Johnny B Moore

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Johnny B. Moore (born Johnny Belle Moore, January 24, 1950, Clarksdale, Mississippi) is an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a member of Koko Taylor's backing band in the mid 1970s, but has recorded nine solo albums since 1987. Moore's music retains a link to the earlier Chicago blues of Jimmy Reed and Muddy Waters, who also travelled to the Windy City from the Mississippi delta. "If Johnny B. Moore isn't a star in the making," stated Allmusic's Bill Dahl, "there's no justice in the world." The European blues historian Gérard Herzhaft commented that "[Moore's] albums reflect a strong Delta flavor that is refreshing in the present blues scene, dominated by rock or funk overtones." However, the blues historian, Tony Russell, noted in 1997 that Moore "was still one of Chicago's interesting secrets". Biography Moore's Baptist minister father, Floyd Moore, taught his son to play the guitar from the age of seven. John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen'," was the first piece Moore mastered, but he was influenced by the style of Magic Sam.[4] In his early days Moore performed gospel music in his hometown of Clarksdale, and later in Chicago with the Gospel Keys group. In 1964, the teenage Moore relocated to Chicago with his father. In high school Moore learned to read music, and his education was enhanced listening to blues records with Letha Jones, Little Johnny Jones' widow. By the late 1960s Moore was working in a lamp factory, but af

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Lonesome Blues Chicago Blues Session, Vol. 5

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Acoustic Blue Chicago

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CHBS Vol 05 - Lonesome Blues

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Clark Street Ramblers

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Lonesome Blues

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Blues Guitar Greats (Chicago)

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Rockin' In The Same Old Boat

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Live At Blue Chicago

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911 Blues

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West Side Chicago Blues

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Delmark - 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues

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Blues Guitar Killers

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