all, paying homage to fallen & missing rockers like Phil Lynott
and Sly Stone. In 2006 Hart took time out to work on the film BLACK
SNAKE MOAN. He served as a guitar tutor to star Samuel L. Jackson
and recorded a duet with the film’s female lead Christina Ricci for
the soundtrack. In the fall of that year Hart joined Austin dynamo
Ruthie Foster and Rock n Roll legend Bo Diddley for a 2 month coast
to coast US tour. Recently Alvin has thrown his talent into the
educational arena. In April 2007 he participated on a tour of
Mississippi high schools as a member of the Thelonius Monk Institute
Of Jazz.
The Summer of ’07 saw Alvin hit the big screen as a juke joint
musician in the Denzel Washington directed film THE GREAT DEBATERS.
Hart continues to tour the globe as a solo artist and with Alvin
Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory.
Booking Information:
Blue
Mountain Artists
CONFESSIONS OF A GARAGE GUERRILLA by Alvin Hart (Fretboard
Journal - Summer 2009)
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