Around Town with Mike Jeffers....This is our special Chicago Blues and Beyond Friday with guest host Dave Katzman and special guest Chicago Blues Legend Billy Branch.
About Billy Branch In the 1970s, Branch founded his own group, the Sons of Blues, with Lurrie Bell (the son of Carey Bell) on guitar and Freddie Dixon (the son of Willie Dixon) on bass guitar.[1] They recorded for Alligator Records and, after a change in personnel, for Red Beans Records.[1] The new band consisted of Carlos Johnson on guitar and J. W. Williams on vocals and bass guitar.[1] Branch has also recorded for Verve Records and Evidence Records.[2][3] Since then, Branch has played on over 250 different recordings, including 12 under his own name. He has recorded with Willie Dixon, Keb Mo, Johnny Winter, Lou Rawls, Koko Taylor, Eddy Clearwater, Honeyboy Edwards, Syl Johnson, Lurrie Bell, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Taj Mahal. He has received three Grammy nominations (losing one nomination to B.B. King and Eric Clapton). He served two consecutive terms on the Grammy Board of Governors and currently is chairman of the Grammy Blues Committee. He has won multiple Blues Music Awards, an Emmy Award, an Addy Award, two Chicago Music Awards, and numerous humanitarian and achievement awards. The 2007 Chicago Blues Festival honored the 30th anniversary of Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues. Likewise, in 2017 the Chicago Blues Fest celebrated the 40th anniversary of Billy Branch and the SOBs. Branch annually appears at major festivals around the world, including the Montreux Blues Festival, the North Sea Blues Festival, the Cognac Blues Festivals and Long Beach Blues Festival,[4] the Chicago Blues Festival, the San Francisco Blues Festival[5] and the North Sea Jazz Festival.[6]
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