Elvin Bishop

Guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Elvin Bishop has been singing and recording his rollicking brand of electrified down-home blues for almost 40 years. Bishop’s history-making tenure as a founding member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the 1960s, his chart-topping hits in the 1970s (“Fooled Around And Fell In Love,” with vocals supplied by pre-Jefferson Starship singer Mickey Thomas, reached number three on the pop charts), and his emergence on Alligator Records in the late 1980s and into the 1990s place him at the forefront of electric blues guitarists.

Elvin’s music is a mix of his blues roots with contemporary funk and rock flavors spiced with a touch of country and the laid-back feel of his Northern California home. Rolling Stone referred to Bishop’s music as “a good-time romp…raucous blues with high-energy soloing, mixtures of careening slide and razor-edged bursts, all delivered with unflagging enthusiasm and wit.”