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Artist
Brint Anderson
9+ albums
louisiana bluesguitaracoustic bluesblues
about
More than forty years have passed since Brint Anderson first led his own band, The Shades. They played local teen centers and parties in his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi and the surrounding area throughout his adolescence. It was during this time that he found a love for the indigenous Blues of the area. Local Bluesman Papa George Lightfoot was Brint’s earliest inspiration; they met when Papa George was playing harmonica and spoons for a supermarket’s grand opening and radio broadcast. From that point, it was a natural progression to learn the music of other Mississippi greats such as Elmore James, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and B. B. King. In the seventies, after a couple of years in the mostly stale atmosphere of a college music curriculum, Brint returned to Natchez to join the band Blue John that played six nights a week at a local watering hole. This was more of the musical training he needed as the band learned and played the songs of B. B., Albert, and Freddie King, the Allman Brothers, Little Feat and other popular rock groups of the day. It was during this time that Brint began playing slide guitar on a regular basis. He also learned the finger-picking styles of Mississippi John Hurt and Taj Mahal. Of note, the band once featured the deep sultry voice of Cassandra Wilson, a Mississippi native who went on to fame and fortune when she left the band for New York. Blue John remained together for eight years until Brint was encouraged by old frien
