Alvin Youngblood Hart

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Alvin Youngblood Hart

Background information
Birth name	Gregory Edward Hart
Also known as	Youngblood^[1]
Born	(1963-03-02) March 2, 1963 (age 61) Oakland, California, US
Genres	Blues
Occupation	Guitarist
Instrument(s)	Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, mandolin
Years active	1995–present
Labels	OKeh Records

Website	ayhmusic.com

Alvin Youngblood Hart at Djurs Bluesfestival, Denmark (2009)

Alvin Youngblood Hart (born Gregory Edward Hart; March 2, 1963) is an American musician.

Career

Hart was born in Oakland, California, and spent some time in Carroll County, Mississippi, in his youth, where he was influenced by the Mississippi country blues performed by his relatives.^[2] Hart is known as one of the world's foremost practitioners of country blues. He is also known as a faithful torchbearer for 1960s and 1970s guitar rock, as well as western swing and traditional country. His style has been compared to Lead Belly and Spade Cooley. Bluesman Taj Mahal once said about Hart: "The boy has got thunder in his hands." Hart himself said, "I guess my big break came when I opened for Taj Mahal for four nights at Yoshi's."^[2]

His debut album, Big Mama's Door, was released in 1996 on Okeh Records.^[2] In 2003, Hart's album Down in the Alley was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.^[3]

Albums

Big Mama's Door (1996)
Territory (1998)
Start with the Soul (2000)
Down In The Alley (2002)
Motivational Speaker (2005)

Awards

W.C. Handy Award for best new artist – 1997^[4]
Down Beat magazine award for best blues album of the year for Territory, 1999
Grammy Award in 2005 for producing and contribution to the compilation album, Beautiful Dreamer^[5]

References

^ "ALVIN 'Youngblood' HART". Allaboutbluesmusic.com. March 2, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited. p. 117. ISBN 978-1858682556.
^ Richard Skelly (March 2, 1963). "Alvin Youngblood Hart | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
^ "Hart, Alvin Youngblood (English) #114 - Jefferson". Archived from the original on September 29, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
^ McDermott, Tricia (February 14, 2005). "2005 Grammy Award Winners". CBS News. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

External links

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	Germany United States France BnF data Czech Republic
Artists	MusicBrainz Grammy Awards
People	Deutsche Biographie

Career

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