Elvin Bishop Big Fun Trio

“raucous blues with high-energy soloing” – Rolling Stone

Elvin Bishop has been performing his rollicking brand of electrified front porch blues for over sixty years. (His first professional gig was as guitarist for Junior Wells’ band in 1962.) Moreover, he is as vital and creative an artist today as he was when he first hit the national scene. He did this in 1965 with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. He is still as slyly good-humored and instantly crowd-pleasing as when he effortlessly created solo hits during the 1970s. His reemergence in the late 1980s and 1990s, along with his more recent releases, ensure his place on the short list of bona fide blues guitar heroes. 

Elvin’s music mixes thick blues grooves with timeless rock flavors spiced with a touch of country. His guitar playing seems to improve with every performance, and his songwriting is filled with clever revelations and homespun wisdom. Living Blues says Elvin’s guitar playing is “as full of fresh licks and unbounded energy as the day he and Mike Bloomfield set the blues/rock world on its ear.”

Bishop’s latest, 2014’s Can’t Even Do Wrong Right, finds Bishop firing on all cylinders and having fun while doing it. Fueled by his stellar road band, Bishop has created another highlight in a career chock full of them. Can’t Even Do Wrong Right hits its target at every turn. 

The Chicago Sun-Times raves: “It’s impossible not to like Bishop. He’s always singing something lowbrow and uplifting.” With his buoyant and deceptively loose-sounding ensemble behind him, he’s also playing some of the most spirited and distinctive blues slide guitar today.

Recommended for fans of B.B. King, The Allman Brothers Band, America and Three Dog Night. 

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📸: Bob Hakins