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Brandon Santini
There are many
different opinions as to what the future of blues harmonica will be. Memphis vocalist and
harmonica player Brandon Santini is undeniably a worthy player to keep an eye
on as the next decade unfolds.
His name is worthy of conversations that involve
Jason Ricci, Billy Gibson, Dennis Gruenling, Rick Estrin and other frontline
harmonica players that have become part of a new wave in the blues world. With
tasteful speed and licks, he combines his respect to traditional blues with a
present, colorful style of playing that is often compared to Paul Butterfield,
James Cotton, or Sonny Boy Williamson II.
Raised in North
Carolina, Brandon relocated to Memphis in 2003 where he began to absorb the sounds and
culture of the Delta and north Mississippi
hill country, honing his craft night after night, sweating it out in local Beale Street clubs
just like Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, & B.B. King.
For seven years,
Brandon fronted the Blues Music Award nominated band Delta Highway and has
toured relentlessly throughout North America and has visited seven foreign
countries (including a 2009 Bluzapalooza tour to Cairo, Egypt) bringing his
distinct voice and playing style to music lovers everywhere throughout the
world!
Brandon’s debut solo release, “Songs of Love, Money, and Misery” is filled with
tasty harmonica, trademark Brandon Santini blues vocals, and collaboration with
some of the finest young guns in Memphis.
To say “Songs of Love, Money, and Misery” will announce Santini's talents to
the blues world would dismiss his earlier works, which would be a mistake, but
this album brings us a different side of the bluesman and it should attract the
wider attention he so richly deserves.
"a first
rate professional, delivering the goods with an eclectic blend of styles."
-Robert "Nighthawk" Tooms / American Blues News
"a uniquely fresh touch to blues injecting it with excitement and
masterful technique."
-Dorothy L. Hill
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