Evening Sun - Music

Johnny B. Moore Born Johnny Belle Moore January 24 1950 Clarksdale Mississippi Is An American Chicago Blues And Electric Blues Guitarist Singer And Songwriter.He Was A Member Of Koko Taylor's Backing Band In The Mid 1970s But Has Recorded Nine Solo Albums Since 1987. Moore's Music Retains A Link To The Earlier Chicago Blues Of Jimmy Reed And Muddy Waters Who Also Travelled To The Windy City From The Mississippi Delta. Biography Moore's Baptist Minister Father Floyd Moore Taught His Son To Play The Guitar From The Age Of Seven. John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen' " Was The First Piece Moore Mastered But He Was Influenced By The Style Of Magic Sam. In His Early Days Moore Performed Gospel Music In His Hometown Of Clarksdale And Later In Chicago With The Gospel Keys Group. In 1964 The Teenage Moore Relocated To Chicago With His Father. In High School Moore Learned To Read Music And His Education Was Enhanced Listening To Blues Records With Letha Jones Little Johnny Jones' Widow. By The Late 1960s Moore Was Working In A Lamp Factory But After Work Continued To Play. He Was Further Tutored By Jimmy Reed Whom He First Met In His Childhood And Then With The Charles Spiers Band. By 1975 Moore Found A Further Musical Outlet By Joining Koko Taylor's Backing Band The Blues Machine As Lead Guitarist. His Lead Guitar Work Appeared On Taylor's Album The Earthshaker 1978 . He Toured Separately With Taylor And Willie Dixon Undertaking European Jaunts With Both And Worked In Dixon's Band Until The Latter's Death In 1992. He Also Augmented His Income By Appearing More Often Under His Own Name. Moore Appeared On The Bill On June 10 1984 At The Inaugural Chicago Blues Festival. His Debut Album Hard Times Was Released In 1987 On The B.L.U.E.S. Label. In The 1990s Moore Recorded Six More Efforts Of His Own And Started The New Millennium With Born In Clarksdale Mississippi 2001 For The Austrian Based Wolf Record Label. His Live At Blue Chicago 1996 Was Recorded In That Club's Basement And Featured Ken Saydak On Keyboards. The 1999 Live Album Acoustic Blue Chicago Featured Willie Kent Lester Davenport And Bonnie Lee. Moore More Often Used A Bottleneck On His Guitar Solos. Moore Appeared Again At The Chicago Blues Festival In 2002. In Addition He Has Made Several Guest Appearances On Other Blues Musicians Albums. These Included Willie Kent's Too Hurt To Cry 1994 . His Most Recent Album Rockin' In The Same Old Boat 2003 Was Described By Allmusic's Journalist Matt Collar As "Moore's Hard-Driving Lead Guitar Lines Are Well Intact As Is His Off-Hand Sometimes Slurred Vocal Delivery". read less