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Elvin Bishop
12+ albums
bluesblues rockclassic rockrockSouthern Rock
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Elvin Bishop, born October 21, 1942, is an American blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist. Remembered by many these days as a founding member of the groundbreaking Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Elvin Bishop has also tasted pop success with his 1976 smash hit “Fooled Around and Fell In Love.” Bishop’s long and varied career has included other musical stops along the way as well, from deep down gutbucket blues played in smoky South Side Chicago taverns, to raucous roadhouse R&B, to rollicking good time rock & roll. And at every stage along the way, he’s imbued all of his music with deep passion, a uniquely creative spirit, and more than a little bit of sly humor. Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Elvin Bishop didn’t have much exposure to live music as a youngster. But his family had a radio, and in between the pop schmaltz and the C&W that ruled the airwaves in the 1950s, that radio could sometimes catch the legendary R&B programming beamed throughout the southern part of the U.S. at night by Nashville radio station WLAC. That station introduced Bishop to the classic records of Jimmy Reed, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters, and once his ears had been hooked, there was no turning back for young Elvin. He soon got his first guitar and on his own began scratching out the basic outlines of the blues, R&B and rock & roll that had captured his imagination. By the time he was preparing to go to college in the late 1950s, Bishop had earned a National Merit Scholarship, allowi
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Struttin' My Stuff
Sure Feels Good: The Best of Elvin Bishop
Boogie Nights #2 / Music From The Original Motion Picture
Big Fun
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Elvin Bishop
Boogie Nights #2 (More Music from the Original Motion Picture)
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Elvin Bishop
Don't Let the Bossman Get You Down!
The Best Of Elvin Bishop: Tulsa Shuffle
Gettin' My Groove Back
Let It Flow
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)