Listen "Billy Branch: 50 Years Of The Blues"
Episode Synopsis
Billy Branch was born in Chicago, but he was raised in LA. He’d never been exposed to the blues until, at 17, he moved back to Chicago to attend UIC, and wandered into Grant Park for what many aficionados call “the greatest blues concert ever”. From that moment he was hooked. A few years later he was touring the world with Willie Dixon’s band, and he’s been leading his own band Sons of Blues since the late 70’s.Branch talks about his life in blues and his new album, Roots and Branches: A Tribute to Little Walter
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