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Artist
Stu Heydon
6+ albums
bluesguitarbluesrock
about
Guitarist Stu Heydon has played and taught the blues all of his life, earning him the Motor Cities Blues Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award, at the Detroit-Windsor Freedom Festival. He has shared the stage with Bobo Jenkins, Sam Lay, James Cotton, Paul Butterfield, James Brown, Little Sonny, John Lee Hooker, Chicago Pete, Jon Popper, Prakash John, Alberta Adams, Wild Child Butler, Rick Gratton, Joe Konas, Buddy Guy, John Campell, Sugar Blue, Dutch Mason, Michael Fonfara, Hubert Sumlin, Mighty Clouds of Joy, Jordan John, Michael Keys, Lowell Fulsom, Butler Twins, Big John Dominas, Tony Wachnuvik, Rick Derringer, Taj Mahal, Denis Keldie, Ross Garren, Aron Forbes, Stacy Heydon, Michael Branton, Michael Greco, Lester Smith, Frank Morino, George Young, and on and on. The Montreal Jazz Fest. Monterey Blues Fest. Chicago Blues Fest. Alabama Blues Fest. Mississippi Blues Fest. Windsor Blues Fest. House of Blues Boston. Buddy Guys Chicago. The Yale Vancouver. Jewish Mothers North Carolina. Ruth Brown’s Blues Stage NY. These are a few places that Stu has performed. There are not many blues styles Stu hasn’t played. Late night jams at Bobo’s studio every Saturday night with Detroit’s finest bluesmen proved to be an invaluable education. Bobo was the Pres. and Founder of the Detroit Blues Club and personally taught Stu the finer points of BLUES GUITAR! Stu was awarded BEST WINDSOR BLUES GUITAR in 1998. After working with Bobo Jenkins and Wild Child Butler for twenty years, Stu
