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Alvin Youngblood Hart

Born in Oakland, California, guitarist/singer/songwriter Alvin Youngblood Hart moved around the country with his family wherever there was work to be found: Southern California, Ohio, Illinois. Along the way, Hart listened to music wherever he could find it, be it his parentsÆ records, the ever-present radio or on ChicagoÆs Maxwell Street. The most lasting impressions of his youth came from frequent trips to his grandmotherÆs home in the hill country of northern Mississippi, where bloodlines on both sides of his family run back for generations. On those visits, Hart found people living a lifestyle that was time out of mind and he developed an affinity for certain traditions. Those excursions to Mississippi led him to a deep appreciation of his acoustic blues forebears and he steeped himself in their music: Charlie Patton, Leadbelly, Bukka White, Blind Willie McTell, Skip James and others.

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Guitarist/singer/songwriter Alvin Youngblood Hart's music is influenced by his Mississippi roots.

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Guitarist/singer/songwriter Alvin Youngblood Hart's music is influenced by his Mississippi roots.

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