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Member Since6/21/2007
Band Websitewww.ElvinBishopMusic.com
Band MembersElvin Bishop:
Guitar & Vocals

Ed Earley:
Trombone & Percussion

"Mighty" Mike Schermer:
Guitar & Vocals

Timm Walker:
Bass

S.E. Willis:
Keys & Accordion

Bobby Cochran:
Drums & Vocals
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Record LabelDelta Groove / Blind Pig / Alligator
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jun 27 2009 8:00P
Monterey Bay Blues Festival Monterey, California
Jul 6 2009 8:00P
SIERRA NEVADA BREWERY Chico, California
Jul 11 2009 8:00P
Blues At The Lake / Harvey’s Tahoe Stateline, Nevada
Jul 17 2009 8:00P
Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Festival Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Jul 18 2009 5:00P
Festival In Sycamore Sycamore Township, Ohio
Aug 7 2009 8:00P
Heritage Music Festival Wheeling, West Virginia
Aug 8 2009 8:00P
KITCHENER BLUES FESTIVAL Ontario
Aug 22 2009 8:00P
Vermont Blues Festival Mount Snow, Vermont
Sep 12 2009 8:00P
BULL DURHAM BLUES FESTIVAL Durham, North Carolina
Oct 17 2009 8:00P
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise Pacific San Diego, California
Oct 18 2009 8:00P
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise Pacific San Diego, California
Oct 19 2009 8:00P
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise Pacific San Diego, California
Oct 20 2009 8:00P
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July 22, 2008

ELVIN BISHOP'S "OKLAHOMA" JOURNEY

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BOOGIE APPEARS ON NEW ALBUM 'THE BLUES ROLLS ON,' OUT SEPT. 23 ON DELTA GROOVE / ECLECTO GROOVE

Surrounded by special guests like B. B. King and Derek Trucks on his new album 'The Blues Rolls On,' Elvin Bishop takes one song solo, accompanied only by the insistent beat of his stomping foot. It's a boogie called "Oklahoma" that tells his own life story.

Raised on an Oklahoma farm, Bishop heard a Jimmy Reed song on the radio and was determined to find out more about the blues. He won a scholarship to the University of Chicago in 1959 but soon dropped out and took on a different kind of education from Smokey Smothers on the city's South Side in 1961, eventually graduating to the highly influential Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 1964.

In the opening verse of "Oklahoma," Bishop sets the Chicago scene, circa 1959:

"About a 100 other badass dudes
Tearing the south side and the west side too
I got to Chicago jumped off the Greyhound bus
'Woo you fellows are really kicking up a fuss'
They said, 'come on in and get you some
Look here boy, where did you say you were from?'
I come all the way, from Oklahoma"


In 1968, Bishop moved to San Francisco, and found himself at the center of another incredibly influential music scene. Gaining a reputation as one of the great slide guitarists, he performed on stage at the Filmore with B. B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and The Allman Brothers Band, among others. He picks up the story in "Oklahoma":

"The Family Dog, the Filmore
The light shows, Janis and the Dead
Enough to put a dent
In anybody's head.
But the change of scene
Didn't really change me.
Still eating cornbread
And black-eyed peas.
I come all the way from Oklahoma."


To hear more of Elvin's story, check out "Oklahoma," from 'The Blues Rolls On,' which will be released September 23 by Delta Groove / Eclecto Groove.

For more information, please contact Nick Loss-Eaton or Matt Hanks at Shore Fire Media, 718.522.7171.

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Growing up in the 1940s on a farm in Iowa with a loving but non musical family, Elvin seldom heard music as a kid. "This was before TV," Elvin says, "and on the radio you got a lot of Frank Sinatra and ‘How Much Is That Doggie In the Window' type of stuff." The family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when Elvin was 10, in 1952. Tulsa was "totally segregated," says Elvin, "I mean, hard core." However, "the one thing they couldn't segregate was the airwaves. When rock and roll started up in the mid-'50s, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and Little Richard showed up on white radio."

