Johnny Whitehill - Guitar Slinger (1998) reposted

                                                                  Johnny Whitehill
 Veteran British blues guitarist Johnny Whitehill, the former Blues Burglar/Kingsnakes lead-guitarist is a four-times winner of the British Blues Awards in the ‘90s (Best UK Blues Guitarist 1997, 1998 & 1999). Johnny from Ashington lad who now leads the blues outfit Groove-a-Matics (winners of the 2012 New Brunswick battle of the blues bands), released the album "Keep It Clean". John has been a fixture on the British blues scene since the 1970s, emerging as a star while a member of the Blues Burglars, the band he formed with harpist Paul Lamb in the early '80s.

As a guitarist, his inspirations and influences came from the likes of B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King, T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, Lightnin' Hopkins, et al., and, later on, fellow British bluesman Peter Green, among others.

Johnny has long since been regarded as one of the best Blues Guitarist in the UK by fellow Blues artists and fans; He started out playing in the North East of England with local famed Blues bands The Blues Burglars and The Real Deal.

He then left the North East to perform as lead guitarist with Paul Lamb & The Kingsnakes for 20 odd years winning all manor of awards recording several CD's including a solo effort in 1998 entitled "Guitar Slinger" on indigo records and making many fans all over England and Europe. After a semi-retirement in his home town of Ashington, he is back on the road performing around the UK with Grove-a-Matics, a blend blues, r&b and soul into a rich musical gumbo. 


Credits:

Johnny Whitehill - Guitar
Rod Demick - Bass, Vocals
Steve Weston - Keyboards
Sam Kelly - Drums
Paul Lamb - Harmonica, Foot Stomping
Little Mo - Vocals

Tracklist:

01. Hold On 02:58
02. Easy 04:30
03. Guitar Slinger 04:02
04. Since You've Been Gone 03:12
05. I'm Tired 03:47
06. West End Blues 03:09
07. Muddy's Blues 07:10
08. Guitar Swinger 03:10
09. No More Trouble 02:55
10. Sun Is Shining 05:04
11. Bone Picking 03:03
12. As The Years Go Passing By 05:49
13. Guilty 04:32
14. Blow Wind Blow 03:23