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Eric Bibb

Artist Biography For Eric Bibb

Eric Bibb B. 1951 Is An American Blues Singer And Guitarist Based In London England Who Has Made His Career Largely In Europe. Bibb Was Born On 16th August 1951 In New York Into A Musical Family. His Father Leon Bibb Is A Trained Singer Who Sang In Musical Theatre And Made A Name For Himself As Part Of The 1960s New York Folk Scene. His Uncle Was The World-Famous Jazz Pianist And Composer John Lewis Of The Modern Jazz Quartet. Family Friends Included Pete Seeger Odetta And Actor/singer/activist Paul Robeson Bibb'sgodfather. Bibb Was Given His First Steel-String Guitar When He Was Seven Years Old. Growing Up Surrounded By Talent He Recalls A Childhood Conversation With Bob Dylan Who On The Subject Of Guitar Playing Advised The Eleven-Year-Old Bibb To "Keep It Simple Forget All That Fancy Stuff". At Sixteen Years Old Bibb's Father Invited Him To Play Guitar In The House Band For His Television Talent Show Someone New. Bibb's Early Musical Heroes Were From His Father's Band And Included Bill Lee Father Of Director Spike Who Appeared On Bibb's Album Me To You Years Later. In 1969 Bibb Played Guitar For The Negro Ensemble Company At St Mark's Place In New York And Went On To Study Psychology And Russian At Colombia University But At The Age Of Nineteen He Left For Paris Where A Meeting With Guitarist Mickey Baker Focused His Interest In Blues Guitar. When He Later Moved To Sweden Bibb Found A Creative Environment Which Took Him Back To Greenwich Village During The Heyday Of The Folk Revival. Settling In Stockholm Bibb Immersed Himself In Pre-War Blues And Continued To Write And Perform. The Album Good Stuff Was Released In 1997 And Led To Bibb Signing To The British Based Code Blue Label. Eric's Only Release On Code Blue Was Me To You Featuring Appearances From Some Of Bibb's Personal Heroes In Pops And Mavis Staples And Taj Mahal Who Also Worked With Bibb On The Grammy-Nominated Children's Record Shakin' A Tailfeather . The Album Furthered Bibb's International Reputation And Was Followed By Tours Of The U.K. U.S.A. Canada France Sweden And Germany. In The Late 1990s Bibb Joined Forces With His Then Manager Alan Robinson To Form Manhaton Records In Britain. The Albums Home To Me 1999 Roadworks 2000 And Painting Signs 2001 Followed As Did Another Opus 3 Release Just Like Love.