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Ian Siegal
12+ albums
bluesbritishUKguitarUnited Kingdom
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Ian Siegal (born Ian Berry in Portsmouth on 4 February 1971) is a British blues singer and guitarist. As well as solo albums, he has recorded as Ian Siegal Band, Ian Siegal & The Score, Ian Siegal And The Youngest Sons, Ian Siegal & The Mississippi Mudbloods, and Ian Siegal & Jimbo Mathus. It is said that Siegal's earliest musical memories are of the likes of Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis and Chuck Berry, but that it was on hearing the great Little Richard that he really caught the music bug and became nothing short of obsessive about it. This lead him into a life-long passion for the Blues and all of its various branches, and most of all, the man he calls "God" - the inimitable Muddy Waters. At 16 he began to roadie occasionally for his cousin's band and one night, quite unexpectedly, he was asked to sing. The result was a blown-away audience and a delighted (and rather surprised!) young vocal talent with a long career ahead of him. It was two years later that he picked up a guitar and taught himself to play, listening to the likes of Muddy, B.B King, Robert Cray and Albert Collins. At 20 he dropped out of Art college and travelled to Berlin, busking for a living. By the time he returned to England he knew that a career in music was the only one for him. A visit to Nottingham resulted in a five-year stay and hi's first band became popular on the local music scene, with a residency at The Running Horse attracting full houses and appearances at Colne and Burnley fes