And then, late one night when Elvin was 14 or 15, the atmospheric conditions a little rough, Jimmy Reed's harmonica came cutting through the static from WLAC in Nashville, and Elvin Bishop's life was changed. The song was "Honest I Do." "That piercing harp came through, cutting in like a knife, and I said, ‘Oh, man, that's it.' I found out that blues was where the good part of rock and roll was coming from." And about that time, he started trying to play guitar. "I wanted to play it from the beginning," Elvin says. "I kept trying and then quitting it. Hurtin' my fingers, playing those old pawn-shop guitars with the strings two inches off the fret board. Nobody I knew played." But he kept after it. "Not being able to dance, and seeing how the musicians did with the girls, and loving the music, I finally stuck with it."

Hooked on the sounds emerging from the radio, Elvin had to find out where they were coming from and who was responsible. When he was awarded a National Merit Scholarship in 1959, he could have gone to pretty much any college he wanted, but chose The University Of Chicago, because that's where the blues were. And so he landed in the middle of one of the richest and most vital scenes in blues history. "Any night of the week you could hear Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Hound Dog Taylor, Otis Rush, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Bobby King, Eddie King, Little Smokey, Big Smokey, and a whole ton of people you never heard of."

His first week in Chicago, he came across Paul Butterfield, who was sitting on some steps drinking beer and playing blues on guitar. "We fell together right away," says Elvin. "I was amazed to find other white guys into blues." After playing with a lot of different people, ncluding J.T. Brown, Hound Dog Taylor and Junior Wells, Elvin hooked up with Butterfield to form the legendary Paul Butterfield Blues Band, with bassist Jerome Arnold and drummer Sam Lay, who'd been Howlin' Wolf's rhythm section. Producer Paul Rothchild of Elektra Records encouraged them to add guitarist Michael Bloomfield. "I'd met Bloomfield before, in a pawn shop," says Elvin, "when I was looking for guitars. We got to talking. He got a guitar out, started playing circles around the world."

In 1965 the Butterfield band went into the studio and recorded The Paul Butterfield Blues Band album, which turned out to be a sea-change record for thousands of rock fans and musicians. An integrated band playing blues music in 1965 was unheard of. It introduced a lot of people to the blues, and to the musicians who had influenced the Butterfield band. After several more albums with Butterfield, including the pivotal genrebending East West, Bishop took off on his own. "I wanted to stretch out, see how far I could take it on my own," says Elvin. Bishop had visited San Francisco with the Butterfield band during the Summer of Love in 1967. "I loved the people, the weather, and not having to watch my back all the time." And like several other Chicago musicians he ended up moving to the Bay Area.

The 70's saw Elvin hit the charts with solo tracks like "Travelin' Shoes," "Sure Feels Good" and what would become his biggest hit, "Fooled Around and Fell in Love," with a powerful vocal by Mickey Thomas (later of Jefferson Starship). During the 1980's, Elvin spent most of his time on the road, "entertaining the people and maybe having a little too much fun myself." Later in the decade he hooked up with Alligator for a number of excellent albums that grew right out of his blues roots.

Elvin’s brand new release “The Blues Rolls On” on Delta Groove Music, harks back to Bishop's roots, paying tribute to the musicians who helped give him his start. A who's who of blues musicians support Bishop on the album, including B.B. King, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, George Thorogood, James Cotton, Kim Wilson, Tommy Castro, John Nemeth, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Angela Strehli. Bishop handles the majority of the vocals, with Nemeth and others pitching in as well.

Bishop revisits his own '70s solo hit "Struttin' My Stuff" with Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, Junior Wells' "Come On In This House," and the Butterfield Band's "Yonders Wall" and Hound Dog Taylor's "Send You Back To Georgia." He also contributes the autobiographical boogie "Oklahoma," played solo electric. Sessions for the rollicking album ranged from Jacksonville, FL to Clarksdale, MS, and to a cruise ship off the Mexican coast.

