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Billy Branch at Blues At The Beach Festival at 17th St Stage
Courtesy of Mark Robbins | Posted on September 3, 2013
Where
17th St Stage
Blues At The Beach Festival
17th St
Virginia Beach, VA
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When
Fri, September 6, 2013
9:15-10:45
At Door
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Musicians
Billy Branch
harmonicaAbout
BILLY BRANCH has followed a very non-traditional path to the blues. Unlike many blues artists, he isn’t from the South. Billy was born in Chicago in 1951 and was raised in Los Angeles. He first picked up a harmonica at the age of ten and immediately began to play simple tunes. Billy returned to Chicago in the summer of ‘69 and graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in political science. He soon became immersed in the local blues scene, spending a great deal of time at legendary blues clubs such as Queen Bee’s and Theresa’s Lounge, learning from such stalwart harmonica players as Big Walter Horton, James Cotton, Junior Wells and Carey Bell....