Bishop is a slide guitar great with 45-years of blues under his belt. Rolling Stone has tagged Bishop's music as “raucous," praising his "careening slide and razor-edged bursts, all delivered with unflagging enthusiasm and wit. “The Blues Rolls On” is another defining moment in Bishop’s long career and a welcome reminder that the blues is still alive and well.

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Jul 3 2009 5:04 AM

Hey Elvin, Big Fun will always be my favorite blues album. Thank you!
Jim





Jun 23 2009 11:13 PM

You Rock dude, thanks for the add…

May peace and happiness fill your cup
May the sun find you smiling when it comes up
May you never face hard times all alone
May the road be smooth you’re traveling on

Jim
Tim From Cincinnati





Jun 23 2009 2:06 AM

Witout a doubt Elvin you're One of the Best from Butterfield and Bloomfield, not to mention Kooper and "Rasin Hell"...and much much more..You've made so many great times in my life with your music and humor..You can park your bus Anytime you please in Cincinnati my friend..Don't ever stop Playing Elvin..You are The Man..!! Oh Yeah.
Cole Emerson Higgins





Jun 18 2009 11:57 PM

I'm just dropping by to say hey. Also to wish you and yours a great weekend.
        Keeping it low, Cole
Tunesmith





Jun 19 2009 2:29 PM

THANKS FOR THE FRIENDSHIP.  MUSTA FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE HUH.  GREAT TUNES.
Luc





Jun 11 2009 3:14 PM

Thanks for the add !
"The blues rolls on" is a masterpiece !
JEFF KIMPLAND / VOCALIST





Jun 10 2009 3:16 AM

Just stopping by to say you Rock! Best Wishes!!!!
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Jun 10 2009 4:57 AM

Hi Greeting 2 You thanx 4 all
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May 31 2009 8:25 PM

Elvin , Thanks so much for the add !
A BIG fan for many years !

;0
GhostBeauty





May 28 2009 10:48 PM

Thanks for the new photos! Love them and love you, when are you comming to the Bay Area? 40th Woodstock Fest in October at the Golden Gate Park? Sooner would be good.
Lauriston





May 28 2009 12:09 PM

Thanks for the add. Glad to see you will be at the Bull Durham Blues Festival..it's a great one!
Blackie





May 25 2009 9:39 PM

THANKS FOR THE HOOK UP!!
Lisa Rhyne - The Dream Master





May 26 2009 1:11 PM

I hope you have a fantastic summer!
Dream Big ~ L
CloudRider





May 26 2009 3:40 PM

Thanks for the add! Your stlye has had an undeniable impact on my own.
Jupiter6





May 18 2009 9:14 PM

Greetings - thanks for the friendship. Cheers from the rocking star surfers Jupiter6
Bobby Guitar





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May 21 2009 7:35 AM

Hi Greeting 2 You thanx 4 all
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May 24 2009 1:21 AM

Hi Greeting 2 You thanx 4 all
robin





May 24 2009 4:00 PM


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May 11 2009 7:49 PM

Hey Elvin, thanx for the add. Hava great week. Cheers. Patt
Come to Papa!





May 13 2009 12:05 AM

Hey Elvin,

How are you??
What you been doiin with yourself? (busy?)

Hmmmm... Until lately, I never heard of you, I was searching for someone with the same name. And I have fell in love with your music! :D..

your great at what you do, and your music is ace! keep it up, as I love it!

Take Care..

wb sn

Dannielle..x
Arlic Dromgoole





May 13 2009 2:36 PM

Elvin,
Get ready to Rock Dowheny this weekend. It's good to see that you are playing a lot this summer. The Blues must go on...bring it.
Peace, Arlic
Cole Emerson Higgins





May 16 2009 8:56 PM

How's things going in your world? Hope it's good. Wishing you a great weekend filled with lots of love and fun.
Keeping it low, Cole
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May 16 2009 12:22 AM

Hi Greeting 2 You thanx 4 all
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May 8 2009 11:05 AM

Elvin, Thanx for the add. Hava rockin' weekend. The C/B's.
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